Nyagua Ruea

Nyagua Ruea (born 2001) is a South Sudanese fashion model. Born and raised in Kenya, she appeared on the cover of the February 2022 issue of British Vogue, the magazine's first cover with an all-Black cast of models. In 2022, she was nominated for Breakout Star at Models.com's Model of the Year Awards, and was featured on the site's Hot List before joining its Top 50 Models ranking.

Ruea has walked the runway for Saint Laurent, Moschino, Valentino, Mugler, Schiaparelli, Hermès, Balmain, Givenchy, and Chloé. During the Spring/Summer 2023 season, she also walked for Erdem, Nensi Dojaka, Michael Kors, Gabriela Hearst, and Marni, and appeared in the Vogue World show in New York. W, Vogue España, and Pop.

In 2024, Ruea appeared in the Dolce & Gabbana Beauty Il Pranzo campaign, photographed by Steven Klein and styled by Carine Roitfeld, alongside Irina Shayk and Jerry Hall. The same year, she appeared in an editorial for Vogue Hong Kong and in a campaign for Michael Kors. In 2025, she walked for SRVC and Dilara Fındıkoğlu and appeared in a second Dolce & Gabbana Beauty campaign, again photographed by Klein.

Ruea has spoken about the difficulties of working in the fashion industry as a South Sudanese passport holder, saying that cancelled appointments and delayed visas have cost her jobs. She travels on an O-1 visa for the United States, which she must have restamped each time she leaves the country.