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Nzisa Matulu: Village beauty who did not have heels wows international catwalks

Nzisa Matulu

The first time Nzisa Matulu, 23, took part in a beauty competition, the judges threw her out because she could not walk in high heels. That was in 2017 and she had just joined university.

Nzisa had had a simple upbringing, growing up in Voo, a village in Kitui, where owning a pair of shoes, leave alone high heels, was a luxury.

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