A 9-year-old child influencer was criticized for landing an advertising job.
Amapiano star Lady Do has come to the defense of Cairo Forbes, the daughter of the late AKA and DJ Zinhle, after a social media user complained on X about Cairo's ad appearance.
The nine-year-old is currently appearing with her mother in an ad for Akkermans, as well as appearing in a TV commercial for Nedbank.
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“This kid has been through enough!!!” She has lost her father and you can tell she is trying to cope.
“If the Ackermans want to choose Cairo, who are we to want them to choose someone else?” read part of Mrs. Doe's response.
Cairo brand
Cairo is more than just an advertising star. She is also an award-winning international influencer.
In July 2024, she won the “Favorite African Kidfluencer” award at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.
At just four years old, Kairo launched his own watch, the Kairo Watch with ERA, in collaboration with his mother's watch brand ERA.
“With its distinctive crown features and Cairo branding, the Cairo watch symbolizes the inheritance of tradition, like the passing of a crown from mother to daughter,” reads part of the statement.
“Cairo has been a brand since birth, so it was a natural progression for her to get to this stage of releasing her own products, the first of many,” said her grandmother, Lynn. Grammy,” Forbes said.
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Cairo reached 1 million followers on Instagram at the age of 5 and now has over 1.5 million followers.
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