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Cancer reminded me why I wanted to live

In 1999 a young, tall, beautiful girl made news when she became M-Net’s Face of Africa, winning the Kenyan tittle. This win was only the beginning of her modeling career. Bidanya Barassa (pictured), who was the second Kenyan to win this title made a career out of something she did not intend to be.

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