Amilna Estevao - Angolaise - 1m78 - 77/60/83
Agences
Elite
The Society
The New-York Times Style
Juin 2015
Craig McDean
Vogue Paris
Juin/Juillet 2015
Alasdair McLellan
14 year old winner of Elite Model Look Angola 2013 - Ever since her debut at Alexander Wang, Amilna has dominated the runways of each fashion capital. From Prada, Fendi, Burberry Prorsum, Balenciaga, & Stella McCartney this Angolan fresh faced beauty is set for a marathon shoot season.
The new model @amilnaestevao, 16, from Angola, graces her first major magazine cover for our annual Beauty issue, photographed by Craig McDean and styled by Joe McKenna. The Beauty issue is out in the @nytimes this Sunday, June 14
Amilna opened up and told me about her participation in the Elite Model Look International 2013. This is a teenager in the fashion world and in her spare time, she enjoys reading history books and dancing kuduro . At only 14 years old, the Angolan Pearl is the first African model to gain a high rank in the contest Elite Model Look International, after winning the Elite Model Look Angola held by Semba Communication. After the participation of Roberta Narciso, Elsa Baldaia and Veronica Bartholomew, Amilna Estevão, surprised Angola, achieving the best classification between the Angolan candidates who have already competed in the Elite Model Look International . The model, touted by "Da Banda Model Management" , won a contract with the Elite agency, to walk the catwalks worldwide . With this achievement , Amilna leaves the mark of originality of Angolan women in the Elite Model Look . During the conversation with VIDA she said that aspires to conquer the world top model status, as Gisele Bundchen. "It was good to participate in the Elite Model Angola, despite the distrust of my parents," she said. Amilna says her family was afraid of the negative things they heard about in the world of fashion, but after winning the contest, the family looked over to her talent. "My parents were afraid that I participate in the contest, they heard bad things about the world of fashion, but after my participation and win, they helped me and gave me lots of support and advice," she said.
Amilna Estevão FW15 TOTAL: 34 Milan/Paris Total:22 Opened: 1 | Closed: 1 London: Anya Hindmarch Burberry Prorsum Issa J.W. Anderson Jonathan Saunders Sibling Simone Rocha Milan: Bottega Veneta Fausto Puglisi Fendi Giamba Missoni MSGM Prada New York: Alexander Wang (Semi-Exclusive) MBMJ Marc By Marc Jacobs Narciso Rodriguez Prabal Gurung Rag & Bone (O) Vera Wang Paris: Anthony Vaccarello Balenciaga Emanuel Ungaro Giambattista Valli H&M Studio Iris Van Herpen (C) Kenzo Loewe Maiyet Moncler Gamme Rouge Paul & Joe Sonia Rykiel Stella McCartney Vionnet
Which models have impressed you this season? It’s a season full of real beauties. I have so many favorites. With some of them I have great memories. Roos Abels, who opened Giamba last season, also did our campaign and our Pre-Fall lookbook and she is a sweetheart. Annika Krijt worked a lot with us in Paris before the couture season and we love her. Amilna Estevão is a star and she is so funny. Noa Vermeer, who opened Giamba this season, is so smart and such a fast learner. Elizabeth Davison is great. And I think Paula Galecka and Sophia Ahrens are stunning. Lieke de Jong, Anisia Khurmatulina, Freja Sørensen, and Sofie Schultz—our exclusive girls—are amazing and such a pleasure to work with.
I’m not one to ooh and ah over models, until now. After two words with Amilna Estevão backstage at Vera Wang, I was spellbound. Maybe it’s because of her melodic accent (Portuguese), her razor sharp cheekbones or that fact that she looks like a perfect mashup of Lupita Nyong’o and Naomi Campbell. This 16-year-old model – who hails from Luanda, Angola – is one to watch. And it’s only Estevão’s first fashion week, but she’s already taking it by storm. Backstory: Estevão was discovered in 2013 after participating in the Elite Model Look competition in Angola. From there, she went on to the Elite International competition in China and won third place. This is Estevão’s first time on the New York runway, but she’s already considering making a permanent life in America. Why she matters: She’s already walked in Prabal Gurung and Vera Wang; opened for Rag + Bone; and had a spot in the holy grail of shows, Alexander Wang. What she would be if not a model: The only thing modeling and airplanes have in common is a runway, but she still could imagine a life in the skies. “I would be a flight attendant because I like to travel and I like seeing the clothes in different countries.” Her role model: Estevão aspires to be like South African model, Candice Swanepoel. “I like her body and her personality. Plus, I think she is a very strong woman,” she says. What calms her before the show: “I just breathe and listen to Afro-House. It’s African music. It’s very different.”