“The best advice I’ve ever received? Don’t try to fill everybody’s cup and leave yours empty. If you want to help other people, you have to do the work on yourself first.”

ON SELF-CARE

“I will never let people write me off as “just a model” and limit my potential—and neither should you, however you choose to spend your days. I want women to know they don’t need approval from anybody but themselves.”

ON LABELS

“Music has always played an important role in my life. That’s actually how I learned English: by listening to music and learning the pronunciation of English words. When I was eight years old, I would listen to Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync and sing the songs with no idea what I was saying.”

ON MUSIC LESSONS

Meet Brazilian-born beauty and October 2019 Playmate Hilda Dias Pimentel, featured in the Spring 2020 pictorial, Top Down. 📸 Ali Mitton 