In a first for Jean Paul Gaultier Fragrance , the French house has announced that Tunisian model Ameni Esseibi will be representing the brand as its first Middle East Ambassador. Photo: Courtesy Jean Paul Gaultier Fragrance. Photographer: Francesco Scotti The Dubai-based curvy model has previously starred in Jean Paul Gaultier fragrance and fashion campaigns, and attended Paris Fashion Week dressed by the designer.
Vogue Arabia spoke exclusively to Esseibi about her exciting new role and how she feels to be representing fuller figured women in the Arab world for Jean Paul Gaultier Fragrance. Congratulations on the new ambassador role! What was your initial reaction to it? Jean Paul Gaultier is a brand that I’ve been dreaming to work with since I was a little girl. It represents me so much and there’s only a handful of brands that I really relate to before even entering the fashion industry.
Since my first campaign with the brand in 2021, for Scandal Gold, I said to myself, I will become the ambassador of JPG, I will make it happen. I knew that they’d never had a regional ambassador, let alone an Arab ambassador. I would’ve never been able to make it happen if the team did not believe in me, and honestly, the team has fought for me a lot throughout these three years.
They really are my family. The day I signed the contract, I would be lying if I said couple of tears didn’t come down. I made the little girl in me proud.
What will your ambassador role entail? First of .