{"id":66156,"date":"2025-07-15T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/?p=66156"},"modified":"2025-07-23T12:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:16:32","slug":"mona-tougaard-always-finds-the-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/mona-tougaard-always-finds-the-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Mona Tougaard Always Finds the Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EjlDfHQpndQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<style>\n#content .row {max-width:100%}\n#cover { \nbackground-color: white; position: relative; margin: 0 auto 30px auto;; text-align: center; \n}\n#covertitle, #covertitle h1, #content #covertitle h3 { font-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\", sans-serif; }\n#covertitle { position: absolute; font-family: \"SuisseIntl-Bold\", sans-serif; bottom: 12%; width: 100%; font-size: 3.8rem; font-weight: 900; }\n#content h1 { font-size: 4vw; display: inherit; display: inline-block; text-align:center; }\n#content div.post h2 {margin: 20px 0; background: white; font-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\",sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; color: #333;}\n#content #covertitle h3 { \nfont-size: 8vw; line-height: 20vh;\ntext-transform: uppercase; \nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\", sans-serif;}\n#introbox { border: 1px solid white; padding: 90px 30px !important; max-width: 850px; margin: auto !important; font-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\",sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center !important; }\n.introblurb, .introblurb p, .post div.introblurb p:first-child {\nfont-size: .7em; \nline-height: 1.6; \ntext-align:justify;\nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-Book\", sans-serif;\npadding: .3em 1em;\n}\n#content div.introcredits, #content div.introcredits p {\nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-Book\", sans-serif;\nfont-size: .8em; \ntext-align: center;\n}\n.pic40 { margin: 0 10%;; text-align: center; }\n.videocontainer {max-width:600px; margin: auto;}\n.txtbox { \nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-Book\",sans-serif; \nline-height: 2;\nfont-weight: 400; \nwidth: 36%; \nborder: 0; \nmargin: auto; \npadding: 5%;\n}\n.introtxt, .introtxt p {text-align:justify;}\n.pullquote {\nfont-size:4vw;\nline-height: 1;\ntext-align:center;\nfont-style:italic;\nmax-width:900px;\nmargin:auto;\npadding:1em;\nfont-family: \"SuisseIntl-SemiBold\",sans-serif;\n}\n.credits:empty {display:none;}\n.credits {\nfont-size: .75rem; \npadding: 2rem 0;; \nfont-weight: normal; \ntext-align: center; \nclear: both; \ntext-transform: uppercase; \nmax-width: 800px; \nmargin: auto; }\n#thumbsul { margin: 0 8%; }\n.text-left {text-transform: capitalize !important;}\n#thumbsul a, .text-left a {color: black;}\n#thumbsul a:hover, .text-left a:hover {color: #666;}\n.separ { border: 1px solid white; clear: both; padding: 60px; }\nem {color: #999;}\n<\/style>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/css\/sb\/index-sb@9e8baf1be17137f952c9eacc710f6bf0b29b9b08.css\" \/>\n<div class=\"txtdiv\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"introbox\">\n<div class=\"introtxt\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Mona Tougaard Always Finds the Light<\/h1>\n<p>After a season of closing runway shows, fronting covers, and stacking campaigns like Uno cards, <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/models\/mona-tougaard\">Mona Tougaard<\/a> has more than earned a summer respite. In a world where fashion shoots often mean hours of waiting in the cold for a 0.3-second shutter click, the <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/rankings\/ui\/NewSupers\/32945#32945\">New Super<\/a> has done it all: swimming through desert sand, trekking glaciers in kitten heels (they could have at least given her some height), and yes, even sharing a boat with a lizard (presumably unpaid). \u201cI\u2019ll do whatever it takes to get the shot,\u201d she quips, and she often does; for photographers like Steven Meisel, Mert &#038; Marcus, Alasdair McLellan, and Rafael Pavarotti, who\u2019ve captured her singular presence across billboards, bi-annuals, and everything in between. Yet for Tougaard, even the most surreal setups register as just another day at the office.<\/p>\n<p>Enter the Danish-Somalian model\u2019s latest assignment for Models.com, directed with satirical flair by <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/columbine-goldsmith\">Columbine Goldsmith<\/a>. Here, Tougaard does what she does best: everything and nothing, with equal elegance. One moment, she\u2019s soulfully gazing into the void in the latest Versace styled by <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/Ronald-Burton-III\">Ronald Burton III<\/a>; the next, she\u2019s offering key modeling wisdom: \u201cMove very slow\u2026 like this.\u201d It\u2019s a tongue-in-cheek ending to the wonderfully absurd cadence of the fashion season that was, with one of fashion\u2019s most magnetic forces. Models.com linked with Tougaard at our new favorite uptown hub, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corinthia.com\/en-gb\/new-york\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Surrey<\/a>, to spotlight her surreal on-set anecdotes, her signature slow-motion modeling wisdom, and the subtle art of finding the light, even if it means braving the elements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Clothing: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/anonlychild\">anOnlyChild<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/luar\">Luar<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/versace\">Versace<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"introcredits\">\nEditor in Chief: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/stephan-moskovic\">Stephan Moskovic<\/a><br \/>\nEditorial Director and Introduction: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/irene-ojo-felix\">Irene Ojo-Felix<\/a><br \/>\nDirector: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/columbine-goldsmith\">Columbine Goldsmith<\/a><br \/>\nProduction: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lolaproduction\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lola Production<\/a><br \/>\nManaging Editor: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/sasha-grinblat\">Sasha Grinblat<\/a><br \/>\nProducer: Mara MacEwan<br \/>\nProduction Manager: David Thompson<br \/>\nProduction Assistant: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ericsoucy\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Soucy<\/a><br \/>\nProduction Assistant: Paige Arneson<br \/>\nDirector of Photography: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/andrewlprice\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Price<\/a><br \/>\n1st AC: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/govinda.angulo\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Govinda Angulo<\/a><br \/>\n2nd AC: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/filmsbykansas\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas Ballesteros<\/a><br \/>\nGaffer: Aji Bass<br \/>\nEditor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/big.al\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allyson Nicholson<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cabinedit\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cabin<\/a><br \/>\nColorist: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/teajinator\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TJ Seiler<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/raremedium.tv\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rare Medium<\/a><br \/>\nMusic: ES Coast<br \/>\nMusic Supervision: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/agency\/HiNote\">HiNote<\/a><br \/>\nStylist: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/Ronald-Burton-III\">Ronald Burton III<\/a><br \/>\nStylist Assistant: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/not.jdy\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jody Bain<\/a><br \/>\nHair Stylist: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/erol-karadag\">Erol Karadag\u0306<\/a><br \/>\nMakeup Artist: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/tatyana-makarova\">Tatyana Makarova<\/a><br \/>\nSound: Drake Roy<br \/>\nSoundmix: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/heardcity\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heard City<\/a><br \/>\nLocation: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corinthia.com\/en-gb\/new-york\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Surrey, A Corinthia Hotel<\/a><br \/>\nSpecial Thanks: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/agency\/The-Society-Management\">Society Management<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corinthia.com\/en-gb\/new-york\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Surrey<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/christopher-michael\">Christopher Michael<\/a> at Egos &#038; Icons\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mona Tougaard Always Finds the Light After a season of closing runway shows, fronting covers, and stacking campaigns like Uno cards, Mona Tougaard has more than earned a summer respite. 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