17 March 2026 |
Joan Smalls has spent nearly two decades at the top of the fashion game as one of the industry’s most in-demand models. Get to know the Puerto Rican beauty as we ask her all about her fave things (in lists of 10, of course).
1. DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN JUST 10 WORDS
Empathetic to a fault, persistent, self-disciplined, funny, and cynical.
2. WHAT ARE YOUR MOST-PLAYED TRACKS ON SPOTIFY?
Tems You in My Face
Tems I’m Not Sure
Musiq Soulchild Just Friends
Lilya Mandre and Tommy Kimpton Bad for You
Sonder Too Fast
Bad Bunny Debi Tirar Más Fotos
Kaytranada Intimidated (ft. H.E.R.)
Aaliyah We Need a Resolution
Mariah Carey Breakdown
Marvin Gaye Got to Give It Up
3. THE GUILTIEST PLEASURES: WHAT ARE THE 10 THINGS YOU LIKE BUT KNOW YOU REALLY SHOULDN’T?
Dark humor
Vengeance on people who deserve it
Processed sugar
Bacon
High sex drive
Enjoying when people cancel plans
Seeing videos of people falling
Men
Astrology
4. WHAT ARE YOUR 10 MUST-WATCH FILMS, SHOWS, OR TV PROGRAMS?
The Green Mile
Mystic River
Miss Sloane
Fight Club
The Handmaiden
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Night Of
Sicario
Bad Education
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
5. NAME THE 10 AUTHORS OR BOOKS WE SHOULD BE READING NEXT
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose
Eckhart Tolle
The Prophet Kahlil Gibran
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Dr. Seuss
The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle
The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham Esther and Jerry Hicks
The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene
The Mastery of Self: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom Don Miguel Ruiz Jr
The Definitive Book of Body Language Allan and Barbara Pease
Contracts—these aren’t books, but you should always read them yourself even if you don’t understand
Read in between the lines (in everyday life)
6. GET SNIFFY: WHAT ARE YOUR 10 FAVOURITE SMELLS?
The aroma of walking past a ylang ylang tree
A kitchen where Puerto Rican food is being cooked
A puppy’s smell
Rain
Popcorn
Memo Paris’s Sintra perfume
Tom Ford’s Tobacco Vanille perfume
My nephew, Draco
Success
Baked chocolate chip cookies
7. WHERE IN THE WORLD (OR OUTER SPACE) ARE YOUR 10 DREAM DESTINATIONS?
Thailand
Machu Picchu
Another galaxy
Puerto Rico
Watching a movie with my family and having my mom’s legs on top of mine
A room filled with kittens or puppies
A sunset in Greece
A sunrise in Africa
A hug from my dad
Being in alignment
8. WHAT ARE YOUR 10 FAVORITE SNACKS?
Green apples with cookie butter spread
Guava paste with cheese and crackers
Chocolate protein shake
Pineapple
Plantain chips
Pizza
Puerto Rican pastelillos con carne (meat turnover or like an empanada)
Pinchos (chicken kebab)
Cereal
Coconut ice cream
9. WHAT 10 THINGS WOULD YOU SAVE IF THERE WERE A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE?
Animals Family
Friends
Faith
Kindness Electricity Camera
Food
Doctors Common sense
10. NAME 10 PEOPLE WHO REALLY INSPIRE YOU
My mom
Buddha
Heart surgeons
People who care for nature
Scientists who try to fix pollution
Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Mulan
Women who lead with empathy
Taken from 10 Magazine USA Issue 6 – CREATIVITY, CHANGE, FREEDOM – out March 18th! Order your copy here.
