Inside Natalia Bryant’s World as a Rising Model, From Versace to Victoria’s Secret

“It’s taken me a while,” Natalia said, “but over time, I’ve done little things, like I’ll go to the movie theater by myself, taking myself out on solo dates.”

And having been only 17 when her father and 13-year-old sister Gianna Bryant died in a 2020 helicopter crash, she knows from experience the importance of seizing the day.

“You can’t control the future,” she noted. “You don’t know what tomorrow has in store.”

Plus, she wants to set a strong example for her siblings—and budding fashionistas—Bianka, 9, and Capri, 7.

Bianka “wakes up, she knows what she wants to wear, she knows how to style, she’ll know how to style me,” Natalia told People in 2024. With both little sisters, “it’s so awesome to be able to see fashion and see life through their eyes.”