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She completed her training as an actress for open spaces at the EMAD (Metropolitan School of Dramatic Arts) and trained from a young age to the present in different spaces and with different teachers.
She went through the IVA (Vocational Art Institute), El Desván, with María Claudia Rufaldi, El Desguace with Gabriel Virtuoso, she studied film acting with Marco Berger;
Julián Doregger, Francisca Ure, and others.
She was born and lives in the Parque Chacabuco neighborhood and her career as a model began unexpectedly...
How did your modeling career start?
It started at the end of 2020, when I was 21 years old.
It arose from several events that coincided at the same moment.
On the one hand, a theater classmate was practicing photography and took some photos of me at the end of 2019. For me it was like a game, and it meant helping her and at the same time having quality material.
Finally, those photos ended up in a digital magazine where one of the editors who is also a stylist, in September 2020, contacted me to model for her brand.
At the same time, a well-known photographer came across those photos on Instagram and invited me to take his portrait.
His photos ended up selected in Vogue and had a lot of reach, which caused my image to reach several brands and modeling agencies.
And finally, during the pandemic confinement, I decided to thoroughly investigate my birthmark: what it was, what its name was, why it was formed, etc.
I did a lot of research and ended up posting a video on my Instagram talking about my Port Wine stain that ended up being spread and replicated;
which also made my image reach various sectors and from there they began to call me to work.
What role does activism play in your life and how did it develop?
A leading role.
I come from a family that cares a lot about politics.
They always instilled in me solidarity, social justice, thinking and helping others and analyzing current events and my privileges all the time.
As a teenager I had an active participation in the student center at my school, I always found myself debating, questioning myself and being on the street when I had to march to defend some right.
I feel like it was instilled in me as a child and I grew up being curious.
Today activism was mutating in different forms depending on my context.
It became more visible because of my work and globalization.
It mutated more towards my social networks.
What would you like to happen to you in the future?
Ugh haha, many things!
Basically with a less hostile, more supportive, inclusive and egalitarian world for everyone.
I dream that we become aware of the damage that is being done to the planet and act against it.
With a world where the rights of women and dissidents are the same as those of men, and also where no girl goes hungry or lacks a roof over her head.
And in the middle I have a thousand more things left.
How do you see the world of fashion regarding inclusion and diversity?
I think that in recent years thanks to the latest wave of feminism, fashion has rethought a lot about incorporating diversity in brands and catwalks.
It is a path that is still very green and urgently needs massive inclusion.
There are countries and markets where this inclusion is seen much more and others where it still does not exist.
Not only do we need to see curvier bodies, I would like us to move beyond “big breasts and hips, but small waist.”
We need other heights, other measurements, other genders and sexualities, other cultures.
Let's rethink the concept of fashion a little and where and for whom it is directed.
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What does it mean to you to represent Argentina in other countries?
It is difficult for me to be aware because it seems like a strong role, but obviously for me it is beautiful and very important.
I love Argentina, I am a faithful activist that we have an incredible country and it fills me with pride to be able to bring a part of ourselves to other countries.
I see it with myself, but also with any other model, artist, scientist, worker, etc.
I think we have a lot to give and it is beautiful to see how we are gaining more and more ground in different territories thanks to our work and talent.
Which brand would you love to walk for?
I don't have a specific one that I love, I think for any major brand that doesn't usually have diverse models.
One that has an international impact so that, anywhere in the world, they can see that a person with a birthmark on their face or large hips is totally normal.
Fashion is...
For me it is art, and like all art, it is political and communicative.
It is not just a piece of clothing put on a body.
It's what that garment says and why it is displayed that way.
Fashion is one of the many artistic forms that must tell or communicate a message.
What things do you like to do that have nothing to do with fashion?
I like football a lot;
go to the field to watch the San Lorenzo games, a club of which I have been a fan since I was born.
And act.
I feel like it goes hand in hand with fashion because I act every time I have to pose or walk down a catwalk;
but I could say that being an actress and aerial dancer.
I have been doing aerial dance with harness and rope since I was 11 years old and I often work on it.
In the top 3, apart from going out and being with friends and family, is: acting, dancing in the air and watching football.
What is the most beautiful and the most difficult thing in the world of fashion?
The most beautiful thing is how different each project can be.
You never know what you're going to find when you go to work.
The different proposals that may appear are something that I really enjoy;
together look for what we are going to want to say in this campaign/parade/editorial/etc.
I feel that the world of fashion is very playful, that's why it reminds me of acting.
What is most difficult for me is what I was commenting on, the lack of inclusion and the feeling that sometimes the same message continues to be given because it is what sells.
It's hard for me to think that, in most cases, the goal is to end up selling and that's why sometimes more attention is paid to the market than to art.
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