Georgie Badiel

Georgie Badiel (b. 1988 in Burkina Faso) is a Burkinabé model and activist living and working in New York City.[1] Badiel was Miss Africa 2004.

She is also an author and activist who has taken on the issue of the lack of potable drinking water in her West African homeland. Therein she runs the Georgie Badiel Foundation which is dedicated to raising funds to support the cause.[2] Now together with the children's book author, Peter H. Reynolds and Susan Verde, she has co-created the book The Water Princess, a picture book which tells the story of her West African nation's desperate need for aquifers through her life as a young girl who dreams of bringing clean water to her people. The book was published by Penguin Random House in 2016.[3][4] Her foundation partners with Ryan's Well Foundation to provide safe drinking water to communities in Africa.[5]

At one time Badiel was romantically linked to the Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Georgie Badiel - Fashion Model - Profile on New York Magazine". nymag.com. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Georgie Badiel Foundation - Activist". georgiebadielfoundation.org. July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ "'The Water Princess' Relates Childhood of Burkina Faso-Born Model Georgie Badiel". publishersweekly.com. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Water Princess by Susan Verde, Georgie Badiel - PenguinRandomHouse.com". Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  5. ↑ Ellis, Deborah (November 11, 2016). "How Do You Explain the Refugee Crisis to Children? New Picture Books Can Help". Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  6. ↑ "georgie badiel miss africa 2005 Archives - DailyEntertainmentNews.com". Retrieved August 23, 2016.

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