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- Kobe and Vanessa Bryant’s 18-year-old daughter, who signed with IMG Models in February.
- Described her Sartaric influence in a question-and-answer video released by the agency on Thursday, saying her mother said she had been their adviser.
“Natalia Bryant probably get most of my style advice from my mom,” she says with a laugh. According to the teenager, her favorite aspect of fashion is that she can always be “inspired by others.”
“You can get inspiration from anywhere and from anyone, and I think that’s the most beautiful part of fashion. That you can find anywhere.” Natalia talked about her 39-year-old mother, who played the leading role earlier this year when the two starred in a short film about Bulgaria and Vogue called Mother’s Legacy. The project, which also involves Melanie Griffith and Stella Banderas, focuses on the mother-daughter relationship. And essential life lessons passed on from generation to generation.
“Over the years, she has taught me confidence and that beauty comes from within,” Natalia told Vogue while talking about the film. “Beauty fades, so don’t forget to be positive and confident and who I am, my morals and my views. It helped shape me as an individual.” Vanessa also only had loving words about Natalia. When she spoke to PEOPLE about March’s “Women Changing the World.” “I’m very proud of Natalia,” he said.
The mother, who Natalia calls “left-handed,” also praised Natalia’s resilience after the deaths of her father and younger sister Jana “Gigi” Bryant last year.
“In addition to her grief, she made up for her final year of high school, enrolled in college. Raised her sister, and recently signed her modeling contract with IMG,” Vanessa said at the time. Mom added, “She’s a wonderful older sister and daughter.”