Maria Borges
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Maria Borges (born 28 October 1992) is an Angolan model. She was named Forbes Africa Magazine's top model of 2013. She is a Riccardo Tisci favorite and calls him her "godfather".

Maria Borges was born in Luanda, Angola and raised by her siblings during the Angolan Civil War.

She was discovered in 2010 when she placed second at the Angolan edition of the contest Elite Model Look.

In 2012, she signed with Supreme Agency. One month later, she debuted her first fashion week where she walked 17 runways. For her second season, she was a Givenchy exclusive. Borges has appeared in editorials for French, Italian, British, Spanish, German, and Portuguese Vogue, German and Australian Harper's Bazaar, Brazilian Marie Claire, French Numèro, V, W, i-D, and Interview.

In 2017, Maria Borges was the first African woman to feature on the cover of the American version of ELLE, 20 years after Sudanese model Alek Wek in 1997.