The storm is over
The Windhoek Fashion Week has been seen in a bad light on a couple of occasions but the payment of models isn't one of them anymore.
The first Windhoek Fashion Week (WFW) models signed a contract that stated that they would earn N$250 for every runway slot they participated in for the first fashion week that took place in November of last year. The contract however did not stipulate when the payments would be made but, the models were informed by Luis Munana, event host, that according to international modeling standards, payments would be made after 90 days. The period lapsed, but many models - among them Miss Namibia 2016 and second princess Veraakuani Hambira - still did not get their payment. The unpaid models took to social media to vent their frustrations.
This is now history. The organisers said at the beginning that due to circumstances, a decision was made to reallocate funds, saying they take full responsibility for the glitch. “Although it was a difficult journey, we need to make sure that one creates this industry for local and devoted models, because at the end, it wasn't about us, but the industry. Finally we can say that there is light at the end of the tunnel as the models have all been taken care of and other logistics too,” said Kalistu da Trinidade the organiser. Some models took to social medial to thank the organisers for sticking to their word earlier this week.
The organisers' focus now goes to creating Windhoek Fashion Week 2017 and hopefully, with new partners, and new associates on board, they believe things will be great moving forward. Da Trinidade said they hope to have a good working relationship with everybody in the industry and continue to grow it. “It was dramatic, but we had to own up to it and make sure that we account for what we have caused,” he said.
June Shimuoshili
This is now history. The organisers said at the beginning that due to circumstances, a decision was made to reallocate funds, saying they take full responsibility for the glitch. “Although it was a difficult journey, we need to make sure that one creates this industry for local and devoted models, because at the end, it wasn't about us, but the industry. Finally we can say that there is light at the end of the tunnel as the models have all been taken care of and other logistics too,” said Kalistu da Trinidade the organiser. Some models took to social medial to thank the organisers for sticking to their word earlier this week.
The organisers' focus now goes to creating Windhoek Fashion Week 2017 and hopefully, with new partners, and new associates on board, they believe things will be great moving forward. Da Trinidade said they hope to have a good working relationship with everybody in the industry and continue to grow it. “It was dramatic, but we had to own up to it and make sure that we account for what we have caused,” he said.
June Shimuoshili
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