Rising Star Amina Warsuma: “Writers run Hollywood; It’s up to us writers to write diverse stories”

Writers run Hollywood. We can write what we want, and it’s up to us to write diverse stories. That can be hard because you have to come out of your comfort zone and delve into other cultures.

I had the pleasure to interview Amina Warsuma. Amina is a prolific author, filmmaker and former top international fashion model. Warsuma has written stories for Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine, The Huffington Post style blog, as well as two books (both on Amazon and Kindle) and many films (streaming on Amazon and Amazon Prime). She was one of the first Black models at the Battle of the Palace Versailles in 1973. She has lived all over the world and worked with renowned names such as Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Miles Davis and Karl Lagerfeld to name a few. Warsuma was one of 11 Black models that worked in the Battle of Versailles Fashion Show. The show’s use of African-American models was unprecedented at the time and marked a new direction in fashion runways. The experience prompted Warsuma to produce, direct, star and write the interview documentary A Black Model in Paris, which is streaming on Amazon Prime. It outlines her journey to becoming a top…