Simply known as Queen Esther, she carefully walks in between worlds: mother, model, role model, mentor.  With tattoos as striking and beautiful as the rest of her, Esther Hanuka has managed to stay hot in the business since 1998.  That’s something that has eluded other models, and even made the most successful supermodels become a little out of date and annoying (Tyra.)  But Esther has no plans to slow down anytime soon.

CFO of her own modeling agency, ‘Queen E Models,’ she really wants to help up-and-coming models survive the game.  After thinking that getting a tattoo might have ruined her career, she turned the world upside down and used it to her advantage. Modeling for Dub Magazine, West Coast Choppers, and Inked, she redefined beauty at a time when tattoo culture exploded into mainstream. 

It won’t get to her head though, because most of the time you can find her taking care of her five children, balancing her modeling career, and barely finding time to relax.  That’s the tightrope.  

 

-cwood