Esther Kamatari is new face of Guerlain

After Michelle Yeoh and Natalia Vodianova, exiled Burundian princess Esther Kamatari has been named Guerlain's new beauty ambassador.

Kamatari was France's first black supermodel in the 1970s and has been tapped to front the luxury brand owned by LVMH, reports WWD.

In addition to being a writer and model, Kamatari, who came to France at the age of 19 in 1970, also ran for the Burundi presidency in 2004.