Kiara Kabukuru

Kiara Kabukuru (born Alice Kabukuru, July 31, 1975) is a Ugandan American fashion model. Kabukuru is best known as a CoverGirl model.

Personal life Kabukuru was born as Alice Kabukuru in Kampala, Uganda to parents Moses Kabukuru and Erinah Kasabiti as one of four siblings. Although her grandparents emigrated from Rwanda to Uganda in 1920, she identifies as Munyankole. With the aid of Amnesty International and United Way, Kabukuru and her family emigrated to California when she was a child due to political unrest in their native country. Kabukuru was discovered by photographer Bill Bodwell in a Los Angeles shopping center when she was 16. She adopted the name Kiara at the suggestion of her then-agent at Ford Models. In 2012, she returned to modeling full-time.

Career Kabukuru has been represented by several of the world's top modeling agencies, including Women Management, Trump Model Management, and Why Not Model Agency, As of February 2011 she is represented by Silent models in New York and Paris. Kabukuru has walked for fashion houses including Dior, Versace, Calvin Klein, Chanel, and Balmain.