Delphine - She walks in beauty

I was shy but I never felt too embarrassed in front of a camera, even the first time (though you can tell by my older pictures I wasn't confident as I am right now). For me it was like a therapy, it was more than posing and having pretty pictures of myself ; I learned to accept my flaws more than I did before and simply feeling better even if I'm still working on it today.

Tell us where are you from, how old are you, something about growing up

I was born in Vietnam but I was adopted very, very young so basically I live in France since forever. I am twenty one years old and I always felt French, even though some people tend to reminds me I don't "look" like one, still today. As a child, I felt really bad about it ; I remember I used to regret to not be Caucasian so that would be easier this way. Now I learned to embrace my "differences", because that's a part of me I can't change anyway and I realized that was not a flaw, that is what is making me more "unique" somehow.

What were your childhood dreams - like, what did you want to become when you grow up

I'm actually surprised how pretty down to earth I was back then ; as a child I always wanted to be an illustrator or something that inclued drawing (no singing, acting or even modelling dream for me) ! When I grew up, (about thirteen years old) I discovered digital art thanks to the internet and I ended to progressively left drawing for Photoshop, so I thought I'd become a infographist... But no. How ironic it is to be more sure of your choices when you're a ten-years-old girl than a young adult...

Tell us about your regular day - how does it look like

I don't really have regular day at the moment, everyday is different depending if I have photoshooting or not. If not, I wake up (not so early I have to admit it), I check my social medias then I go downstairs and I drink some fruit juice. Moving on to the afternoon, depending if my boyfriend is there or not ; if he is, I'll go downtown with him, take a walk and have a drink. If he isn't, I'll go hanging out with my friends. Sometimes I just want to be home so I stay home and I look for castings, I check my mails or I just chill out, watching of some YouTube videos or that kind of stuff. And I try to do sports three times per week.

Model life. How and when did you start with modeling

I started modelling step by step ; I never felt very confident or pretty in high school, I was definitely not a part of the "cool kids" and I'd rather be invisible than being under the spotlights so modelling was not even an option. But one day when I was in 12th grade a friend ask me to pose for her just for fun so I accepted. She posted the pics on her Facebook page and she get many compliments, I did too. From that, other photographers contacted me and so on but I didn't take that seriously until the last year's end.

First experience in front of the camera - How did you feel

What kind of photos do you prefer. Also, do you like to take instructions from the photographer or to be a part of the shooting ideas.

Fashion editorial type of shooting is my favorite so far ! I also like lingerie sessions (just because as mentioned below I love pretty lingerie). When I was less experimented I'd rather being directed by the photographer but now I'm more used to pose on my own so I feel a bit disoriented if the photographer doesn't let me move by myself at all.

Lingerie photos - your favorite lingerie that you like to wear during the photo session

I payed more attention to lingerie when I started dating boys four years ago and I left my push-up bras for cute lace bralettes. Now I live for great lingerie, I think have more sets than shoes (that I'm still wearing). I especially like black, nude, dark red and navy blue colors when it comes to underwear. I appreciate delicate lace, tulle and sheer fabrics. I like it sexy but not vulgar or cheap looking.

Nude photos - when have you done your first nude photo session ? How was the feeling ? Reactions ?

I did my first real nude session last year, (in November I think) with a professional photographer who became a good friend of mine. He was young but he was the most experimented photographer I met until then so I was kind of impressed, but he has been very nice and cool so I felt safe enough to do it. I really liked the result, those tests are still my best photos to my opinion. Surprisingly, I didn't get so much hate as I was expecting, of course some were like "Oh my God" and a few guys sent me annoying messages after they saw but no one insulted me, at least I didn't hear anything directly. But at the same time, the pictures were very well edited and I only accept nude projects when the style is classy, not trashy so nobody can contest that. I never told my mom though, she wouldn't understand.

High fashion - tell us more about that. What do you consider by high fashion, favorite brands

Unfortunately I don't fit into haute couture standards as a model, but as a fashion lover I really like high fashion. To me that's a real form of Art, the finest part of what fashion can be, creatively and technically. I love beautiful gown, that's why I would say Elie Saab and Zuhair Murad are my favorite brands, their creations always amaze me. As a French girl I love French creators too, Chanel for the classy vibes and Saint Laurent for that rock n' roll/boyish side.

Tattoos. You have one or several. What does they mean to you

I have one single tattoo on my right shoulder/scapula, that's an half graphic half mosaic whale that a friend draw for me... The story behind it is quite complicated and I'll be honest, I kinda regret it sometimes because that's a problem for modelling jobs I'm looking at because it's very colorful and not that small, but at that time I didn't know I would do what I do now as first job activity. Fortunately it's mostly located in my scapula so it's easier to hide.

Plans for the rest of this year

If everything goes well, I will move in to my boyfriend's new flat so we can live together. I hope I will have more modelling opportunities so maybe I'd be able to entirely live from that activity for a while... I also planned to do research on fashion management studies, because even if the future is still blurry in my head, I think that is what will fit me the best and I'm aware that a model career won't last all my life.