Yeharerwerk Gashaw is a model, actress, ambassador, activist, humanitarian, philanthropist and all-around beautiful sister. Yeharerwerk was the first Black Model to be showcased by Christian Dior and Guerlain in Paris in the 80s and she also was a spokesmodel for Proline Hair Products. She is the first Black woman selected to chair an executive committee in the World Cup (1994) to protect the interest of Africans in the game. Yeharerwerk worked tirelessly to better relations between African people and the world; and especially Black people in America. She appeared in the television series, “Dallas” and also in the stage play, “Backstreet,” about an African woman and her African American drug addicted music producer. She has lent her name to numerous efforts to raise money to help Black people around the world and she is passionate about education.
