24 hours with Bianca Balti

In this intimate diary, the supermodel reflects on motherhood, recovery and why beauty now looks like saying no.

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8.30AM THE MORNING HUSTLE

After school drop-offs, I head home and dive into work. Europe's still awake, so my manager and I cram a day's planning into a few hours. This job is unpredictable, and I've had to learn to let go. After my cancer diagnosis, the industry fell silent, so I created Turning Heads. Bald, self-shot, unfiltered.

Not for a brand, but to remind myself I was still here and feeling beautiful.

5.30AM BEFORE THE HOUSE WAKES

I'm usually up by 5.30. First: messages from Europe, a note from my boyfriend. Then, coffee. Always coffee.

Breakfast is chia pudding with all the good things, eaten in bed off a tray like a small luxury. I journal longhand, three pages, no edits. It's a habit born of therapy, now a form of meditation. This quiet, unhurried hour belongs to me before the world comes rushing in.

6.30AM THE HOUSE STIRS