[Birthday Special] 15 Interesting facts about Super Model Amna Ilyas

Amna Ilyas is revered as one of the fresh faces of Pakistan fashion and entertainment industry who joined the industry during last five years and established their names. Amna Ilyas shot to fame at a very young age but it all took a lot of hard work and struggle.

At the age of 22 she was already one of the top three models in Pakistan, she had two most anticipated parallel cinema films in her kitty, she already achieved titles like’ the coture queen of Pakistan’, and ‘the western model in Pakistan’, in 2013 she won the best dressed on the red carpet award at Lux Style Awards. And this Year she won the esteemed Lux style award in the category of best female model in Pakistan.

A very #happybirthday to @aamnailyas with loads of best wishes

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On her Birthday team Media Spring PK wishes her a very happy birthday and we have prepared a list of some interesting facts about the ‘Pakistan’s Dark is Beautiful champion’.

[Birthday Special] 15 Interesting facts about Super Model Amna Ilyas

1. She started modelling at the age of 16, when I was a student. Her elder sisters, Uzma and Salma Ilyas, were also models.
2. She has studied  Commerce
3. Amna Ilyas recently won Lux Style Awards 2015 for the Female Model of The Year category
4. At the age of 22 she already bagged two parallel cinema films and achieved status of 3^rd most prominent model in Pakistan.
5. Her first TV drama as an actress was Dil Nahi Manta for ARY DIgital
6. The first Film that she signed and started working on was Good Morning Karachi, not Zinda Bhaag
7. Her Film Zinda Bhaag was official entry to Oscars from Pakistan
8. About her struggle in the fashion and entertainment industry She says, “Given the skin colour that I have, which people in Pakistan don’t normally like, it was difficult in a sense – but at the same time, not really. When it comes to the fashion industry, everyone has been really supportive.”
9. Her first major shoot (and her second ever) was the cover of She magazine.
10. She actually did an ad for Fair and Lovely
11. Amna is great admirer of Iraj, As Amna says that Iraj is the queen of the catwalk.
12. Tough in front of camera she is a true professional but out side the professional life she is a Jeans and T-shirt person, a bit tom boyish too.
13. About her massive success she says, “Luck is one thing, but one needs to work hard as well. And I think I’m very passionate about whatever I do.”
14. In one of her interview in 2013 with Newsline she said, “I would like to do different characters, more challenging roles – maybe play a prostitute or a psychopath.”
15. Amna considered Modeling as her first love and prefers it over the acting.