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Jessica Amornkuldilok
Winner of Asia’s next top model
Winner of Asia’s Next Top Model, Jessica Amornkuldilok looks stunning even off screen. This
half-Thai/half-German international model has a warm disposition and it is difficult not to
adore her. Jessica runs speaks with Weekendin about her modelling career, and shares with
our readers her interests and aspirations.
Q: How’s the Singapore weather and the cuisine?
A: The food is amazing, especially chicken rice. I love the weather here.
It’s not too hot unlike Thailand. Everywhere in Singapore is so cold—the
airconditioning is extremely cold in the hotel. It’s good because I love cold
weather and I’m not an outside person. I always stay inside, that is why
I have a pale complexion. I take an umbrella to shield me from the sun
when I’m out; the sun is very strong in Asia.
Q: Which brand are you walking for today?
A: Today I will walking for In Good Company, a Singaporean designer. I will
be opening the show and closing the show.
Q: What are you looking forward to?
A: I’m looking forward to the makeup, getting dressed and looking cool
in the outfits that the designer has prepared for me. The walk is going to
be an amazing moment.
Q: How do you feel when you are walking?
A: I feel like I’m not me. I feel like I’m that star that the designer wants
me to be—that girl who walks in that outfit and looks cool and fierce.
Actually, I have a shy but when I walk, people say, this is Jessica - she is not
normally like this, but when she walks, she is fierce.
Q: How much preparation was needed for the show?
A: Sometimes the designer wants me to do the fitting a week before,
sometimes on the day of the show. For DFW, the fitting is on the day.
If the designer finds the fitting too big for me, I can work with another
designer. It is like that.
Q: What do you think of DFW?
A: I think it’s so professional. It is amazing. Everything is so organised and
awesome here. Singapore is perfect for DFW.
Q: What encouraged you to apply for Asia’s Next Top Model?
A: I’m actually still in school and don’t model the entire time. All my life I’ve
no plans to work other than being a model. I wanted to model professionally, internationally if possible, to do photoshoots and be on the cover of
magazines. And that’s why I applied for Asia’s Next Top Model—I knew that
it would give me that opportunity. Joining the competition has changed
my life, it has been my dream come true. People in Asia know me and that
is what I want. It is amazing to be travelling around Asia to work and meet
amazing people.
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Q: What do you think makes you stand out?
A: I always put in 100% in what I do. I just work so hard and really focus
when I work. I’m not a person who is only beautiful just from the outside;
a model has to be beautiful from the inside, has to be nice and has to be
kind. I think my work and my personality and what I have inside of me has
made me stand out.
Q: After winning, has it impacted you? Do you feel that it changed
you?
A: Winning Asia’s Next Top Model has comletely changed my life. Everything amazing has come to me, like what I want to do and work professionally. I want to travel to work with professionals in Europe and I plan to
go to New York as well. I’ve been to London and have met a lot of amazing people there. It’s like my dream come true. I’ve never travelled further
than Asia and Asia’s Next Top Model just brought me so many things and
what I wanted from modelling. I want to be successful, to get people all
around the world and all around Asia to help me.
Q: What was your dream job as a little girl?
A: When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a teacher. I don’t know why.
When I grew up, everything changed. I first wanted to be a president,
then an engineer, but it’s not me. Then I wanted to be a model because
people always told me that I had to be a model. When I was in the Elite
Modeling Thailand competition, I got the second runner-up award; that
was the moment that shaped me. From then, I wanted to work as a model
my whole life.
Q: How do you relax when you are not modelling?
A: When I am not modelling, I sleep all day. I sleep for so many hours. It
makes me fresh and more relaxed. I eat good food, go out and go shopping.
Q: What do you like to do with your friends?
A: I like to travel. I love going to the beach and hanging out with my
friends. I love to go shopping and watch movies with my boyfriend. My
favourite shopping mall in Thailand is Central World—there are so many
designer brands there, so many brands from everywhere and it’s easy to
find the stuff there.
Photo by: DFW Creative PR
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