ANSM 2026
About Ansm
It started as Nigeria's Next Super Model — one country, one season, one goal: find girls who could actually make it in fashion. By 2014 it was big enough that L'Oréal backed it with $80,000. Winners kept getting booked internationally, and Joan Okorodudu's work eventually helped raise €100,000 for Vogue Talent Africa.
So the search went continental. NNSM became ANSM, launching out of Kigali, Rwanda, and scouting expanded across Ethiopia, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Chad, and both Congos — with Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda casting coming up next.
2025's winner was Axcelle from Chad, crowned with Bensoul and Davidacekeyz performing. 2026 moves to Nairobi for the Grand Finale on November 21 at Broadwalk Mall, backed by an official endorsement from Kenya's Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife.
Same mission since the NNSM days find the real ones, put them in front of the people who can use it, and give African fashion a stage as big as it deserves.
Mission
ANSM exists to put African modeling, fashion, and tourism on a stage the whole world is watching. Every season we scout new faces across the continent, put them through real training with real mentors, and hand the winner a platform that actually opens doors — in fashion, in media, in the industry itself.
Vision
A continent where the next supermodel doesn't have to leave home to get discovered — where the industry comes to Africa, scouts Africa, and builds careers out of Africa. ANSM is working toward a modeling and fashion industry that runs through Lagos, Nairobi, Kigali, and Accra just as much as Paris or Milan.
