Hannah Simone: Our New Girl 

Our first cover girl is New Girl star, Hannah Simone. Hannah is a new star… on a new show… entitled New Girl… and the stndrd is a new magazine (Okay, you get the point).

Hannah Simone may not be the title character on her new hit television show, New Girl, but for most American fans of the series, the actress is literally a new girl to watch. Simone plays super model Cece on the program and the role serves as Simone’s introduction to most audiences. Some may think Hannah Simone is like an overnight success story, but like most in the entertainment business, she isn’t. In April 2012, The Focus Studio, in Venice Beach, served as the location for our issue two photo shoot. I was lucky enough to be on hand for our magazine’s significant and truly memorable moment. As I watched (and salivated) as Simone posed, and posed, two things are made very clear.

The first thing that is made abundantly clear is that Hannah Simone is just as strikingly beautiful in person as she is on her hit television show. A lot of times you can be disappointed when you see a celebrity crush of yours minus the posh and gloss a hair and makeup team can provide. Yes, for our photo shoot she was provided posh and gloss, but when the starlet first arrived to The Focus Studio, none of that sheen was yet applied, yet she still emerged as stunning as you could hope for. The second thing I derived from our cover shoot was that Simone doesn’t just play a model on television, she is a model! She went through outfit after outfit, pose after pose and expression after expression, with as much ease as her fictional counterpart Cece Meyers would. That comfortability she displayed in front of the camera was not by chance or luck. Hannah has been modeling professionally since the age of 13. The natural beauty fell in love with the artistic side of modeling from the very start. “It’s a unique format, because you can communicate so much without saying a single word. I have a huge respect for the power of story that can be told with a photo,” she says.

It’s obvious that the television star has all the physical traits needed to be a model — gorgeous long hair, copious lips and a drool inducing, curvy figure. However, Simone thinks it takes far more than the physical attributes of Wonder Woman to make someone a natural in front of the camera. “You have to have an open-minded nature, so you can build a story. Having a story to tell makes it interesting. When I did the stndrd photo shoot, I tried to embody certain characters. I tried to create characters with my hair, make-up and poses. I created a doll like being. That was fun for me.” The sort of analytical thought process Hannah demonstrates is not something most people would identify with being a model. The clichés and stereotypes tagged to most models definitely don’t apply to Miss Simone. The capable actress has always put education and learning on a pedestal. She received a BA in International Relations and Political Science at the University of British Columbia. She also has a BA in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson University.

Hannah also has a deep personal commitment to helping others. “I am passionate about human rights, I am passionate about making the world a better place,” she declares. That fervor for social justness led her to spend some time working as a human rights and refugee officer for the United Nations Association in London. The actress/model/scholar/philanthropist seems to be all over the map with her interests and goals. Hannah ensures us that her constant life-changing focuses aren’t as random as they may seem. All her vocations and concentrations serve a singular life goal. “My goal is always very fixed and very focused. The goal is always to be spending my life, professionally and personally, with things I care about and make me happy. Having that kind of goal takes a lot of work.”

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