All You Need To Know About Harry Uzoka, The Nigerian British Model Who Was Stabbed To Death

Harry Uzoka was a Nigerian born British model who was allegedly stabbed to death in London.

Harry Uzoka was born on the 25th of September, 1992, in Nigeria. His family relocated to England when he was just a toddler. At 18, he got his first major break in the fashion industry when he was first discovered by AMCK model agent; Simon Worgan, when he accompanied his brother, Ed who was represented by the agency. He first appeared in an editorial for the February issue of i-D Magazine, titled Harry in 2010. He did two other editorials that year, with another issue of i-D magazine.
In 2013, he was featured on the runway for the fall season collection of Christopher Shannon and Dsquared2. He also walked the spring shows for Christopher Shannon that same year. He appeared for the first time on. The cover of the Vogue April editorial, titled ‘I Wanna Be Bored’ that same year. He also did two other editorial which included one for carbon copy and the fall edition of Client Magazine. The year after, he walked the runways for Alexander McQueen, London College of Fashion, Margaret Howell and Ashish. In that same year, he appeared on the spring cover of The Hunger Magazine. Aldo shoes also employed his services for their spring ad campaign, as he also modeled for Louis Vuitton and Paul Smith. He worked with top models like Jourdan Dunn.
In January, he was reported to have engaged in a fight with his fellow modelling colleague and another accomplice named George Koh and Jonathan Okigbo respectively, and along line was stabbed. He died at Shepherd’s Bush, London. As at the time of his death, he was signed to Premier Model Management London and Fusion Models New York.

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