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Natalia Bryant carries dadKobe Bryantaround with her wherever she goes.
The model and daughter of the late NBA star shared in herVogueBeauty Secrets video that she wears a necklace that says “Slim,” because it was a nickname her dad gave her as a child.
“I wanna show you my necklaces,” Natalia, 19, shares in the video before holding them up to the camera. “This is a necklace that says ‘Slim.’ That was my nickname growing up. I was just so eency-teency. All my jerseys said slim. I didn’t grow into the jerseys until I was, like, older. So my dad would always call me slim.”
She then showed off her other necklaces, including one from theMamba and Mambacita Foundation, which is a charity organization founded in memory of Kobe and daughter Gianna Bryant, who also died in the helicopter crash that killed the Los Angeles Lakers star.
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And as exciting as the night was, Natalia admits in herVoguevideo posted Dec. 1 that it was also nerve-wracking.
“That was my first time going to the Met,” she shares. “I was so nervous that I was literally nauseous. I met Anna [Wintour] and she was so sweet. She’s really cool. I had the best time and I hope I can go again.”
Though Natalia admits she wanted to be a model long before she got signed, she says she had an “agreement” with her mom that she had to finish high school first. Looking back now as a college student, she’s grateful that her mom put her foot down.
“I’m so glad that she made me go through high school before I started modeling because modeling is a lot of work,” Natalia candidly shares. “There’s a lot of traveling, there’s a lot of, like, pickup shoots. I’m really figuring out how to balance modeling with college. It’s been quite the experience.”
See the rest of Natalia’s Beauty Secrets onVogue.com.
source: people.com
