Place of Birth: Saint-Raphaël, Var, PACA France
Date of Birth: 27 September 1994
Ethnicity:
*Italian (father)
*Congolese (mother)
Cindy Bruna is a French model. She is known as the first Black model to be accorded a Calvin Klein exclusive. Her father is Italian, from Piedmont, and her mother is Congolese, from Brazzaville. Her parents met while her father lived in the Congo, and she grew up in France. Regarding her African heritage and how it is perceived in the modelling industry, Cindy stated:
It’s not easy for black girls—everybody knows that. There are usually only three of us in a show at most. I never felt like I had to fight anything because of the color of my skin—it’s my skin, and I can’t change its color. But it’s also not easy because they only have a couple of spots for girls who are black. And then you wonder if they picked you because you are black. But I think it’s changing, and I’m happy to represent that.
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