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Self-described “down to Mars bad bitch” Samia Hampstead is a 20-year-old hailing from Edison, New Jersey, yet her dreams will soon see her take up residency in New York. “I’m way excited! I feel like NYC is the place I need to be to reach all aspects of my full potential and do my thing”, she beams.
Hampstead’s ‘official discipline’ stems from growing up legally blind in her right eye, so she’s currently undertaking biology as a major with the aims of becoming an optometrist. Aside from being a student and a self-dubbed “part-time Instagram heaux”, Hampstead is also a model – something she previously d
Self-described “down to Mars bad bitch” Samia Hampstead is a 20-year-old hailing from Edison, New Jersey, yet her dreams will soon see her take up residency in New York. “I’m way excited! I feel like NYC is the place I need to be to reach all aspects of my full potential and do my thing”, she beams.
Hampstead’s ‘official discipline’ stems from growing up legally blind in her right eye, so she’s currently undertaking biology as a major with the aims of becoming an optometrist. Aside from being a student and a self-dubbed “part-time Instagram heaux”, Hampstead is also a model – something she previously didn’t have the confidence to pursue after being told she “didn’t have the face for fashion”. “I had the realisation that I was always living for other people”, she confides, “ I want to spend my life learning, growing, and existing as an empowered individual. Modeling isn’t just a surface level profession, it’s an art form. Models have the power to bring someone’s vision to life. They perpetuate originality and representation for all kinds of people.”
By reaching out to people that she was initially intimidated by and forming strong relationships and friendships, she soon found her way into New York’s scene – “My friends became my artistic collaborators and my biggest supporters.”
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