Miranda Kerr is on the cover of the December issue of Elle Canada. She looks amazing in the editorial. The short hair shown below is great on her but I’ve always found Miranda stunning. I think she just suits my tastes but looking at Miranda makes me want to avoid mirrors. (Hecate Tip: do not cover supermodel stories while shoving Halloween candy into your mouth – it only leads to shame.) Miranda is the new face for Joe Fresh. She’s very good when she promotes something; she really understands her role as a brand ambassador. Of course, she also has her two other businesses, her Kora Organics skin line and her self-help books. I’d forgotten the latter but I almost want to read some of her stuff because the biggest issue I have with Miranda is I feel like she is always trying to sell me something, whether its her product or mindset. She constantly talks about how zen, happy and optimistic she is. She may be, I don’t know, I just don’t know naturally zen people who feel the need to remind me of it quite as much as Miranda does. Which makes this interview interesting because she (mostly) dropped her shining beacon persona and admitted that she fell into a depression after her divorce.
She’s the happiness monitor: “I just go in there, do my thing, enjoy myself and make sure everyone else is enjoying themselves.”
Her co-parenting philosophy: “The most important thing is that when (her son Flynn) has his time with me, we have quality time together, and when he’s with his dad, he has quality time with him. And it works out really well because I book in my photo shoots for the time he’s with his dad, and the rest of the time I just get to be a mom.”
She’s just a homebody: “Being with my family, reading to Flynn, playing with him. We draw together; we build blocks together. I also love swinging on swings. I’m a homebody. Being at home is the biggest luxury to me. I can’t help it!”Again, she’s just a happy person: “(I was) born a naturally positive person. My mom used to call me a ‘giggling Gert’ because I was always laughing, even in my sleep.”
Her post-divorce depression: “When Orlando and I separated [in 2013], I actually fell into a really bad depression. I never understood the depth of that feeling or the reality of that because I was naturally a very happy person. Every thought you have affects your reality and only you have control of your mind.”
She finds answers from within: “What I have found is that everything you need, all of the answers are deep inside of you. Sit with yourself, take a few breaths and get close to your spirit.”
She loves willow trees: “For my birthday last year, my boyfriend [now fiancé] put candles leading down to the back of the garden, where he had planted a willow for me. That’s my favourite tree because I have this philosophy that we should all be like willow trees—people think that in a big storm, the oak is the strongest tree, but it’s actually the willow tree because it’s very, very flexible.”
I am guilty of forgetting that celebrities are real people who bleed when cut. When I read about a celebrity divorce, I assume all their money and fame will ease their pain and that’s not fair. Whereas I question Miranda’s need to point out her sunny disposition, I don’t doubt that she is probably a fairly positive person. She sounds honestly surprised by what it was like to be in a depression and that must have scared the hell out of her.
Miranda says if she weren’t a model, she’d be a naturopath and discussed aromatherapy in the article. Although I am more of a self-medicating personality type (think ciggies and cabernet), I am intrigued by essential oils. She spoke of some special oil her aroma-therapist made her that felt like a big warm hug. I wish she’d add oils to her Kora Organics line. Also, I don’t always go for metaphor philosophy but every once in a while something will grab me. Like that willow tree bit – I’m hanging on to that.
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— ELLE Canada (@ElleCanada) November 1, 2016
Photo credit: Max Abadian/Elle Canada, Getty Images
