The Sky's The Limit

With a blend of English, Saudi Arabian and Armenian heritage, Skye Jones has a kaleidoscopic perspective on humanity. As she breaks into film photography and lands a major modelling gig, she is leading the charge of her generation’s dreamers.

- Georgie Bradley

Skye Jones can’t sit still. She’s just bounced off a 14-hour flight from New York but her energy bank is still in credit. Even though it’s still day zero in Dubai, she’s already seen family friends in Umm Suqeim in the five hours she’s been on the ground. “I don’t like being alone for too long,” she says, with a glossy glint in her un-jet lagged eye. “I like to take advantage of wherever I am and experience as many things as possible. I get a rush from the new.”

Surprisingly, this is the tri-national’s (English, her dad; Saudi Arabian and Armenian, her mum) first foray into the Gulf. “I’ve been to Lebanon before, but not here. I’m dying to eat some Lebanese food, but I guess there wouldn’t be much of that here, right?” There is a resplendent jump on her honeyed face when she’s brought to light on that situation.