# Sabrina Dhowre Elba (Saabiriin Dhoore)

> Sabrina Dhowre Elba (b.1989): Somali-Canadian model and UN IFAD goodwill ambassador.

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## Who is she?

Sabrina Hibo Dhowre, Lady Elba, is a Canadian model, media personality and businesswoman of Somali descent ([Wikipedia, Sabrina Dhowre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_Dhowre)). She was born in Montreal on 16 June 1989, the second of five children raised by a single mother, and moved to Vancouver at 12 (same source). She studied philosophy at Simon Fraser University (same source). Her mother is Maryam Egal (same source).

## Modelling

She has appeared in *British Vogue* and *Elle*, was crowned "Ms. Vancouver" in 2014, and is with IMG Models in [London](/en/diaspora/london/) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_Dhowre)).

## UN and charity work

In April 2020 she was appointed a goodwill ambassador for IFAD, the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_Dhowre)). With her husband Idris Elba she helped launch a $40 million IFAD fund to soften the effect of COVID-19 on rural food producers (same source). In January 2023 they received the Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where she spoke on food insecurity in [Sudan](/en/diaspora/sudan/), Haiti, Somalia and elsewhere (same source). She became co-chair of Global Citizen's European board in 2022 (same source).

## Other work

With Idris Elba she is developing an Afrofuturist animated series, *Dantai*, and in 2022 they founded the wellness brand S'ABLE Labs ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_Dhowre)). They married in Marrakesh in April 2019 (same source).

## In short

A Somali-Canadian model who works with the UN on small farmers and rural food.

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