Sara Sampaio for Harper’s Bazaar Arabia in Cartier Trinity Jewelry, Lensed by Daniella Midenge

Sara Sampaio for Harper’s Bazaar Arabia in Cartier Trinity Jewelry, Lensed by Daniella Midenge

Sara Sampaio is absolutely dazzling in ‘Super Sara’, a quite fabulous fashion story shot by Daniella Midenge [IG] for Harper’s Bazaar Arabia’s [IG] April 2024 issue. / Makeup by Leah Darcy; hair by Takuya Sugawara

Rafael Linares styles Sampaio in core jewelry pieces from the Cartier Trinity collection, celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2024.

Town & Country praised the design as one of “radical simplicity in an age of excess”. It was modern, mechanical and futuristic in its design, and an ode to individual style by the strong, confident multi-gendered personalities who wore ‘Trinity’ jewelry. Additionally, Trinity introduced luxury jewelry houses like Cartier to the appetite for fine jewelry among the growing middle class.

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With Schiaparelli-Inspo Legs, Lauren Wasser Is Model of the Year for Glamour Germany

With Schiaparelli-Inspo Legs, Lauren Wasser Is Model of the Year for Glamour Germany

Lauren Wasser [IG], the courageous, striking, sexy woman who emerged as a symbol of strength and resilience after surviving toxic shock syndrome, is the “Model of the Year 2023” for Glamour Germany. We know Wasser for her golden legs, captured in these images by Daniella Midenge [IG] in Paris.

As Wasser reaches wide recognition in fashion world, she is to AOC a public representation of the ancient myth of a phoenix rising from the ashes AND Nike, the goddess of victory.

Lauren Wasser’s Luxury Brand Legs

The challenge with beauty standards is not to jam them down people’s throats. And to keep them wide and varied. In her presentations, Wasser is quick to name multiple personal attributes that are far more important than physical beauty.

In her case, Lauren Wasser has shattered societal beauty norms with a pair of luxury legs that could be out of the house of Schiaparelli.

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Georgia Fowler in Luxe Bodywear & Tiffany Jewels Lensed by Daniella Midenge for Numero NL

Georgia Fowler in Luxe Bodywear & Tiffany Jewels Lensed by Daniella Midenge for Numero NL

Model Georgia Fowler radiates French Riviera glamour, perched high over the Mediterranean in Cannes for Numéro Netherlands [IG]. Photographer Daniella Midenge [IG] adds Fowler to the lineup of well-known, glamorous women she shot in Cannes.

In my dreams, I think we should unleash Daniella on the US Supreme Court, because if anyone can whip into shape those Federalist Society guys living in the 1660s vision of the patriarchal world order — it’s Daniella Midenge.

She would have them hiding in the justices cloak room, begging her to stand down.

Think about it, dear Daniella — for our country and the future of the free world. ~ Anne

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Winnie Harlow Is Primordial Earth Goddess by Daniella Midenge for Women's Health

Winnie Harlow Is Primordial Earth Goddess by Daniella Midenge for Women's Health

Sharing these fabulous images of Winnie Harlow lensed by Daniella Midenge [IG] at California’s Joshua Tree National Park, Winnie is just the most beautiful, articulate, focused and inspiring warrior-woman, love goddess on our precious Earth.

It’s a challenge to do her justice with words, although Jeannine Amber does a great job of explaining Winnie’s impact on the general population in her Women’s Health April 2023 interview Winnie Harlow Wants To Be More Than Just Your Role Model. Amber and Winnie go deep into how she maintains her extraordinal physique and warm spirit.

Between Daniella’s unique persona as a photographer/model and Winnie in all her glory, we’re damn lucky this duo and their team didn’t cause a major earthquake in the desert.

I hope Winnie won’t be cross with me for saying this, but when I saw her images, I thought they were primordial. We know that humans lived in Joshua well over 15,000 years ago — a group of hunter-gathers known as the Pinto Culture. The park's oldest rocks, Pinto Gneiss among them, are 1.7 billion years old.

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J. Lo Nude by Daniella Midenge for JLoBody FIRM + FLAUNT™

J. Lo Nude by Daniella Midenge for JLoBody FIRM + FLAUNT™

When Daniella Midenge photographed Jennifer Lopez for Allure Magazine’s 30th Anniversary cover story, it was clear that they shared some kind of cosmic energy. J. Lo had a daring pixie cut to celebrate her 52 birthday, and the two femmes delivered a supercharged, sexy and sensual photoshoot.

