Discovering
Model
Mala Bryan
M
BY MONICA VICTOR
ala Bryan’s dream as a child
was to become a flight
attendant. She never did. But,
although she does not taxi
down runways in her day to day
job, she struts down runways all over the world
as a full-time fashion model — taking this little
girl from La Point, Mon Repos and the Mang in
Vieux-Fort to television screens and the pages
of magazines like the fashion-forward Vogue
magazine.
Beyond the glitz and glamour, runways and
magazine spreads, TV commercials and dolls
— this is Manmay LaKay (St.Lucian) Mala
From humble beginnings growing up in
St.Lucia...
”
Bryan.
I grew up between Vieux-Fort and La Pointe. I
lived with my grandmother in Vieux Fort who
was a street vendor. From 6 until 17 years old,
I was the one helping her. I didn’t like it very
much because I didn’t get to play much with
my friends. But in Mon Repos, I played sports
like Netball, Cricket, Chinese skip, Jackstones
and marbles. And when I wasn’t playing
sports, I was building swings and having fun
with my brother and cousins.”
Her childhood dreams were many and
beyond the shores of St.Lucia…
“I wanted to be a flight attendant. They
always looked so elegant and ladylike and
they traveled the world for free. As a
churchgoer, I had an obsession with wanting
to visit Israel.