Hawa Ahmed
Look, Listen and Feel
By Andrew Rudder for www.pulpmag.net - andrew@pulpmag.net

Look ...
Look as far as the eye can see throughout the vast plains of northeastern Africa,
Look from the majestic highlands of the prodigious Mount Kenya,
Look from the coast on the Indian Ocean across the Low plains ... up toward the central highlands as far west as Ethiopia,
And you won’t see a more stunningly sublime winsome woman as the gracious Hawa,

Listen...
Listen as far as the ears can hear beyond the Gulf of Aden within the Somali peninsula,
Listen to the whispers along the longest coastline on the continent moving faster than a sprinting, outstretched African cheetah,
Listen to the whispers sweeping across the continent growing into a resounding roar faster than the seasonal monsoon winds of Somalia,
And you will hear the trumpeting uproar of a beautiful angel from the Horn of Africa,

Feel ...
Feel as far as the heart can be touched within Northern Europe in a new era,
Feel the pulsating pulse of the Scandinavian peninsula,
Feel the palpitating heart of Sweden pump affection for a newly crowned jewel,
And you will perceive why her compatriots voted her Sweden’s Next Top Model,

Look, listen and feel,
Because perceiving the prepossessing pulchritude of Hawa that seems so surreal,
Elicits all of your aesthetic senses with unwavering zeal,

Look ... listen ... feel ...
Because the appeal of her wondrous winsomeness is for real,
Transcend beyond the mere aesthetic pleasure of your senses into the windows of her soul to reveal,
A zest for life that is too strong to conceal,

A zest for life ... too strong ... to conceal ...

Hawa Ahmed Interview
Rogue Angels Interview
By Andrew Rudder for Pulp Magazine - www.pulpmag.net - andrew@pulpmag.net

Andrew: It's with great pleasure that I introduce to you a thought provoking, professional model from the Scandinavian peninsula in Northern Europe named Hawa Ahmed, who has made some serious inroads into the European modeling industry after winning Sweden’s Next Top Model. Born in Somalia and raised in Kenya for a few years in the Horn of Africa before moving to Sweden at the tender age of seven, Hawa has truly come along away. Ever since that eventful and unforgettable day in her life when she won Sweden’s Next Top Model, she has been making the most of the many opportunities that have been presented to her, and is currently working hard to push her promising modeling career progressively forward, while leaving her indelible footprints in the sands of time, “I’ve just started my career with Swedish Next Top Model ... Winning Sweden’s Next Top Model was the best thing that could happen. It gave me lots of possibilities.” As Hawa’s work takes her throughout the continent of Europe from Stockholm, London and Berlin to Madrid, Paris and Rome, one of the opportunities that Hawa has been taking advantage of is traveling, “I’m trying to do what I love in life ... one of my passions and interests is traveling. I try to travel as much as I can. And as a model I can combine business with pleasure! ... Life is short and to live it is very important.”

Hawa is a sincere, sweet and whimsical young woman with a depth of feeling and humility about her that is rare amongst high-end top models, which is always manifested with superb clarity in her polished and refined elegant photographs. She is a natural at what she does in her profession that it is hard to imagine her doing anything else, but when I asked her what else besides modeling she would be interested in, Hawa exuberantly replied, “ Maybe an actor?! I’ve tried it one time and it fits me a little. If I study it a little bit more I think I can be good at it! ... I want do work as a model as long as I can! And after that maybe I´ll settle down and have a family or I´ll start acting! Who knows!!”

Hawa has taken the time out of her very busy schedule to do this interview with yours truly and I appreciate that ... So on behalf of the Pulp Magazine family whom work extremely hard to bring our loyal readers the very best in informative and entertaining content, I'm very delighted to have you Hawa and I'm very excited to interview you! I hope that this interview will be the first of many with us and other magazines during your truly illustrious career. So without further adieu let us get this interview started!

Hawa: Hi Andrew.

Andrew: No great journey toward our desired destination in life is accomplished solely by ourselves, so talk a bit about the people in your life who have and continue to support you throughout your illustrious career, and as you continue to make your indelible mark on the sands of time.

Hawa: Okay. The most important people in my life are my sister and those who I live with! They have supported me in what I choose to do and what road I choose to take.
And it feels so important to surround yourself with people like that. I don’t think I would make it without them.

Andrew: How and why did you get into the entertainment industry and what is it about it that captivates your mind and stimulates your creative imagination.

Hawa: I have always wanted to work as a model since I was a small girl. I had idols like Iman, Tyra and Waris Dirie. And when I had the chance to join competitions I joined them. It was very fun. And I got more experience at the contests.

Andrew: Being convinced to pursue a career in modeling is one thing, but actually believing that you possess the requisite talent, focus and drive to succeed in a very tough, unforgiving business is quite another. When did you actually believe that you possessed the requisite intangible qualities and characteristics to make it in the entertainment industry as a model?