Daniella excels at putting her foot on the pedal when photographing women. She renders them as 10-alarm fires who even Pope Francis would invite to dinner. Midenge makes ‘sexy’ very respectable — and that is a precious gift to the women she photographs.

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Elsa Hosk's Sensual Heat Wave, Lensed by Daniella Midenge for Numero Russia #064

Elsa Hosk's Sensual Heat Wave, Lensed by Daniella Midenge for Numero Russia #064 AOC Fashion

Photographer Daniella Midenge [IG] and Swedish model Elsa Hosk dance a sensual tango for Numero Russia’s Issue #064. Of course Daniella — a glamazon herself — plays the dominant role in guiding the steamy photoshoot shot at LA’s Stropa Studios.

Stylist Rafael Linares chooses Chanel for the cover, with fishnets to remember. choosing Lanvin, Roberto Cavalli, Saint Laurent, Versace, YSL and more inside. / Hair by Peter Gray; makeup by Kelly McClain

Megan Fox, MGK by Daniella Midenge Talk Demon Sex in British GQ Style AW21

Megan Fox and MGK (Machine Gun Kelly) made many headlines this week, and it was perhaps exactly as planned. AOC’s friend photographer Daniella Midenge [IG] called her images ‘provocative’. Indeed they are, as Fox is wearing nothing but a harness and pointing a gun at MGK’s crotch in the one below Fashion director Nicola Formichetti works on the shoot with styling by Hunter Clem for the British GQ Style AW21 issue.

Fox described their state of being in the time of the GQ UK interview on her Instagram as: “The tale of two outcasts and star-crossed lovers caught in the throes of a torrid, solar flare of a romance featuring: feverish obsession, guns, addiction, shamans, lots of blood, general mayhem, therapy, tantric night terrors, binding rituals, chakra sound baths, psychedelic hallucinations, organic smoothies, and the kind of sex that would make Lucifer clutch his rosary.”

That’s a lot of information, but I will say that those who condemn the couple’s first kiss as a bust, don’t know what they are talking about. As MGK explained: “We just put our lips right in front of each other and breathed each other’s breath, and then she just left.”

My suggestion is “Don’t damn a tantric kiss if you’ve never experienced one. “

All weekend starting Friday, WaPo’s article Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are trying to be Hollywood’s hottest new couple, but instead are the most cringeworthy by Emily Yahr was in the top five reads. It’s also the lead right now in a Google search.

Positioned ahead of the actual GQUK interview “True romance: Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are Hollywood’s new power couple “is not ideal. But there’s no doubt that all the controversy over these two lovebirds will not hurt anyone’s careers, especially their own — and, hopefully, Daniella’s.

GQ Writer Molly Lambert asserts that Megan Fox is the “ideal cool babe consort for a burgeoning superstar like MGK, a rapper rocker whose new album, ‘Born With Horns, is executive-produced by Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.”

If you don’t know Travis Barker, he’s Kourtney Kardashian’s betrothed. Lambert writes that Fox believes she and her spiritual love MGK share what she calls the ‘combustible element’ of all celebrities like Kurt and Courtney or Mick and Marianne — except that she and MGK are “trying their damndest to make sure things don’t blow up.”

I’m not sure that they are Hollywood’s new power couple. We’re in a different moment, although eating mushrooms together on a January walk in Bora Bora is sublime. Then again, the Kardashians are in a much better position to confirm the probability of the Fox and MGK as Hollywood’s newest power couple than AOC. ~ Anne

Luz Pavon by Daniella Midenge Delivers Pedigree Gem Glamour to Vogue Mexico

Luz Pavon by Daniella Midenge Delivers Pedigree Gem Glamour to Vogue Mexico AOC Fashion

Mexican fashion and beauty model Luz Pavon is drenched in luxury jewelry from Cartier, Dior Jewelry, Harry Winston and more, styled by Aryeh Lappin. Daniella Midenge is behind the lens, creating high-voltage, rich-in-attitude images of Pavon for Vogue Mexico August 2021. / Makeup by Nicolás Beretteaga; hair by Gonn Kinoshita