Alyssa Fatou Traoré is a Dutch fashion model. She was one of the first people discovered via

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' "We Love Your Genes" initiative.

Early life and career

Traoré is of Dutch and Ivorian heritage and grew up in

Nijmegen Nijmegen ( , ; Nijmeegs: ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the ninth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the ...

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, Netherlands. At age 11, she was originally discovered by a scout in Amsterdam though in order to expand her career opportunities, she used the We Love Your Genes initiative on

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to get connected to

, who signed her weeks later. Traoré debuted at

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in Paris. She has also walked the runway for

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, Loewe, Erdem,

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(the show which took place on her 19th birthday). Traoré has appeared in campaigns for Prada, and Calvin Klein. She has appeared in editorials for ''

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'' ''

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'', ''

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'', and others.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Traoré, Alyssa Living people Dutch people of Ivorian descent People from Nijmegen Dutch female models IMG Models models 1998 births