Saudi Arabia First Super Model Walks On The Ramp In Paris
Saudi Arabia First Super Model Walks On The Ramp In Paris: 18-year-old Taleedah Tamer from Saudi Arabia is about to be known in history as Saudi Arabia’s first supermodel after she walks down the ramp at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week.
Belonging to the city of Jeddah, Taleedah bagged her first modelling project as she landed on the cover of an international magazine of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia recently.
Taleedah, who has a Saudi Arabian father and Italian mother, hopes to inspire girls in the kingdom to become models too.
“When I first started modeling I never thought that I’d be the “first Saudi model”, but it seems like the perfect time for the industry to open up,” she said.
Taleedah added, “I’m representing Saudi women who are beautiful, strong women and I just want to be able to represent them in the right way.”
Taleedah Tamer from Jeddah has landed her first international magazine cover on the front of the July/August issue of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia.
She hopes to be a trailblazer for a new generation of Saudi models and cites Gisele as her role model.
‘When I was younger, it didn’t cross my mind not to see Saudi women on magazine covers or in fashion shoots,’ she recalled. ‘But as I got older, I thought “why do these women not look like me?”. ‘And why can modeling not be done in a way that’s respectful of our culture?
Taleedah’s mother Cristina Tamer was a model who worked with brands such as #Giorgio Armani, #Gianfranco Ferré and La Perla.
Her father Ayman Tamer, is chairman of Tamer Group, a conglomerate operating in everything from healthcare to pharmaceuticals and beauty.
Taleedah has previously modeled for Korloff perfumes and the retailer Rubaiyat, but Harper’s Bazaar Arabia is her first international magazine cover.
‘I’m representing Saudi women who are beautiful, strong women and I just want to be able to represent them in the right way,’ she said.
At the moment Taleedah has a relatively modest Instagram following of just over 6,000 but that looks set to change as her modeling career takes off.
While the designs she models for Harper’s Bazaar are particularly modest, her personal shots allow her to show off her more relaxed side.
Last summer she showed off a variety of sunkissed snaps in bikinis as she spent time in Mykonos.
She visits Greece every summer for a spot of island hopping while visiting her grandmother.
In April this year, Saudi Arabia held its first ever fashion week with designers including Jean Paul Gaultier and Roberto Cavalli showing collections.
However, the Riyadh shows were not open to cameras and the audiences were strictly women only.
A clip later emerged of one of the shows on Twitter, showing clothes making their way down the catwalk hanging on drones.
According to reports no female models were used because male audience members were present, proving an issue when it came to the country’s modesty customs.
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