THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR
The statuesque model waltzes into the studio, and everyone immediately gravitates towards her.
She isn’t expected for at least another 30 minutes.
“Oh, you’re early,” says Her World’s creative director Windy Aulia. The candid conversation he then has with the model-MTV Asia VJ negates any impression one may have had of Hanli Hoefer as inscrutably aloof off-screen.
“I WANTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF MY LIFE AND NOT JUST DO WHAT MY FRIENDS WERE DOING. I WANTED TO FEEL THAT I HAD A CHOICE.”
She warms up with a fresh spark of energy in a one-to-one dialogue with doe-eyed shyness on the one hand, and unabashed determination on the other. She’s articulate, and a quality of earthiness comes through in her expressive eyes and smile.
“I was two hours late
