Olandria Carthen

**Olandria Lashae Carthen** (an haife ta a ranar 29 ga Mayu, 1998) ƙwararriyar mai tallan kayan kawa ce ta Amurka, mai tasiri, kuma mai hazaka a talabijin. Ta fito a kakar wasa ta bakwai ta *Love Island USA* a shekarar 2025, inda ta kare a matsayi na biyu.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Carthen, wanda aka fi sani da Olandria  kuma aka yi masa laƙabi da "Bama Barbie",  an haife ta a ranar 29 ga Mayu, 1998, a Decatur, Alabama.     Ita ce babban ɗan'uwa ga ƙanne biyu da ƙanne uku. Ta halarci Jami'ar Tuskegee, da farko ta yanke shawarar yin babban digiri a kimiyyar kwamfuta amma daga ƙarshe ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a fannin sufuri, kayan aiki da kuma kula da sarkar samar da kayayyaki. Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai siyarwa a masana'antar lif bayan kammala karatunta.  

## Sana'a
A ranar 29 ga Mayu, 2025, an sanar da Carthen a matsayin wani ɓangare na 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na kakar wasa ta bakwai ta *Love Island USA* .  Ta ci gaba da zama ta biyu a gasar ƙarshe tare da Nicolas "Nic" Vansteenberghe .  Carthen ta yaɗu a duk lokacin wasan kwaikwayon saboda kyawunta, wakilcin da ta kawo a kakar wasa, da kuma dangantakarta da Vansteenberghe, wanda magoya bayanta suka yi wa lakabi da "Nicolandria" kuma CNN ta sanya masa suna wani abu na al'adu, wanda kuma ya sanya su a matsayin "wani ɓangare na tarihin ma'aurata na gaskiya".   

Bayan fitowarta a *Love Island USA*, Carthen ta rattaba hannu da Digital Brand Architects, wani kamfanin gudanarwa mallakar United Talent Agency (UTA) .  Daga baya ta sanya hannu da UTA don wakilci a dukkan fannoni.  Ta yi ƙira ga samfuran kamar Kulani Kinis, Agua de Kefir, da Sweetgreen tare da Vansteenberghe kuma ta yi aiki tare da NYX Cosmetics don wani kayan lebe na hukuma na "Nicolandria", wanda ya ƙare cikin mintuna.   Ta yi aiki a matsayin abokin hulɗar alama tare da kamfanoni kamar Amazon, Hyundai, Microsoft, Vaseline, Aveeno, Shea Moisture, EOS, Raising Cane's, DoorDash, Shark Beauty, Uber da Liquid IV        An kuma nuna ta a matsayin abin koyi ga kamfen ɗin UGG na 2025 Fluff Momma na duniya da kamfen ɗin Reebok na Angel Reese 1.   *Ad Age* ta yaba wa Carthen saboda "daukar matakin da ya dace na canza shaharar ɗan lokaci zuwa alama mai dorewa ta mutum" kuma ta sanya mata suna ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu ƙirƙira guda 5 na shekarar 2025.   A ranar 20 ga Oktoba, 2025, an karrama ta a matsayin memba na *Cosmopolitan* 's Z-Stars Class na 2025, jerin da aka zaɓa da kyau wanda ke girmama masu ƙirƙirar Gen-Z waɗanda "ke bayyana yanayin da ake ciki, suna rinjayar miliyoyin mutane, kuma suna nishadantar da jama'a" kuma suna taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tsara al'adunmu." 

Mawakan salon zamani Matthew da Reginald Reisman sun tuntubi Carthen a shafin Instagram yayin da take takara a *Love Island USA* kuma sun tattauna da *Fashionista* yadda suka lura da kyawunta a kakar wasa ta bakwai ta shirin gaskiya: "A matsayinta na mai sha'awar kallon shirin, ita, a gare mu, ta kasance mai ban sha'awa, mutunci da kyau, kuma ta yi matukar burge mu. A gare mu, ta yi fice sosai kuma ta raba kanta da sauran 'yan wasan."  Bayan kafa dangantaka mai kyau da Reismans kuma ta sanya wasu kyawawan halaye da masu salo suka tsara, Carthen ta fara fitowa a wasan Sergio Hudson Spring/Summer 2026 a lokacin Makon Kayan Zamani na New York a watan Satumbar 2025.   Ta kasance bako a wasu manyan wasannin salon zamani a wannan makon, ciki har da wasan Off-White Spring 2026 Ready-to-Wear, wasan salon Alexander Wang Spring 2026, da kuma wasan salon Theophilio Spring/Summer 2026.   An kuma gane *Carthen* a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun kyawunta bayan fitowarta ta farko a bikin bayar da kyaututtukan kiɗan bidiyo na MTV na 2025.  A ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 2025, ta halarci bikin bayar da kyaututtukan salon zane na Majalisar Zane-zanen Kayan Amurka (CFDA) a Gidan Tarihi na Tarihin Halitta na Amurka cikin wata riga ta musamman ta Brandon Blackwood, inda *Marie Claire* ta ayyana ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun kyan gani na daren.   Mai zane ya shaida wa *InStyle* cewa yana son yin aiki tare da Carthen saboda "ba wai kawai tana sanya tufafi ba; tana ba da labari ta hanyar su".  A ranar 4 ga Nuwamba, 2025, ta halarci bikin bayar da kyaututtukan mata na shekara na  a Otal ɗin Plaza cikin rigar siliki taffeta ta Christian Siriano, inda *Glamour* ta ce ta "ba da wani yanayi mai ban mamaki na salon WOTY nan take". 

