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Aaminah Haq is the queen of Pakistani fashion - Almond eyed, bee-stung lipped, bankable blonde who's clearly having the most fun of all. She won last year's Lux Style Award for best model. Her conviction and confidence demand notice & in many ways she dominates any picture she is in, in the way she walks down the ramp.

Wearing a black ribbed turtleneck and jeans, she's barefoot and is at home at the salon, just as she is behind a camera. Very un-diva like at the moment, she puts her feet up and relaxes. Despite a hectic work and social schedule, she's on time. "I am very particular about being on time because if I don't value other people's time, how will they value mine?" She states firmly. "If I don't take this all seriously, why would anyone else?" And Haq takes her work very seriously. Even when she won the coveted award for best model last year, it only made her determined to work harder.

Her first love is fashion, which she says is not frivolous to her. "It drives me. It's my passion. In fact, I originally wanted to be a designer and even attended the Pakistan School of Fashion Design in Lahore for four years," she recalls. "But I left just before the finals because I knew if I didn't leave then, I would never be able to pursue my desire to do something that makes me happy." The actress-model believes if it weren't for the opportunities that have come her way, she'd just be another girl sitting in Lahore twiddling her thumbs wondering when she was going to get married.

I'm always trying to consciously change the way I look and the colour of my hair because I believe you have to constantly reinvent yourself," she explains. "If it's not interesting to you, how can you make the person reading the magazines focus on you?" Despite her love of control and her fervour for reinvention, Haq denies the current rumours of plastic surgery. "I've always had this nose & face and am very happy with how I am. If anything, I wish I were a little taller," the 5'5'' model clarifies.

She hates being compared to anyone and states, "I want to be seen as an individual and I want people to think of me as someone who stood out from the rest." She sees herself as the alternative to more conventional supermodels like Vinnie and Iraj and is somewhat bemused by her sudden trendiness. "I've always been this way. It's just now, suddenly, I'm cool!" She shrugs. The quintessential diva, she is masterminding her career with ruthless strategy and exceptional intelligence. Other models are taller and thinner, and some perhaps even more beautiful, but none possess Haq's hunger for success and the spotlight. Blind ambition? Probably. Blonde ambition? Definitely.

Courtesy: Karachi plus