Mona Matsuoka is anything but an overnight sensation. And the hard working model is not going anywhere anytime soon.

Uncertainty might lead you astray, but our May 2017&nbsp;issue cover girl Mona Matsuoka (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mona__offi/">@mona__offi</a>) will testify, it can also make things exciting.

The fresh-looking 19-year-old half-Japanese, half-American beauty confessed that she is fascinated by the part of the fashion industry which makes no promises and is as unpredictable as it gets.

Case in point: when Matsuoka met the age requirement of 16, she wasted no time in sending shock waves across the fashion fraternity with her debut on the A/W 2014 international runways for brands such as Kenzo, Chanel and Miu Miu to name a few.

Her career is noticeably gaining momentum. This year, she has already walked in more than a dozen shows, not to mention gracing the pages of numerous prominent publications.

Here, we talked to her about what it really means to be a model &ndash; and well, Mona Matsuoka.

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<a href="http://www.lofficielmalaysia.com/issues/inside-our-may-2017-issue">Find out more about our May issue here</a>

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You started modelling at a very young age. Have you always wanted to do what you do now? 
Not really. My mother sent out my profile and got me into modelling when I was 10 years old, which I eventually grew to love.

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What is the most common misleading conception about modelling? 
That models make money quickly and easily but what they don&rsquo;t see is the hard work we put in and the things we deal with that people wouldn&rsquo;t normally have to.

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What is fashionable? 
It means the ability to show o your character and personality with a touch of creativity.

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Who is your favourite fashion designer? 
Adam Selman &ndash; a good friend of mine. He never fails to inspire me every season. Sacai is a nice brand too.

"Outgoing, thoughtful, crazy... I don’t really know. It’s hard for me to describe myself."

If you were not a model, you would be... 
Maybe a dancer, or an art director.

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What is your best quality, and what is your flaw? 
Outgoing, thoughtful, crazy... I don&rsquo;t really know. It&rsquo;s hard for me to describe myself. (laughs)

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Your biggest dream is... 
For people to be inspired by me.

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What&rsquo;s on your music playlist? 
There are too many; maybe 5,000 songs. (laughs)&nbsp;I listen to everything from The Smiths to Metronomy to The Cure to Bauhaus to Future.

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Photography: Stefan Khoo 
Styling: Monica Mong 
Makeup: Nobuko Maekawa 
Hair: Satomi Suzuki 
Photography Assistant: Can Suzuki 
Styling Assistant: Kou Kai / Robin International Inc. 
Producer: Yu Peng 
Model: Mona Matsuoka / Image Tokyo 
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To read more about Mona Matsuoka and see her full fashion shoot, get your latest copy of L&#39;Officiel Malaysia at the nearest newsstands and bookstores.

Download and subscribe to our digital edition right now on our <a href="https://www.lofficielmalaysia.com/subscriptions">Subscription </a><a href="https://www.lofficielmalaysia.com/subscriptions">page</a>.

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Cover Girl: Mona Matsuoka, the rebel in fashion

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