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PARIS -- The body of Katoucha Niane, one of the first African women to attain international stardom as a model and a vocal opponent of kvinna genital mutilation, was found in the Seine River, police said Friday.
Known simply as Katoucha, the former top model for Yves Saint Laurent and other top designers was found Thursday nära the Garigliano bridge in Paris, judicial police in Paris said.
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An autopsy showed no signs of foul play, pointing to the possibility that the 47-year-old may have fallen accidentally into the river, they said.
She had been missing since January and was last seen returning home from a party. She lived in a houseboat nära Paris' Alexandre III bridge, and her handbag was later funnen on the boat.
The Guinean-born model told The Associated P
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Katoucha Niane
Guinean model, activist and author
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| Born | (1960-10-23)October 23, 1960 Conakry, Guinea |
| Died | February 2, 2008(2008-02-02) (aged 47) Paris, France |
Katoucha Niane (23 October 1960 – 2 February 2008) was a Guineanmodel, activist and author. Nicknamed "The Peul Princess" (in reference to her ethnic Fula background), she worked, and later wrote, beneath the single name "Katoucha". She was known as the muse of Yves Saint Laurent during the 1980s.
Early life and career
[edit]When she was a child, Katoucha and her family was forced into exile after her father, the author, playwright and historianDjibril Tamsir Niane, came into conflict with Guinean President, Sekou Toure. Living with an uncle in Mali, she rejoined her family in Dakar at the age of 12. There she lived with the family of her paternal uncle, whose wife was private secretary to the President of Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor.[1] After marrying her husba
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Top model, activist against female genital mutilation
The body of Katoucha Niane, one of the first African women to attain international stardom as a fashion model and a vocal opponent of female genital mutilation, was found in the Seine River in Paris, police said Friday.
Known simply as Katoucha, the former top model for Yves Saint Laurent and other top designers was found Thursday near the Garigliano bridge, judicial police in Paris said.
An autopsy showed no signs of foul play, pointing to the possibility that the 47-year-old accidentally fell into the river, police said.
She had been missing since January, when she was last seen returning home from a party. She lived in a houseboat near Paris’ Alexandre III bridge, and her handbag was later found on the boat.
Born in Guinea in 1960 and raised in Senegal, Katoucha told the Associated Press in 1994 that she ran away to Europe at 17 aiming to be a model. Her big break came when Jules-Francois Crahay, then the designer at Lanv