Wearing a chain and python insert Paco Rabanne gown, Nargis Fakhri covers the Jan-Feb issue of Harper’s Bazaar which was shot in Maldives.
You can catch her shoot and feature inside.
Left: Paco Rabanne, Spring 2012
Right: Nargis Fakhri on Harper’s Bazaar Jan 2012
โWhen I met Imtiaz, his energy was so beautiful and CALM. I felt safe with him and ended up spending six hours with him.โ
โI have no one SPECIAL in my life. Itโs really lonely. My perfect DATE would be driving off somewhere nice. That would be romantic.โ
The gritty New Yorker with a yen for travel returns to her roots and reveals her idea of a perfect date, her fondness for โHinglishโ, doing an action film, and kicking some serious butt in Harperโs BAZAAR January 2012 issue!
Nargis, of the never-ending legs, is just one movie old. Yet she combines the zest of a teenager with the wisdom of a sage. Here, in the sunny, paradaisical, and dramatic setting of the Maldives, sheโs a water-baby, or perhaps a sea nymph. It all depends on how you approach her. This native New Yorker is gregarious, and talks a mile-a-minute, yet her street smarts have stood her in good stead. Behind the affable, smiling exterior, lie nerves of steel, and a sense of adventure. โAt 13, I had this map and Iโd wonder, โwow look at this place, New Zealand, itโs so far away! Whatโs over there?โโ she says. That curiosity stuck inside her. So she figured that the best way a person could travel and make money was as a model. โPeople would tell me, โyou should be a model, youโre so tallโ (sheโs 5โ9โ).โ But her Czech mum, whoโd tell her stories of how beautiful Europe was, didnโt allow her. โShe said, โno, no, no, you canโt do it, youโre 15!โ But later, I found my way out of New York City, into the big, bad world, and did it on my own, ending up here somehow,โ says Nargis.
Today, sheโs shooting in Asiaโs smallest country, a scattering of white-sanded islands in pristine, aqua waters. โItโs awe-inspiring; I feel like Iโm in the middle of nowhere,โ she says. Her favourite part of the Four Seasons Maldives at Kuda Huraa is the childrenโs activities section. Sheโs also thrilled about shooting with turtles, something that the Bazaar team has captured in this shoot.
(more…)