A matsayinta na wacce ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a jami'a daga Jami'ar Tuskegee , Carthen ta mayar da hankali kan haɓaka manyan makarantu da ɗaga darajar mata matasa.  A watan Satumba na 2025, ta haɗu da Microsoft Copilot kuma ta yi amfani da kamfen ɗinta don haskaka tarihin Jami'ar Tuskegee da mahimmancin HBCUs .  A ranar 6 ga Oktoba, 2025, ita ce babbar mai jawabi a lokacin da aka yi bikin "Ziyarar Butterfly" na Her Conference a Jami'ar Texas A&amp;amp;M, inda ta yi kira da a yi amfani da ilimin gaba da sakandare.  A ranar 23 ga Oktoba, 2025, ta kuma yi jawabi a ZCON da ke Los Angeles, wani taron da ya mayar da hankali kan tattaunawa da shugabannin matasa suna nazarin yadda za a gina kyakkyawar makoma ta dijital.  A ranar 5 ga Disamba, 2025, ta yi magana game da shugabanci, sahihanci, da kuma gogewarta wajen kewaya wurare na ƙwararru a matsayinta na mace baƙar fata a Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Harvard .  Daga baya a wannan ranar, ta sami lambar yabo ta Mata a Kasuwanci da Ƙarfin Manufar a bikin Harvard na shekara-shekara na Mata a Kasuwanci. 

A ranar 4 ga Nuwamba, 2025, Carthen ta lashe kyautar  People's Choice Award a bikin *EBONY* Power 100 Gala na 2025, wani taron shekara-shekara da ke nuna manyan mutane masu tasiri a al'adun Baƙar fata. Mujallar ta bayyana Carthen a matsayin "mai tasiri a kan hanyarsu ta zuwa matsayin fitattun mutane", an zaɓe ta don kyautar a tsakanin sauran fitattun mutane baƙar fata, ciki har da Tracee Ellis Ross, Jasmine Crockett, Audra McDonald, Taylor Townsend, da Elmiene .   Ta bayyana a murfin *EBONY* 2025 Power Issue tare da sauran waɗanda aka karrama a mujallar, ciki har da Iman, Lonnie G. Bunch III, Teyana Taylor, Tracee Ellis Ross, da Shaquille O'Neal .  A ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 2025, an nada Carthen a matsayin wanda aka karrama don  100, jerin shekara-shekara da ke girmama shugabannin baƙar fata mafi tasiri da masu tsara al'adu waɗanda suka yi tasiri mai yawa a fannoni da al'ummominsu, tare da wasu waɗanda aka karrama ciki har da Kamala Harris, Beyoncé, Denzel Washington, da Kendrick Lamar .  A ranar 29 ga Disamba, 2025, an kuma nada Carthen a matsayin wanda aka karrama don REVOLT Power List - jerin shekara-shekara wanda ke gane "masu bin diddigin al'adu tare da tasirin da ba za a iya musantawa ba" - kuma an nuna shi a cikin rukunin Masu ƙirƙira tare da Kai Cenat, Druski, Quenlin Blackwell, da IShowSpeed . 

Carthen ta yi fice a mujallar *Harper's Bazaar ta Vietnam* ta watan Disamba na 2025, inda ta zama mujallarta ta farko da ta yi fice a kanta.  A cikin labarin mujallar, wanda ya nuna tafiyar *Bama Barbie* "daga Alabama zuwa ga hasken duniya", ta bayyana abin da take son mutane su kwace daga tasirinta: 

Carthen ta kuma bayyana a murfin hutu na *Glamour* na Disamba 2025 tare da saurayinta Vansteenberghe, kuma a cikin labarin murfin (mai taken "Shekarar Nicolandria"), ma'auratan sun yi tunani kan tallafawa juna da kuma shawo kan shekara mai cike da shahara da kuma farin ciki ga magoya baya.  Carthen ta yi wasanni da dama a makon Golden Globes, inda ta halarci babban bikin bayar da kyaututtuka na farko na *Golden Eve* na kakar wasa cikin rigar da aka yi da kayan lambu ta Sevon Dejana, wacce aka yi da kayan lambu, sannan ta yi tafiya a kan kafet mai launin ja a bikin bayar da kyaututtuka na Golden Globe karo na 83 a cikin wata riga mai launin emerald da aka yi da gashin teku ta Christian Siriano.   

Carthen ta fara fitowa a gasar Paris Haute Couture Week a watan Janairun 2026, kuma  ta dauke ta a matsayin "Sabon Sweetheart na Paris Couture Week".  Ta kasance bako a shirin Rahul Mishra na bazara na 2026, sanye da wata karamar riga mai siffar "Heart of Gold" ta Indiya.  Carthen ta kuma halarci wasan Valentino Haute Couture a wani zane da aka yi wahayi zuwa ga shekarun 70 daga tarin Valentino Resort na 2026.  Ta zauna a layi na gaba a wasan Robert Wun na bazara na 2026, sanye da riga ja mai launin ruby, mai siffar avant-garde, daga wasan kwaikwayo na kaka na 2024 na mai zane wanda aka haifa a Hong Kong. 

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