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She's A Model
Of Determination
ll eyes turn as the dark- why they've yet to advance into
skinned, fair-haired beau- Israeli society.
"What the Ethiopian immi-
ty strides confidently
through the Ashdod shop- grant community needs is its first
ping mall. @Regular Copy:Eveiy- Israeli celebrity. I'll be happy to
body in this rapidly expanding become the community's first
port town has heard of 17-year- household name.
"I dream of modeling abroad,
old Ethiopian immigrant model
Fanny Tasama, who looks poised as an Ethiopian Israeli. rm proud
to conquer the magazine covers of my background. But as long as
and catwalks of Tel Aviv — and Ethiopian immigrants maintain
the mentality of newcomers, they
beyond.
Exuding confidence, Fanny will always remain outsiders."
Fanny, who regularly parties
takes her place at the cafe table.
at Tel Aviv hot spots, today lives
g in Moshav Sde Uziah near Ash-
¢ dod with her 29-year-old
boyfriend Avi Hasan, a building
c't) contractor whom she met while
modeling lingerie at the Tel Aviv
Hilton.
"Even though I no longer live
in the lifestyle of an Ethiopian
immigrant, I'm close to my fam-
ily and look forward to visiting
them on weekends," says Fanny,
who by her own admission has
rejected the internal family hier-
archy. She does, however, remain
loyal to her parents and deeply
respects their wishes.
"Ill never appear in the nude
or in risque poses," she asserts.
"It would hurt my mother. But I
Fanny Tasama
love to dance and I always steal
"Some people say I bear a re- the show. If others cannot recon-
semblance to Naomi Campbell," cile with my lifestyle, that's their
she notes with a chuckle. "But problem."
Despite her undeniable phys-
there's only one of me."
Despite appearances, Fanny's ical assets, Fanny has so far re-
road to success has been anything sisted approaches from local
but easy. She was 6 when her modeling agencies. "I'm a little
family left their home for a three-
year trek by horse and donkey
across North African deserts to
Sudan to be airlifted to Israel in
Operation Moses in 1984. Fan-
ny's older sister died en route and
6-year-old Fantisha — she later confused regarding my future,"
changed her name to Pnina, then she admits in a moment of ad-
Fanny — became the second old- mirable honesty. "The prospect
of being tied down to a contract
est of six surviving daughters.
Her father, incapacitated by scares me, and I have military
asthma, was unable to work and service within a year to think
the family was forced to survive about."
In the meantime, she serves as
on the meager salary her mother
her own agent, appearing regu-
earned at a local factory.
"I've succeeded in getting larly in local fashion shows. Her
where I am by redefining myself self-assertive individuality has
as an Israeli," says Fanny with a brought her a long way. Now the
self-assured air. "I made myself leap into national — maybe in-
become accepted and never suf- ternational — fame beckons. ❑
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fered from any discrimination
during those difficult teen-age
Publicity Deadlines
years.
The
normal deadline for local
"Ethiopians have yet to learn
news and publicity items is noon
how to push for what is rightfully
Thursday, eight days prior to issue
theirs. The Russians are not
date. The deadline for birth an-
ashamed to make demands. They
nouncements is 10 a.m. Monday,
know how to use their elbows.
four days prior to issue dale; out-
Ethiopians, on the other hand,
of-town obituaries, 10 a.m. Tues-
accept whatever they are offered
day, three days prior to issue date.
with a meek 'thank you.' That's
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