Taleedah Tamer is a

Saudi Arabian Saudis ( ar, سعوديون, Suʿūdiyyūn) are people identified with the country of Saudi Arabia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. The Saudis are composed mainly of Arabs and primarily speak a regional dialect ...

fashion model. She is the first Saudi Arabian model to walk a couture

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and the first to be on the cover of an international

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Early life and education

Taleedah Tamer was born and raised in

Jeddah Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's pro ...

Makkah Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow va ...

in the

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. Her father, Ayman Tamer, is a Saudi businessman who is CEO and chairman of Tamer Group, a pharmaceutical, healthcare, and beauty company. Her mother, Cristina Tamer, is an Italian former dancer and model for

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and La Perla. Tamer met the designer Antonio Grimaldi, who she would later model for, when she was ten years old. She is a graduate of the

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Career

Tamer's first modelling job was for the jewelry company Korloff. She also modeled for Rubaiyat before being photographed by Stefania Paparelli in 2018 as the July/August cover girl for '' Harper's Bazaar Arabia'', making her the first Saudi woman to be featured on the cover of an international magazine and in a global editorial campaign. On 2 July 2018 she opened the 2018-2019 autumn/winter collection Antonio Grimaldi couture show at the Salons France-Amériques in Paris wearing an all-white

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and cape, becoming the first Saudi model to walk in Paris Couture Fashion Week, and the first to walk in a couture fashion show outside of Saudi Arabia. She also closed the Grimaldi show, wearing a silver

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with feathered wings.

Personal life

Tamer is a practicing

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. She speaks

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and

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. She has a younger brother and sister, and her grandmother is

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. She is planning on moving to

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to study marketing and continue modelling. Tamer credits

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, Imaan Hammam,

Ameera al-Taweel Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel Al-Otaibi ( ar, أميرة بنت عيدان بن نايف الطويل العصيمي العتيبي; born 6 November 1983) is a Saudi Arabian philanthropist and former princess. Born into a non-royal cade ...

, and her mother as her inspirations. Tamer has expressed understanding and respect for people from Saudi Arabia who may disapprove of her modelling, but hopes she is able to broaden the perception of what it means to be a modern Saudi woman.

References

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