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.TrendingThe internet wants women to stop acting like ‘birds’On TikTok, the word has become shorthand for being male-centred, prompting women to share their dating horror stories and unlearn their ‘bird’ behaviour before summertimeLife & CultureFilm & TV7 sex worker-approved films about sex workMaison Margiela FragrancesEventWhat went down at Maison Margiela’s ‘The Scentsorium Collection’ launchMusicThe 5 best songs from Drake’s new albums (plural) Beauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and erotica SamsungLife & CultureWhat went down at Dazed Club’s drop-in skate session with SamsungLife & CultureWhy have celebrities become obsessed with taste signalling? BeautyNude awakening: Meet the young people embracing naturismFashionThis subculture archive is fashion’s best kept secretEscape 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