Five-year-old Laila Naim has stormed onto the fashion scene, becoming the first Pakistani to model for British luxury fashion house Burberry.
Donning a signature Burberry trench coat, her straight thick black hair neatly falling over her forehead and her big black eyes glistening, Laila features on Burberry’s website, making Pakistan proud. Born on 8 March, 2010, she lives in London with her family.
The five-year-old was signed on by a leading children’s modelling agency and caught the eye of the British luxury fashion house when her agents put her forward for a Burberry audition.
“She went for a Burberry audition where she wore their classic trench coat and confidently looked into the camera; that is when I knew Burberry would book her as she looked picture perfect,” her mother Sadia Siddiqui told.
Elaborating on Laila’s personality, her mother said, “Laila has always shown a fierce independence, and a very strong will. She has a natural grace about herself . She started singing at three and joined a theatre academy where she acts, sings and dances.”
“Laila loves her hair as she feels she is a brown Rupunzel. She has a special star quality and is a very happy child who is very firmly grounded, she is a loving daughter, a naughty sister and a good friend to her peers,” she added.
