Welcome to BellaSugar's Model of the Week. This week, we are chatting with the beautiful Australian brunette, Jessica Gomes. Jessica was born in Sydney, the baby of a family that includes two older sisters, an older brother, a Portuguese father, and a Chinese mother. Her childhood was simple and rustic, so her interests lay more in reading, art, and sports than in fashion and beauty.
Fearing she wouldn't grow up polished, Jessica's mother sent her to finishing school at the age of 13. It was there that she appeared on the hit TV show "Bush Patrol," which lead to a modeling contest and the start of a successful career.
You might recognize her from her photos in Vogue, Teen Vogue, Glamour, and the Victoria’s Secret catalog. She has appeared in ads for Adidas, Gap, Motorola, and DKNY. She also recently signed with Estee Lauder as the face of Diddy's Unforgivable fragrance.
When she's not walking the catwalks, Jessica enjoys interior design, yoga, dancing, painting, gymnastics, playing tennis, squash, surfing, swimming, and boxing. She currently lives in NYC and gets back to Australia to see her friends as often as possible.
We spoke to Jessica about her beauty secrets, so to read the interview and see a gallery of photos, read more
BELLA: What is your secret to beautiful skin and hair?
JG: My secret to beautiful skin and hair is eating a healthy diet, which includes lots of fruits and vegetables. I also eat a lot of fish for their high omega-3 content, as well as taking fish oil supplements to help keep my hair shiny and my skin glowing. Oh, and I drink lots of water!
BELLA: What is the one product that you can't live without?
JG: Lucas Paw Paw Ointment from Australia and Laura Mercier Tinted SPF Moisturizer.
BELLA: What is your guilty pleasure?
JG: Hmmm. A glass of rosé and a cigarette...and then a piece of chocolate!
BELLA: What are your favorite drugstore products?
JG: New Skin for my blisters, Trident Sweet and Sour Strawberry Gum, and Venus Razors.
BELLA: Happiness is...
JG: Hanging out with friends and buying a beautiful piece of jewelry.
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This is not necessarily a comment on the fact that Jessica Gomes is the model of the moment. I am so excited that bellasugar exists! This is truly the best site ever. I now only come to sugar to get all the info I need on fashion, gossip, technology, food and now beauty! This is amazing! I cant wait for more installments!
1I think these model installments are great bits of beauty advice, keep em' coming!
2she's pretty, thank for the installments
yep keep them coming
3She's gorgeous. I have noticed since I started eating more fish that my hair is shinier.
4Go girl represent Portuguese Beauty Woohoo! Anyway, I'm going to try to eat more fish for my hair, good tip!
5She's beautiful!
6She's stunning! Thanks for the interview, I didn't know anything about her before.
7When she's not doing "interior design, yoga, dancing, painting, gymnastics, playing tennis, squash, surfing, swimming, and boxing"-she's a runway model? Wow, I'm lucky if I could do one of those things! Beautiful and a multitasker? No fair!
8LOL gigglesugar!
I love these model of the week installments too
9wow!She is beautiful!Great post Bellasugar.
10i like that fish idea! ill have to try it
11She's really beautiful, I don't think I've seen her before. Love the Bellasugar site!!!
12Wow! What an interesting mixture - e uma beleza!
13I never heard of her...
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14Behind every great man, there's a woman rolling her eyes
never heard of her, but now I have! she's really pretty, I love asian-western (sydney=western? how else can you say?) mixes, offsprings always turn out to be amazingly pretty. I've never met an ugly mix heh or maybe I don't know enough mixes... hm
15she's ok.
16whoppee! she's a mixed asian like me...fabulous! empowering! keep them coming
17Beautiful, and her healthy diet does wonders, her hair and skin look extremely healthy.
18how gorgeous is she?!?
19She's beautiful! Eurasian women are so beautiful
20She's amazing!!!
21she's incredible! mixed asians are stunningly beautiful.
22Pretty girl!
23E viva Portugal... Realmente as mulheres portugueses sao lindas..
24Portuguese women are definetly gorgeous... tha´s what i´ve said..
So beautiful.
25Lol pretty pretty!
26I'm a Blasian,lol.
Just saw her in Sports Illustrated and realized that bellasugar did a piece on her before. She looks very different from these old pictures. very pretty!
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