Kiki Divaris

Vasilliki Babaletakis "Kiki" Divaris (c. 1925 – 5 December 2015) was a Greek fashion designer, former model and has the first white woman to be declared a liberation war hero in Zimbabwe.

Divaris was a close friend of Robert Mugabe, his first wife Sally, and current wife, Grace.[1]

Divaris died in her sleep on 5 December 2015, at the Borrowdale Clinic Trauma Centre, from pneumonia.[2]

References

  1. Thornycroft, Peta (7 December 2015). "Greek model and beauty industry expert becomes liberation war hero in Zimbabwe". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. Mugugunyeki, Moses (6 December 2015). "Kiki Divaris dies". The Standard. Retrieved 23 December 2015.


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