# Sunday Omony

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**Sunday Omony** is a Ugandan-Canadian plus-size model,TV host and an author.

## Career

Omony hosted Calgary's Miss South Sudan 2010 Pageant and Canada's Miss Exotika [beauty pageant](/source/Beauty_pageant) in 2013.[1] She worked as a procurement analyst in the [oil industry](/source/Oil_industry).[2]

### Modeling

Omony started modeling when she was sixteen.[3] She was first spotted by a Mode Models agent in 2002 at a [career fair](/source/Career_fair). She modeled for African magazines *FabAfriq* and *Tropics*.[4] She has modeled for *[Italian Vogue](/source/Italian_Vogue)*,[5] [Old Navy](/source/Old_Navy) and the [Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada](/source/Heart_and_Stroke_Foundation_of_Canada).[6]

She started losing weight when she first started modeling, pressured to be skinny by industry standards. Instead, she became a full-time [plus-size model](/source/Plus-size_model).[3][7] She has been interviewed on the [CBC](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation)'s Daybreak Alberta about her plus-size modeling and activism.[8]

### Humanitarian

Omony started the [non-profit](/source/Non-profit) organization Immigrant Youth Empowerment Society in 2004. The mission of the organization is to empower young people in their neighborhoods around education and family life.[3][6] She also works with the FEED1 Project, Hearts 4 Peace,[4] and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.[6] Omony had her own TV show, the Sunday Omony Show, which aired on [Shaw TV](/source/Shaw_TV).[9]

## Personal life

Omony was born in the [Kitgum District](/source/Kitgum_District) of Uganda before moving to Canada when she was 6.[4] She is the oldest of four siblings.[7] In 1991, she moved to Canada.[3] She lives in [Calgary](/source/Calgary), [Alberta](/source/Alberta). Omony is studying for a bachelor's degree in Communications and Culture from the [University of Calgary](/source/University_of_Calgary).[6]

In 2017 Omony falsely accused a member of the Calgary Police Service of racial profiling after refusing to pull over during a traffic stop. She later retracted her statements after video of the interaction was released publicly that refuted her claims of racism and profiling by the members of the CPS.

## References

1. ["Sunday Omony and Marilou Ignacio Set to Host Miss Exotika Calgary"](http://www.calgaryfashion.ca/2013/10/14/sunday-omony-and-marilou-ignacio-set-to-host-1st-ms-exotika-calgary/). Calgary Fashion. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

1. Guinot, Venicia. ["Africa Day Interview: Sunday Omony"](http://www.tropicsmagazine.fr/article-africa-day-interview-sunday-omony-plus-size-model-host-procurement-analyst-115990582.html). Tropics Magazine. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

1. ["Sunday Omony Fashion and humanitarian work"](http://www.vogue.it/en/vogue-curvy/curvy-news/2011/10/sunday-omony). October 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.

1. "Uganda; Omony, Successful Plus-Size Model". *The Observer*. March 1, 2012.

1. Olsen, Linda. ["Model aiming to make big difference"](http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=9483772a-a996-4079-8511-22ac50265423). Calgary Herald. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

1. Tayler, Theresa (June 23, 2011). "Fiercely real role model; Local fashion model lends her talent to humanitarian work.". *Canwest News Service*

1. ["Interview Exclusive: Sunday Omony on Plus Size Modeling"](http://www.adunagow.net/main/?p=1876). Adunagow Magazine. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

1. ["Sunday Omony"](http://www.cbc.ca/player/AudioMobile/Daybreak+Alberta/ID/2256579202/). *Daybreak Alberta*. CBC. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

1. ["Women of Vision"](http://globalnews.ca/video/414584/woman-of-vision-sunday-omony). YouTube. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.sundayomony.com/)
- [TEDxYYC talk](https://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Its-Up-to-You-to-Define-Yoursel)

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