Nakitende Esther
Nakitende Esther is a Ugandan fashion creator and plus-size model in Canada, sharing personal style and encouraging women to feel at home in their bodies.
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Known for
ADIVA Magazine
BellaNaija Style
Curvy SenseOverview
- Name
- Esther Nagawa, known online as Nakitende Esther
- From
- Mukono, Uganda
- Move to Canada
- Moved to Toronto in 2006
- Work
- Plus-size model and fashion creator
Mini bio
How it started.
Esther grew up in Mukono, Uganda, and moved to Toronto in 2006. In a 2016 interview with MemoirsofaPrincess, Esther explained that posting outfit photos on Facebook attracted plus-size retailers, leading to photo shoots and runway work.
Style with a purpose.
Esther’s fashion work centres on confidence and body acceptance. SatisFashion Uganda highlighted that message in its 2020 Women of Valour series. Monitor later used Esther’s wardrobe as a guide to dressing curves in its July 2023 style review.
On the cover.
Esther appears on the cover of ADIVA Magazine’s sixth issue, whose cover promotes summer 2021 style. Curvy Sense and BellaNaija Style have also featured Esther’s outfits.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2021ADIVA Magazine, issue 06Cover model
- 2019The Workwear Looks, issue 36Featured style
- 2017Curvy Sense summer style roundupFeatured wearing the Vixen Bandage Dress
Awards
Quotes
Modelling has given me so much confidence.Esther Nagawa, MemoirsofaPrincess
Q&A published May 3, 2016: https://memoirsofaprincess.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/qa-with-model-esther/
Trivia
- Nakitende began as a social media handle; Esther gave the name Esther Nagawa in the 2016 Q&A.
- In that interview, Esther also described selling plus-size clothes and styling clients.
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Find Esther’s outfits and updates on Instagram.
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