British Vogue - 10.2019

(Amelia) #1
“I don’t wear much
make-up anymore,
so my skin can
breathe, but I’m
never without my
Fenty Gloss.” Gloss
Bomb Universal
Lip Luminizer in
Fenty Glow, £16,
Fenty Beauty

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Sade “Your Love
Is King”
Frank Ocean “Nikes”
Prince “I Wanna
Be Your Lover” and
“When Doves Cry”
The Internet
“Hold On”

“Rihanna is
100 per cent my
style icon. I get
goosebumps even
thinking of
meeting her.”

“I’m really excited
about model Aaron
Philip. She has such
an important story.”

“Confidence shines through in any
picture. Finesse the light, know your
angles, wear what makes you feel
good. I love using the Huji app, too.”

Of all the life-changing gap-year stories you may
have heard, Ugbad Abdi’s is among the more
fashion forward. The 19-year-old, who was born
in Somalia and spent some of her childhood in a
Kenyan refugee camp before moving to America,
was in Iowa weighing up her post-high school
options and thinking about becoming a nurse, when
she decided to listen to the scores of friends who
told her to give modelling a shot. Soon she was
posting fashion and beauty looks on Instagram and,
sure enough, an agent got in touch. In the blink of
an eye, Abdi was signed to Next Models and out
on the runway walking for Valentino and Fendi,
even opening for Marc Jacobs. “It seems like a long
time ago,” she tells Vogue between couture shows
in Paris, despite the fact she has been modelling
for only just over a year. A practising Muslim and
naturally shy, wearing the hijab “has made me more
vocal”, she says. “I want to encourage young Muslim
girls to feel like they can dream big.” Amel Mukhtar

Ug bad Abd i

“When my skin
is bad I use
Yes To Tomatoes
Detoxifying Mud
Mask [£12]. The
sheet masks are
also super-
moisturising.”

“The Eiffel Tower is
my favourite place.
It’s such a surreal
moment when
you’re in front of it.
I FaceTimed my
mom the first time
I was there.”

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“I wear
thick gold hoops
from Forever
21 all the time.
They go with
everything.”
Earrings, £4.50,
Forever 21

“My most-used emojis
are the Gemini sign –
I’m a Gemini, and I
send it to my Gemini
friends – and the smiley
face with the hearts.”

“Lately, I’ve
been shopping
at Khaite a
lot. It’s so my
aesthetic. I
bought a leather
jacket I live in
right now.”

“Models wait
around a lot, so I
always have a
book. I’m reading
Outliers: The Story of
Success by Malcolm
Gladwell next.”

Leather jacket,
£3,254, Khaite, at
Mytheresa.com

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