I mean how much does a person reveal of their true essence in six hours? From the first moment I meet her- ("OK To resolve this once and for all. What's the correct pronunciation of your name? Because some of us having been booking "Ruse" all week!")- to the moment her car comes sweeping to take her away to her fashion week fittings Roos Van Bosstrateten is in complete control of her mystique.

In the course of our cover shoot, she does everything that she is asked and at the same time never lets go of her detachment. That is why the 5ft 10inch girl with the long tangle of auburn hair and clear eyes that scrutinizes you as much as you scrutinize her is so fashion perfect. At seventeen she already knows that elegance is reserve, and reserve, therefore, power.

She's unusual and striking in that way you've come to expect from this new wave of Belgian models coming out of that trail blazing Vision stable in Europe but she's also completely unique.

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