My first Magazine Cover?

The day has arrived…

Am I or aren’t I on the cover of the magazine?

If I have any loyal readers hanging around you’ll know what I’m talking about, but for those who are new I’ll give some context.

About 3 weeks ago I shot my first editorial here in Korea. It was a really exciting shoot in collaboration with Van Cleef… and it was the cover story! Meaning of course that an image from the shoot would be on the cover.

I wouldn’t say I waited anxiously as that’s a tad dramatic, but I definitely debated if the BTS shots I had seen of myself were enough to put me on the cover. Or if they’d choose a shot of the other model.

There was one photo in particular of the other girl that I saw and immediately felt threatened because they had captured her laughing naturally and I thought in my head at that exact moment - “this is very Korean”.

So… what did end up on the cover? You must be wondering.

I could describe it but I’d rather just show you for more comedic value —>

A twig. A branch. A tree. Whatever you want to call it - it’s humbling.

Although maybe I should have done some research because seemingly they don’t put faces on the covers very often! Big mistake I think because who wants to look at a twig with some jewellery on it. I know I’d rather look at my face.

Of course the twig is decorated with about £100k worth of diamonds and gold and the focus is Van Cleef but I’d like to hope I wear it better than a very skinny tree branch, and a few performative berries.

My images are obviously within the magazine - and I did make it to front cover of the website! However the cover would have been nice, but granted the tree is funny.

The full editorial - mine and the other models looks - shown below:

Obviously I need a copy in print to use as a coffee table book for when I have my own house and can obnoxiously bring up how I used to model full-time in my youth. However it proved remarkably difficult to order one myself as I don’t have a Korean phone number.

Not to fret, as I asked my agent on Monday to order me a copy and it has since arrived.

To round up:

I’m obviously disappointed to not be on the cover, however it’s still the cover story so it’s first page. AND arguably a lot better than if they had put one of us on the cover and it wasn’t me.

That would have been an ego hit, so I’m at least thankful they used the twig instead of that.

Still think I would have been a better fit though… and sold more copies probably ;)

With love,

Mimi x