CAREER FILE: MOD NICOLE LIEW

TO GET A SINGLE MODEL TO FRONT THE COVER AS WELL AS EVERY FASHION EDITORIAL OF AN ISSUE THAT CELEBRATES PASSIONATE AND DRIVEN NEXT-GEN CREATIVES FOCUSED ON RAISING THE BAR FOR THEMSELVES AS WELL AS THEIR INDUSTRY OF CHOICE COULD EITHER BE A VERY GOOD OR VERY BAD IDEA. WITH NICOLE LIEW BEING THAT MAIN CHARACTER, WE'D LIKE TO THINK THAT THE RESULTS LEAN TOWARDS THE FORMER. AHEAD OF THIS MONTH'S SPRING SUMMER 2024 FASHION WEEK SEASON, WHERE SHE AGAIN HOPES TO MAKE SINGAPORE PROUD ON THE INTERNATIONAL RUNWAYS, THE HARD-WORKING AND EFFORTLESSLY POISED 25-YEAR-OLD REMINDS US OF HOW BEAUTY IS ONLY ONE PART OF THE EQUATION TO A MODEL'S SUCCESS.

- NOELLE LOH

YOU’VE BEEN MODELLING SINCE YOU WERE 19, WHEN YOU WERE DISCOVERED AND SIGNED BY THE LOCAL AGENCY BASIC MODELS. WHAT HAVE BEEN THE HIGHLIGHTS OF YOUR CAREER SO FAR? 

“I’ve walked for Dolce & Gabbana thrice as well as Palm Angels, which has always been a favourite brand of mine; Vivetta; Hui Milano; Budapest Select; and Simona Corsellini. I’ve done campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana Eyewear, Sephora, Happy Socks and most recently, three different advertising shoots in a row for Raffles City Singapore. As for magazine work, I’ve done more than 50 editorials to date. I started counting these from 2020 because before that, I was mostly an e‑comm girl and never got booked by magazines until Covid‑19 hit and I decided to get bangs, and that changed my life so much. I’ve been on the covers of five magazines including Female (in October 2020), and the one for this issue is my sixth and marks the second time that I’m a Female cover girl.”

WHAT’S THE LIFE OF A FULL-TIME MODEL LIKE AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE A DEPENDABLE LIVING OUT OF IT HERE?