Malika Louback-Mohamed is a Djiboutian-French fashion model and engineer. She is the first Djiboutian woman to feature on the cover of Vogue France.
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| Born | Malika Louback-Mohamed 1994 or 1995 (age 29–30)[3] |
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| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
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Family and engineering education
editMalika Louback comes from Djibouti. She has two sisters.[4] Her first name means "queen" in Arabic, and her surname means "lioness", in Afar language, one of the languages of Djibouti.[1] Her mother is Moumina Houmed Hassan, who has been Djibouti Minister for Women and the Family since 2016, after a career in non-governmental organizations and the World Health Organization.[5] Her father works as an engineer.[6]
Following in her father's footsteps, Louback has three college degrees: a Diplôme universitaire de technologie in industrial and maintenance engineering, a bachelor’s degree in physics and another degree in materials science engineering.[6][7] She came to Lyon in 2013, and spent six years there for her studies.[8] She then stayed to model in Paris.[3] Her two sisters also live in France.[4]
Modeling career
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Louback had always wanted to be a fashion model as well as an engineer, "to have several strings to my bow", she says,[6] and believes that her engineering experience helps her be more attentive to detail as a model.[3] She takes her fashion inspiration from her mother, grandmother, and other Djiboutian women.[3][9] She reached out to IMG Models via their website as soon as she had completed her third degree.[6] She got an immediate call-back, and signed with them in September 2019.[6]
In the spring/summer 2020 season Louback walked in shows for Jil Sander in Milan, Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, Chanel and Hermès.[6][5] Her first magazine cover was Vogue Paris in September 2020; she was the first Djiboutian woman on that cover.[6]
Louback spent the 2020 French pandemic lockdown in a small Paris apartment with roommates.[6] She did the occasional FaceTime modeling shoot.[10]
In 2021, Louback became "the face" of fashion house Loro Piana.[3] Since 2022, she has been one of the top 50 models of Models.com. She received two Model Of The Year (MOTY) nominations; 2021 Model of the Year (Nominee) and 2020 Breakout Star (Nominee) in the Models.com Industry Awards.
She has gone on to feature on a number of magazine covers: Vogue Adria (April 2024), Elle France (September 2023), V Fall (preview 2022), Numero (April 2022), Vogue France (February 2022), Vogue Japan (September 2021) among others.[11]
Louback is also the face of Italian luxury label Loro Piana.[12]
Publications
edit- Doench, Ingo; Ahn Tran, Tuan; David, Laurent; Montembault, Alexandra; Viguier, Eric; Gorzelanny, Christian; Sudre, Guillaume; Cachon, Thibaut; Louback-Mohamed, Malika; Horbelt, Niels; Peniche-Covas, Carlos; Osorio-Madrazo, Anayancy (20 February 2019). "Cellulose Nanofiber-Reinforced Chitosan Hydrogel Composites for Intervertebral Disc Tissue Repair". Biomimetics. 4 (1): E19. doi:10.3390/biomimetics4010019. ISSN 2313-7673. PMC 6477598. PMID 31105204.
References
edit- ^ a b Grandchamp, Sybille (September 2020). "The New Face". Vogue France (in French). p. 191.
- ^ "Malika Louback - Model". MODELS.com.
- ^ a b c d e "A Day in the Life of Model Malika Louback, the New Face of Loro Piana". Vogue Arabia. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ a b Rosemont, Sophie (25 January 2022). "Malika Louback, la nouvelle reine des podiums" [Malika Louback, the new queen of the runways]. Vogue France (in French). Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ a b Limam, Zyad (March 2021). "Malika Louback Djibouti style!". Afrique magazine (in French). Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Wong, Nicolette (10 December 2020). ""Beauty is authenticity. The most important thing is to accept and love yourself as you are": Djiboutian model Malika Louback is pushing diversity in fashion". Vogue Singapore. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Malika Louback Ingénieur - Mannequin chez IMG". LinkedIn. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Les 30 de moins de 30 ans qui vont changer la France" [The 30 under 30 who will change France]. Vanity Fair France (in French). 1 September 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Meet Djiboutian Model Malika Louback – The New Face Of Loro Piana". British Vogue. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Coquelin, Charlotte (3 June 2020). "QUARANTINE DIARIES with : MALIKA LOUBACK". 5ELEVEN Magazine. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Malika Louback - Milan - IMG Models". www.imgmodels.com. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "A Day in the Life of Model Malika Louback, the New Face of Loro Piana". Vogue Arabia. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2023.