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Élodie Yung for New York Post September 2017

Élodie Yung for Sorbet Magazine

Because of my martial arts background, I have competed so much. It makes you very strong. And to be honest, I grew up in a very rough area, so I think that my environment might have influenced me somehow. Though this is a character of course, and you have to dig within and look inside yourself to find pieces you can use. But I am not only like this.

Elodie Yung photographed by Maarten de Boer

Elodie Yung photographed by Maarten de Boer

Elodie Yung photographed by Weston Wells for Coveteur

And together, my parents have taught me the value of friendship. Just the other day my mother reminded me that the value of life is not what you do, but who you are to those you call friends.

Lupita Nyong’o |  Photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Vogue, October 2015