A 15-year old Ghanaian girl with autism, Nana Yaa Ohenewa Kuffuor, declared her intentions of becoming a top model in September 2017. Despite her challenges with autism, Nana Yaa chased her dreams and has since broken barriers to become a brand ambassador for Verna Mineral Water along with Maame Bema Baffour Awuah and Yacob Tete-Manon, also girls with autism.

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With a beautiful broad-cheeked face, arches of perfect eye brows linked from opposite directions to a pointed nose that sits seamlessly just above a heart-shaped lip, Nana Yaa is a true definition of African beauty. Read: Model Shuga Titi strips half-naked in new Kumawood movie with Lil Winmeet-the-15-year-old-ghanaian-model-with-autism Nana Yaa is changing the narrative about people with autism.

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Mary Amoah Kuffour, mother of Nana Yaa, describes her daughter as “a cute angel”. source: Asembi.com

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