Shirleen
What’s the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen? I honestly don’t know, as I’m always expanding my idea of what beautiful is. Who’s the most beautiful person in the world in your eyes? Well apart from my loved ones… it’d be Tilda Swinton, she’s a goddess. What’s the most beautiful book you’ve ever read? “Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.” — The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde.
Rae
What’s the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen? Watching my island, Puerto Rico, rebuild itself. Who’s the most beautiful person in the world to you? My mother. What’s the most beautiful book you’ve ever read? The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
Beth
What’s the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen? Kindness from strangers. Who’s the most beautiful person in the world to you? My mother. What’s the most beautiful poem you’ve ever read? “Life and death, energy and peace. If I stop today it was still worth it. Even the terrible mistakes that I made and would have unmade if I could. The pains that have burned me and scarred my soul, it was worth it, for having been allowed to walk where I’ve walked, which was to hell on earth, heaven on earth, back again, into, under, far in between, through it, in it, and above.” — Gia Carangi
Rowena
What’s the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen? Once during a thunderstorm a few years ago, the lightning was so frequent and close that I was able to see the night lit up constantly as if it were daytime. It was simultaneously beautiful and eerie. Who’s the most beautiful person in the world in your eyes? Tough question, it’s a multiple-way tie between my closest friends, boyfriend and my siblings. What’s the most beautiful lyric you’ve ever heard? Two songs that came to mind first: Ben E. King’s Stand by Me and Close to You by the Carpenters.
Credits
Photography Hannah Scott-Stevenson @ Artboxblack
Fashion Chloe Rose
Makeup Kellie Stratton @ MAP using Nars
Hair Jenny Kim @ MAP using Oribe
Videography Kidsofbill @ Artboxblack
Shirleen @ Work, Beth @ Priscillas, Rowena @ Chadwicks, Rae @ IMG