Hawa: I believe that if you really want something, the only thing that can stop you is yourself. The industry is tough but you have to believe in yourself and be stubborn.

Andrew: What experience do you value more and attain more personal satisfaction from as a model: the creative process behind an intimate collaboration with a talented photographer, make-up artist and/or designer OR seeing the reaction from your family, friends and fans as they bare witness to the finished product?

Hawa: I believe both. Working with pro make-up artist photographers, and designers is so inspiring. And that’s really what my goal is. And showing my family and friends that I can reach my goal if I just follow my dreams is an extra plus.

Andrew: Wayne W. Dyer is quoted as saying, “When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.” As you dance your way through the entertainment industry, what has been some of the steps that you enjoyed along the way thus far?

Hawa: To be honest I have enjoyed every single step of the way and I still do!! Every job I get is not like any job before or the one before that. It’s new each time and that’s what I love about it.

Andrew: You have one of the most prepossessing physiques Hawa that I've seen that evokes a sensuality that is stunningly sublime, and is always accentuated by your artistic poses within your prepossessing photographs, so I'm curious to know what does your diet and exercise regimen consist of?

Hawa: I work out about three times a week and I try to eat healthy food. I love yoga too. It’s so good for both body and soul. So when you have a stressful job or are just stressed yoga is the perfect exercise.

Andrew: Why do you think that some models enter the entertainment industry, attain their 15 minutes of fame and than vanish without a trace, but others such as world renowned models like Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Kimora Lee, and lesser known models such as Kim Loan and Dawn Rochelle are capable of transforming their early success as a model into a long lasting, successful career within the entertainment industry as business women?

Hawa: I think that when models attend their first job or two they realize that modeling is not so easy. I did that to. But then you have to think. Do I want to continue? Can I handle this? Both emotional and physical? Is this what want to do?

Andrew: What advice would give to other aspiring models from Africa who look up to you as role model and who want to attain success within the European modeling industry?

Hawa: I would say to them to follow your dreams and don’t give in!!

Andrew: Do you place any limitations on yourself in terms of what you will and will not do in this industry to succeed, or do you have a ‘by any means necessary I will get mine in the 21st century’ attitude?

Hawa: Of course I have limits. But I have in my mind that this is a business. Sometimes it happens when I have to prolong my limits.

Andrew: My no limit credit card slips out of my pocket and magically appears in your hands as I finish this interview with you; what do you buy before I find out that it's missing?!!! [I know in real life you would have returned my card!]

Hawa: I wouldn’t buy anything!! Really!!

Andrew: What sort of qualities in a man do you look for and really turn you on?

Hawa: Charm and a sense of humor is the most important.

Andrew: What is your favorite food?

Hawa: I love Italian and lasagna.

Andrew: Name one of your addictions? (Something that you can't do without)

Hawa: I have to say lip gloss.

Andrew: What is your favorite word to cuss with when your really upset?

Hawa: I don’t really know! Many bad words maybe!?

Andrew: What is your favorite part of the female and male anatomy?

Hawa: I love the eyes!

Andrew: If you were a super heroine what super powers would you want: super speed, super strength, X-ray vision, invisibility, the ability to read minds or the ability to fly?!

Hawa: I would want X-ray vision, invisibility and the ability to fly!

Andrew: What is your favorite column or feature in Pulp Magazine?

Hawa: Have to say Rogue Angels MEN.

Andrew: What does sex appeal and beauty mean to you? Is it a state of mind and attitude (mental/intellectual), physical perfection as defined by society, or being born with the right set of physical attributes that get the teenage boys' hormones into a frenzy?

Hawa: It is a state of mind and attitude.

Andrew: What is beautiful about yourself?

Hawa: I believe I have a beautiful personality! And I have to say my eyes and smile.

Andrew: If you had to change one thing about yourself what would it be?

Hawa: I am very comfortable with myself and I have to really say that I would change anything. It wouldn’t be me if I changed something.

Andrew: For all of the people, photographers, agencies and companies seeing you for the first time who will want to gain more information about you, tell them where they can go to see and read about some of your past, present and future projects?

Hawa: You can read some of the things I have worked with in Make up store Magazine. Cant really say what I will work on in the future. Right now I am working with a project that is a secret. I will tell you all about it in a near future. It so exiting.

Andrew: William Faulkner is quoted as saying, "The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move." When your profoundly beautiful pictures move again in the mind's eye of people a hundred years later Hawa, what do you think they'll say?

Hawa: I hope they will say that Hawa had a very strong personality, with very much positive energy and had a big influence on mostly everyone.

Andrew: Thank you Hawa for doing this interview with Pulp Magazine and I! We wish you all of the best in your future endeavors, look forward to hearing about your success in the media as a professional fashion model, and we would love to have you back anytime!

Hawa: Thank you for doing this interview with me and we talk again I hope in the near future!! Take care.