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[[File:Angela | {{Featured article}} | ||
[[File:Angela Mulenga.jpg|230px|thumbnail|right|Angela Mulenga]] | |||
'''Angela Mulenga''' (1988 - 14 May 2016) was a [[Zambia]]n fashion designer and make-up artist. | '''Angela Mulenga''' (1988 - 14 May 2016) was a [[Zambia]]n fashion designer and make-up artist. | ||
==Early life and career== | |||
Angela started her fashion career at a tender age in the 90s. Her main source of inspiration comes from her mum, the late Trust Mulenga, a professional designer who built up a college of fashion and a design business that was later taken over by Angela. | |||
After completing high school she studied Business Administration and started designing, along with her aunt.<ref>[http://www.langmead.com/zfw/angela.htm ZAMBIA FASHION WEEK]</ref> She started designing as ‘Queens wear’ - a fashion label which was founded by her mother. | |||
At age 16, Angela made her debut in Zambia’s fashion industry, buy designing for local and then, upcoming musician, [[Angela Nyirenda]]. By the time she turned 18, Angela was one of top ten fashion designers in Zambia. | |||
In 2007 Angela won the Young Bridal Designer Awards, in [[Lusaka]] Zambia. In October the same year, she showcased for the first time at the ‘ZAMBIA FASHION WEEK’ making her the youngest fashion designer to enter the show. | |||
In February 2010, she was given an opportunity as one of the 10 fashion designers across the continent to showcase at the prestigious M-Net Face of Africa contest where her dress won. | |||
==Awards== | |||
*2010 M-net Face of Africa award | |||
*2007 Young Bridal Designer Awards | |||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
Angela died at the age of 28 on Saturday, May 14, 2016, after she was involved in a road traffic accident along Addis Ababa Drive in [[Lusaka]].<ref name="dailymail">[https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=67033 Zambia Daily Mail: Angela leaves fashion mark, 21 May 2016]</ref> | Angela died at the age of 28 on Saturday, May 14, 2016, after she was involved in a road traffic accident along Addis Ababa Drive in [[Lusaka]].<ref name="dailymail">[https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=67033 Zambia Daily Mail: Angela leaves fashion mark, 21 May 2016]</ref> | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:1988 births]] | |||
[[Category:2016 deaths]] | |||
[[Category:Zambian fashion designers]] | |||
[[Category:People of Zambia]] | |||