Sabrina Dhowre

Sabrina Dhowre Elba is a Canadian model, media personality, and goodwill ambassador of the United Nations. Early life Dhowre was born in Montreal, Canada, and is of Somali descent. She was the second oldest of her five siblings, raised by a single mother, and moved to Vancouver at the age of 12. After graduating from high school, she enrolled at Simon Fraser University, earning her bachelor's degree in philosophy, with intentions of going to law school. Career Sabrina became a model, and was featured in various magazines, such as British Vogue and Elle. She also was crowned "Ms. Vancouver" at a beauty pageant in 2014. Her agency is IMG Models in London. Charitable work In April 2020, she was appointed as a United Nations goodwill ambassador for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Her mother first introduced her and her husband to the IFAD. Sabrina later said that her mother, Maryam Egal, was "probably the reason" she worked with IFAD.