June 19, 201410 yr Author Miss Vogue Class of 2014 client: miss vogue source: vogue.co.uk published: spring/summer 2014
September 12, 20177 yr interviewName: Alewya Demmisse Agency: Women Management (New York) Storm Model Management (London) Age: 21 Height: 5’9.5″ Instagram: @alewyademmisse Place of Origin: Great Britain Ethnic Origin: Ethiopian Birthsign: Cancer How discovered: My friend, Chris Foggin, was directing a film and he asked me to be an extra for a scene, Cara Delevingne was in the film too and she recommended me to her agency, they reached out and the rest is history Favorite things: I like lots of things mostly to do with music and art and walking Favorite music, band: Young Thug Favorite movie, tv show: My favorite films are Mean Girls, Friday, Blue Is The Warmest Color and Pans Labyrinth. My favorite tv shows are Topboy, Desmond’s, Fresh Prince, Eastenders and Supersize vs Super Skinny. Favorite designer, fragrance or beauty product: I like to smell clean so Sure antiperspirant first, but then I love Chloe perfume. Burberry for its Britishness and Harley Davidson What would you be doing if you weren’t modeling? Mathematics Favorite modeling experience so far? Shooting with Tim Walker for British Vogue “bright young things” was so cool. Kate Moss styled and Kate Phelan too, it was a really fun easy going summers day. I had Kesewa with me too which was great! What’s the best thing about your hometown/country? Everything. London is in my blood, and my mannerisms and sense of humour. Love it. Which brand would you really love to model for? Burberry or Chanel Place you would love to visit: EVERYWHERE INCLUDING SPACE Currently you’re obsessed with/about: I’m always interested in numbers and lately “conspiracy” theories, I say in quotes because to my mind, they make a lot make more sense than the stuff the news shows and cartoons models.com
September 12, 20177 yr Kinfolk Magazine Fall Winter 2017 Photography: Zoltan Tombor at See Management. Styled by: Debbie Hsieh at See Management. Hair Fernando Torrent. Makeup: Yasuo Yoshikawa. Model: Alewya Demmisset at Women. ____________________ Agencies New York - Women Management London - Storm Management Hamburg - M4 Models MILANO - The Fabbrica
November 17, 20177 yr Purpose & Perspective ALEWYA Meet Alewya Demmisse, the inspired and self-aware model and artist who helped us bring Monique’s Pean’s treasures to life. ON PURPOSE When it comes to purpose, it’s about embodying what you are in that one moment. Sounds like a small thing but it’s so big to be honest about who you are in that moment. It changes, constantly, and I act according to how I feel. ON LIFE LIVED I’ve lived five hundred lives in twenty-three years. My family is refugee from Ethiopia, my mom traveled from Ethiopia to Kenya where she had my brother, then Saudi Arabia where I was born, then London where we climbed out of asylum. In London, there was always a clash between my life at school and when I came home at night to my traditional parents. My father is Muslim and I grew up Muslim, but I didn’t fit in to my father’s ideals. Him and I always butted heads about what it was to be a girl. I was very much in my own spirit, but I wasn’t always comfortable with it so I would resist and fight everyone and everything. ON MODELING Modeling came to me, I never thought about it at all. I didn’t think I could do it. At 19 I was meant to go to university and study math and philosophy, but I genuinely didn’t want to do any of that. I dropped out after two months, I went to an agency they signed me on the spot. From that moment on, my spiritual awakening started. Modeling was a battle in the beginning, I didn’t know what it meant or what it was, battling people’s perceptions of me. Now it’s easier because I know that this is why I’m here. I know myself better and I know the people I’m working with. ON HER ART My spirit guides my art, it’s being channeled, I’m in a meditative state when the pen moves, I start with the head and my pen moves, on, I just flow. It takes me two minutes to complete a sketch. My art has literally taught me everything about my spirit. It’s my purpose. ON AMBITION AND SUCCESS I don’t go there, it’s just one of those things. I just hope to get to a place where I’m always aligned. I think anything is possible, I just want to be at total peace. I think it’s strange that we perceive good food, time, peace, as a luxury. Why are these natural things a luxury and the man- made stuff we get from the factory is the norm? source: womenmanagement
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