Who is Adja Toure? From Walmart to 'Real Girlfriends in Paris', the Cornell graduate's amazing journey
PARIS, FRANCE: Bravo, which has been known for giving unique and clutter-breaking shows like ‘Southern Charm’, ‘Real Housewives of Dubai’, ‘Kandi & the Gang’, and others, is bringing an exciting new reality series titled ‘Real Girlfriends in Paris’. The series revolves around six American girls in their 20s who embark on an adventurous journey in the city of love, Paris, where they would get to enjoy their best lives.
Talking about the cast members of the show, one of the most intriguing ones is Adja Toure. Toure would be seen making her entry into the beauty world and also mark her arrival on the dating scene in Paris. The reality star only visited Paris once as a child but always wanted to go back to France. Interestingly, she has a degree in hotel management from Cornell University.
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Who is Adja Toure?
The ‘Real Girlfriends in Paris’ star has also worked as a merchandiser at Walmart eCommerce from October 2018 to February 2020 in New York. Her responsibilities at Walmart included growing the dotcom Hair Color business through site merchandising, analytics, and assortment buying/planning and curation. She also negotiated CPG-backed funds and media spend from top vendor partners to strategically grow revenue and add margin protection.
Apart from that, she was also appointed as supply chain SME, using SQL and internal systems to analyze granular inventory position for the total Beauty department. She partnered with site merchandisers and brand partners to execute media campaigns and story curation online and on affiliates’ sites and led SEO optimization efforts for the greater health, beauty and wellness teams to ultimately decrease reliance on SEM spending.
Her LinkedIn bio reads, “I am an experienced marketing, retail, and hospitality specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the beauty, CPG, and durable ecommerce markets in the US. Open to consulting for companies interested in expanding to US marketplaces or digital marketing for major retailers.”
In her academic life, Toure has been a part of many committees at Cornell, including the Cornell University Chorus and the National Society for Minorities in Hospitality. Toure has also worked at the university as an administrative assistant and a Student Programs and Campaign Outreach Intern.
Toure is an active volunteer who also works as a musical performer at local schools, community centers, and nursing homes. Besides, she is also an important member of the Music Verse society.
Toure had also interned for the US National Archives and Records Administration. She also worked at Julie Lundy Event Designs as a special events intern. She then worked as the head of marketing for Gymtergrity from May 2016 to April 2017 at Greater Denver. She has also worked as the Institutional Client Business Summer Analyst for BlackRock from June to August 2017 in New York. Besides, she has her own company named Atelier Toure LLC.
Toure also is a New York City-based home chef. She has a separate Instagram page named @labellequicuisine where she keeps sharing several healthy and lip-smacking recipes for her followers.
The reality star also has her personal Instagram handle @adjaadjaadjaadja where she posts stunning pictures of herself. Her account as of now has only 2K followers which is not a huge number. We are sure as soon as the show premieres on Bravo, her followers are definitely bound to increase and skyrocket overnight.
Based on her account, we do know that Toure loves to travel to different places like Versailles, Mexico, Cannes, Colorado, England, and Ireland. She lives in New York and is outspoken and bold.
You can watch the official trailer of ‘Real Girlfriends in Paris’ below.
In the trailer, Toure can be seen feeling thrilled about meeting French men while complaining about American men.
The official description of the series reads, “In Paris, six bold 20-something American women experience their wildest adventure yet. While in the City of Lights, they find each other, encounter a romantic rendezvous or two and embrace all the spontaneity that comes with living in an exciting new city. Always looking for a good time, the women find themselves in an extraordinarily rich moment in their lives where the possibilities for true love, unrelenting passion, and forging lifelong friendships are endless.”
Besides Adja Toure, the cast of the show also includes Anya Firestone, Emily Gorelik, Margaux Lignel, Kacey Margo, and Victoria Zito.
The series will premiere on September 5, 2022, at 9 pm ET. The episodes will also be available on Peacock and the network's website one day after the television premiere.