Photography by Lea ColomboFashion / IncomingIntroducing Our London #dazedModelInsiderLondon Fashion Week has arrived, and with it our next model insider - Malaika FirthShareLink copied ✔️September 13, 2013FashionIncomingText Dazed Digital Malaika Firth backstage at NYFW Almost two decades ago Naomi Campbell shook expectations as the face of Prada. That was 1994, also the year that Malaika Firth was born, perhaps less significant until you consider that this 19 year-old has just re-awakened those headlines again by being the first black model to feature in a Prada campaign since that year. Now, in her hometown, the half-Kenyan, half-British @MalaikaFirth will be taking over as our next #dazedmodelinsider, but before you start following her on and off the catwalks of London fashion week, we invite her for a little pop quiz. Prada AW13 campaign, shot by Steven Meisel Who would you rather live with Alexander Wang, Marc Jacobs or Raf Simons? All of them in a hippy commune! What's the last thing you walked out of? A red eye BA flight to London Fashion Week. What's your poison? Junk food. What's been the most surreal experience you've had backstage during fashion week? When everyone surrounds you and starts doing your hair plus makeup….to have that amount of people transforming you is quite surreal. Have you ever missed a show? No, I’m always professional. If your clothes could talk right now, what would they say? Sexy. What is your guilty pleasure during fashion week? Alone time while people do my makeup and I can zone out. What's in your bag right now? Purse, sunglasses and a book called “I Declare” by Joel Osteen. What's the best thing you've Instagrammed? My baby cousin. What's the worst thing you've read on twitter? I ignore negative vibes on twitter. What shows are you most looking forward to? I love shows…so any shows I’m grateful for. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingWhy are women now talking like looksmaxxers?Despite being the subject of extreme beauty practices for centuries, more women are using the language of looksmaxxing in an effort to be taken seriouslyBeautyFashionPhotos of the ‘techno sluts’ at Berlin’s all-day runway ravePull&BearFashionSongs Worth Reading: Sophia Stel and PULL&BEAR find dark academia in ParisArt & PhotographyThe Japanese photographers finding beauty in what others overlookBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaMusicOlivia Rodrigo: ‘A breakup can be an opportunity to redirect your life’Life & CultureIs this the most corrupt World Cup ever?Life & CultureThe 10 best moments from a cursed World CupBeauty‘I trust my own body’: The rise of the unquantified self Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy