Michaela DePrince

Michaela DePrince: Biography in Details

Who is Michaela DePrince?

Michaela DePrince is a Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer.

She drew the attention of the audience in a very short period of time with her wonderful dancing performance despite suffering from the disease, vitiligo.

Michaela DePrince: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Michaela was born Mabinty Bangura on 6 January 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of September 2021, she is 26 years old. Her birth sign is Capricorn. She was adopted by Charles Deprince (father) and Elaine DePrince (mother).

She was abandoned by her uncle due to her disease and was brought to an orphanage during the civil war. It is said that her biological father was shot and killed by the Revoluntary United Front when she was three years old. Her mother died of fever and starvation.

Michaela has suffered from a disease called vitiligo which causes patches of skin to lose their natural skin color. She was abused and taunted in the child care center.

Michaela DePrince has seven siblings. She has five brothers: Theodore DePrince, Adam DePrince, Cubby DePrince, Erik DePrince, Michael Noah DePrince. And two sisters: Mia DePrince and Mariel DePrince.

Her ethnicity is Sierra Leonean and her nationality is American. She practiced Judaism after converting from Islamism.

In which school did Michaela DePrince attend?

Michaela DePrince has done her schooling at Keystone National High School and graduated from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School where she took her ballet classes.

Michaela DePrince: Professional Life, Career

Michaela DePrince saw a cover photo of beautiful ballerina en pointe and she made her determination to become like a ballerina. Soon, an American family adopted Michela and she was the eighth of their eleventh children.

Her new family recognized her talent and supported her to join a ballet class. She worked hard to sharpen her skills and she made a strong thought and determination to overcome the stereotypes of conventional beauty and racial barriers in the world of ballet.

Michaela debuted as a guest principal at the Joburg Ballet in South Africa in the ballet documentary, ‘First Position’in 2011, and appeared on Dancing with the Stars. She showed her performance with the Dance Theatre of Harlem professional company at the age of 17.

This dancer became a member of the Dutch National Junior Company as a second-year member at the age of 18. She is now ranked as a soloist at Dutch National Ballet at the age of 23.

She loves to reach disadvantaged people besides dancing and she shares her message of hard work, hope, and perseverance. Michaela encourages and motivates them to strive for a dream. She was named an Ambassador for War Child Netherlands in 2016.

Achievement, Awards

Michaela has been awarded Youth American Grand Prix in 2010 which was a scholarship that provided her to study at The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School.

Social Media

Michaela DePrince has around 73k followers on Facebook, above 221k followers on Instagram, and around 1.1k followers on Twitter.

What is Michaela DePrince’s net worth?

It is estimated that she has a net worth of $0.5 million and her main source of earning is from her ballet dancing. She was also abandoned by child care.

Michaela DePrince: Rumors, Controversies

She was abandoned by her uncle during childhood calling her devil’s child because of disease, vitiligo.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Michaela DePrince has a height of 5 ft. 10 inches and she weighs 49 kg. Her bra size is 33C. Her body measurement is 33-27-34 inches. She has the body shape of an Hourglass.

Her waist size is 27 inches and her hip size is 34 inches. She wears a dress of size 4 US and she wears a shoe of size 8 US. She has black hair and black eyes.

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