“I REPRESENT MANY OF THE PARTS THAT MAKES DIVERSITY STRONG. I AM MIXED RACE. I AM QUEER. I EMBRACE MY CURVES AND MY CURLY HAIR AND BLEND THEM ALL INTO MY ART WHICH IS MUSIC AND DANCE. THROUGH FASHION I CAN BE ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND BE CELEBRATED FOR IT. I WANT TO BE THAT FOR THIS GENERATION AS I DID NOT SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE ME TO ASPIRE TO WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.” CUBAN - FRENCH BEAUTY ISSA, 19, WAS BORN IN PARIS FRANCE AND DISCOVERED AS A MODEL WHEN SHE ACCOMPANIED A FRIEND TO A CASTING. ALTHOUGH ISSA IS A NEWCOMER IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY, HER TRUE PASSION LIES IN HER MUSIC. THE AMBIGUOUS STUNNER IS A JACK OF ALL TRADES. SHE IS A SINGER, SONGWRITER, DANCER WHO ALSO PLAYS THE UKULELE AND PIANO. “MY ENTHUSIASM FOR LIFE HAS ALWAYS LED ME TO BE TRUE TO MYSELF AND TO LIVE FOR MY PASSIONS.” HER DRIVE AND FOCUS IS TO USE THE MODELING PLATFORM TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR BODY POSITIVITY AND LGBTQ+ FOR YOUNG GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD.