{"id":58322,"date":"2017-10-13T05:01:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T09:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/?p=58322"},"modified":"2017-10-19T01:34:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T05:34:25","slug":"akiima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/modeloftheweek\/58322","title":{"rendered":"Akiima walked for Azzedine Alaia alongside Naomi Campbell herself"},"content":{"rendered":"

Akiima was shot exclusively for MODELS.com by Julien Bernard<\/a>, with styling by Laetitia Gimenez, hair by Jean Baptiste Santens<\/a> @ Capsule, makeup by Megumi Zlatoff<\/a> @ Agence Saint Germain, and casting production by Maxence Orard<\/a>. Thanks to Charlotte Dubos. All clothing by V\u00e9ronique Leroy<\/a>, tights by Falke.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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interview<\/h2>\n

Name:<\/strong>
\nAkiima<\/a><\/p>\n

Agency:<\/strong>
\nIMG Paris (Paris)<\/a>
\nAlso:
\nIMG (New York)<\/a>
\nIMG Australia (Sydney)<\/a>
\nFinesse Models (Adelaide)<\/p>\n

Age:<\/strong>
\n20<\/p>\n

Height:<\/strong>
\n181cm (5’11.5″)<\/p>\n

Instagram:<\/strong>
\n@akiima<\/a><\/p>\n

Place of Origin:<\/strong>
\nAustralia<\/p>\n

Ethnic Origin:<\/strong>
\nSouth Sudanese<\/p>\n

Birthsign:<\/strong>
\nAquarius<\/p>\n

How discovered:<\/strong>
\nBy Brigette Mitchell in Adelaide, walked into the agency.<\/p>\n

What was your first modeling job?<\/strong>
\nBeing the face of Adelaide Fashion Festival 2017.<\/p>\n

Favorite things:<\/strong>
\nMy laptop and wifi. I need something to entertain me while I’m traveling. Love walking around when I’m in a new country. Deeply enjoy a good book.<\/p>\n

What are you listening to at the moment?<\/strong>
\nSZA’s latest album CTRL.<\/p>\n

Favorite movie, tv show:<\/strong>
\nGone With The Wind and Poetic Justice<\/p>\n

Favorite designer, fragrance or beauty product:<\/strong>
\nVictoria’s Secret fragrances are beautiful <\/p>\n

What were you doing before modeling?<\/strong>
\nStudying and working.<\/p>\n

What would you be doing if you weren’t modeling?<\/strong>
\nI would be a nurse. Hopefully one day I will be one. <\/p>\n

What’s something uncool that you love anyway?<\/strong>
\nI hate to say this, but OPEN TOE SANDALS!<\/p>\n

Favorite modeling experience so far?<\/strong>
\nWalking Azzedine Alaia couture show in Paris with Naomi Campbell.<\/p>\n

What’s the best thing about your hometown\/country?<\/strong>
\nFriendly faces and how quiet it is. <\/p>\n

Which brand would you really love to model for?<\/strong>
\nChristian Dior<\/p>\n

Place you would love to visit:<\/strong>
\nRome.<\/p>\n

Currently you’re obsessed with\/about:<\/strong>
\nMusic.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the best piece of advice you\u2019ve ever been given?<\/strong>
\n“Things happen for a reason.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Akiima, 20, from South Australia, likes Poetic Justice, SZA, and walking in shows with Naomi Campbell. She was shot exclusively for MDC by Julien Bernard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[4475,195,4476,98,79,2899],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58322"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58390,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58322\/revisions\/58390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}