Namita Nayyar:
Looking back on your trip from Verona to the Grammys red carpet, if you could give a piece of advice to yourself 17 years old, what would it be?
Valentina Bìssoli:
Believe in yourself and don’t give up: even if sometimes those closest to you don’t believe in you, you have to believe in it anyway. I know it may seem difficult, almost impossible, but it is fundamental. I would never have imagined that I could get to Hollywood starting from my village; if I had said it out loud they would have taken me for crazy. Yet it happened, so dreams and dreamers always win in the end. This is my message.
Namita Nayyar:
The Women Fitness website and Women Fitness International Magazine are dedicated to empowering women through health, fitness and self-confidence. What message would you like to share with our global community of readers about embracing their unique beauty, cultivating inner strength, and living a balanced life?
Valentina Bìssoli:
My message is to love yourself as you are, accepting your flaws as well as your strengths. No one is born perfect: everyone works on different characteristics, so you have to give the best with what you have. This is the fundamental thing, without resorting to distortions: everyone must give their best for the qualities they possess and for what they have been given.
It’s obvious that I aim a lot to improve myself every day. Every day we can improve in something, and it is very important that this desire is alive in each of us, because we are on this earth precisely for this: to improve ourselves day after day.
Namita Nayyar:
If you could leave a thought with women all over the world about what it really means to be safe, healthy and beautiful in today’s world, what would it be?
Valentina Bìssoli:
Achieve peace in yourself and be fully aware of your nature and what you want to achieve: this, in my opinion, is the golden rule… and to enjoy life to the fullest without taking judgment into account. I don’t want to have regrets but many good memories.
Namita Nayyar:
You have created a powerful visual legacy through editorial features in prestigious magazines such as Forbes, Vanity Fair, Elle and GQ. In particular, your glamorous photo shoot for Maxim captured a striking balance between sophisticated elegance and modern charm. How was the creative energy on that set and how do you prepare to embody such a powerful and sculptural presence for the camera, the kind that makes you a “visual monument” of contemporary fashion?
Valentina Bìssoli:
I took the photo shoot for Maxim Francia in Berlin with a very good photographer named Mark Collins. In those cases, simply the moment counts: the instant captured by the photo and the feeling between the model and the photographer, which at that juncture almost looks like a flirt.
It is essential that the photographer really sees the model and makes her feel unique and beautiful, because that’s how she manages to give the best of herself. It’s not a real flirt, but an artistic flirt, a bit like what is created between a director and the actress.
The skill of the photographer, in fact, is not only technical but also expressive: it is in knowing how to bring out the best he can give from the subject. Then of course it is the others who judge the photo, and I am pleased that my shots have been immortalized for paintings or representations, thus reaching so many people and many different environments.
In Verona it sometimes happens to enter a wine cellar or a place and see a photo of me: this, in my opinion, is the most beautiful satisfaction. Or maybe see some representation of some artist who, around the world, takes inspiration from my photos. Here, for me this means being or becoming iconic. Not so much in the sense of a static figure, which is not beautiful, but for the ability to reach anyone, in any country and in any sector. This, in my opinion, is fundamental and is what really matters in a career. Small or big.
Namita Nayyar:
Quick insights
Valentina Bìssoli:
- Favorite city to work in: Miami
- The brand you would like to collaborate with the most: Cartier
- A beauty product you can’t do without: aloe vera
- A book that changed your perspective: Osho “With you and without you”
- Your mantra for difficult days: you are a unique person; no one will ever exist like you. It can be better or worse but not the same.
Valentina Bìssoli Social Media Presence
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valentina_bissoli_/
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