{"id":37488,"date":"2011-12-05T17:20:22","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T22:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/?p=37488"},"modified":"2011-12-05T17:24:28","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T22:24:28","slug":"the-hanaa-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/the-hanaa-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hanaa Factor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37489\" title=\"hanaa\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/oftheminute\/images\/2011\/12\/hanaa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As one of the fastest rising stars in the business <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/models\/hanaa-ben-abdesslem\">Hanaa Ben Abdesslem<\/a><\/strong> is certainly having a moment. The Tunisian stunner is the newly minted face of <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/client\/lancome\">Lancome<\/a>, a favorite of <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/client\/givenchy\">Givenchy<\/a>&#8216;s Riccardo Tisci and is quickly racking up editorial milage in choice publications like V and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/client\/vogue-paris\">Vogue Paris<\/a><\/em>. Though her classic beauty has struck a chord with industry insiders, Hanaa remains refreshingly down to earth. MDC caught up with Ms. Abdesslem \u00a0to talk style, working with Carine and why she&#8217;s passionate about introducing the world to Tunisian talent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hanaa answers to select questions from the famous Proust Questionnaire :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/33181092?portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>MDC: What has been a career highlight for you so far? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hanaa:<\/strong> When I started modeling my first experience was with <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/people\/riccardo-tisci'>Riccardo Tisci<\/a> for Givenchy, I had an exclusive and that was my first big runway show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MDC: How were you discovered?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hanaa:<\/strong> It is a bit of a long story. I dreamt of being a model when I was young, but so many have that dream and only a few are able to make it a reality. By chance I met a business woman named Sophie and she connected me to IMG. That led to my first photo shoot for Vogue Paris and starting to do runway shows.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MDC: Are there any misconceptions or difficulties you&#8217;ve had to deal with being an Arab model? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hanaa:<\/strong> There are misconceptions, yes both at home and abroad but the good outweighs the bad. Where I&#8217;m from there really isn&#8217;t a big fashion industry the way there are in other places. It was always my dream to work in that business and now that I&#8217;ve succeeded I hope to become an example for others. <\/p>\n<p><strong>MDC: You&#8217;re surrounded by amazing clothes every day, what is your personal style like? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hanaa:<\/strong> I actually love wearing all black, I&#8217;m drawn to very simple things and I think that reflects my personality. <\/p>\n<p><strong>MDC: I know you&#8217;re very active in trying to help Tunisian talent, can you tell us a bit about that? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hanaa: <\/strong>For me it was a dream to be able to travel outside of Tunisia and find work. I know how difficult that is so it is very important for me to try and help Tunisian designers and creators. I started filming a documentary on actors, designers and creators so that more people could be introduced to our country and the wealth of talent that is there. I feel it is important to get that message across and film is a wonderful way to share our experiences with the world.<\/p>\n<p><!--pp-thumb-start--><!--PictPress found no dir \/2011\/12\/37488--><!--pp-thumb-end--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hanaa Ben Abdesslem talks to Models.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":37489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[53,8365,1741,5017,447],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37488"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37516,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37488\/revisions\/37516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}