Aida Đapo (born 5 June 1990), known by the
pseudonym
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individua ...
Idda van Munster, is a
Bosnian blogger, model, and make-up artist. She is Bosnia's first
pin-up
A pin-up model (known as a pin-up girl for a female and less commonly male pin-up for a male) is a model whose mass-produced pictures see widespread appeal as part of popular culture. Pin-up models were variously glamour models, fashion models ...
girl. Her inspiration comes from the fashion and hairstyles of the 1920s to 1960s.
Early life and inspiration
Đapo was born to an ethnic
Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
Bosniak
The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, cu ...
family in the
Herzegovinian town of
Trebinje
Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of Trebišnjica river in the re ...
, located in southern
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
.
Her favorite TV show as a child was ''
The Munsters
''The Munsters'' is an American sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters. The series starred Fred Gwynne as Frankenstein's monsterEpisodes referring to the fact that Herman is Frankenstein's monster include #55, "Just Anoth ...
'' and her pseudonym Idda van Munster originates from her admiration of the "glamorous" character
Marilyn Munster
Marilyn Munster is a fictional character in the CBS sitcom ''The Munsters'', originally played by Beverley Owen and later by Pat Priest. In the original series, she is the daughter of Lily Munster's sister, with Herman alluding to her "plain" l ...
. Đapo also lists actress
Marlene Dietrich
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...
as an inspiration.
Career
She began an English-language blog on the website
blogspot
Blogger is an American online content management system founded in 1999 which enables multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. Pyra Labs developed it before being acquired by Google in 2003. Google hosts the blogs, which can be accessed thr ...
under the pseudonym Idda van Munster and her modeling career took off shortly thereafter.
Đapo appeared in the music video for "Ters Bosanka" by the Bosnian rock band Emir & Frozen Camels featuring singer Mirza Šoljanin. The video premiered 3 December 2013.
On 23 July 2013, the website ''BeautifulWomen'' named Đapo 2013's "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World."
See also
*
List of pin-up artists
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References
External links
Official blog
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Living people
1990 births
People from Trebinje
Bosnia and Herzegovina female models
Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina Muslims