Yaourou collection of iconic covers

 

I am incredibly grateful to have graced the cover of 23 magazines.

Such an incredible journey!

In this post, I’ll be sharing my 10 favourites, alongside some beliefs and thoughts.

My intensity, sensitivity, memory are essential for creation & spiritual perception. My real value created from life experience come from within, as I am not discouraged by difficulty. Mother nature is a sacred energy for my peace & presence tell the true story.

I believe emotions are energy in motions and a gift meant to be felt and managed no suppressed. There is nothing wrong in feeling deeply. You should not push away sadness or joy, you should dance with them. No light can enter where no emotion lives. 

They can take my friends and my possessions but they will never be able to take my essence. My strength come from who I am not from what I have.

I believe that authenticity is not always profitable, but it is required for me to stay sane. If I have to package my identity and personality to become marketable, I will lose myself and be disconnected from the truth of who I am.

I am not defined by age, I am defined by what I carry. What I carry is light forged in shadows. My face and smile maybe says beginner but my soul says authority. I am well-preserved due to genetics and attitude. My ageless mindset keeps me young.

I believe that when you have been targeted, it is better to wait that you heal, so you can be strong enough, clear, and speak from power no pain. When you speak from a healed place, your words carry a different frequency, they are not laced with anger & bitterness, they are pure clear and sharp.

I am grateful for every door that close, every person who walked away and for every situation that did not go my way, because the frustration and pain was redirection and protection from what was never meant for me.

I believe that people with real power, authentic wisdom and genuine authority, should not need to control other to feel important, neither need to diminish others to feel elevated and nor need to possess others to feel valuable. The key to all power is within you.

I've realised I am a target because my energy is rare, authentic and healing. The intense effort and resources that a group put into trying to dim my light is a confession of what they lack. If I felt intimidating or envious of someone, I would either stay as far as I can from that person or I would choose to learn from that person.Their strategy, instead, is to engage in character assassination while appropriating my ideas; so silly, it's like trying to extinguish the flame you are using for warmth ! Seriously this has been going on for years, they have been going to extreme lengths in sabotaging my life. However, I am still alive walking forward in beauty and faith. 

I believe in an abundant mindset where we share our expertise, built trust and growth rather than competing. We must know our true calling, either creator, healer, teacher... every role is valuable, the same way the head cannot function without the feet or hands.

I am changing how I connect online!

 I have stopped being active on Facebook since October 2025. 

I never had an Instagram account. 

I will mostly post on X (previously twitter) in tiny doses. 

https://x.com/VanityAfro

https://x.com/Iamyaourou

 

I'll continue sharing Brand stories, insights, and exclusivity through my monthly multilingual newsletter, "Getting Personal".  

Vanity Afro 21/04/2026