COVER-GIRL
JOURNEY OF A
MODERN MUSE At 19, she was signed by BMI as a singer and songwriter. But a wider audience got the chance to see her on the small screen two years later as guest star, playing Chelsea, on the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally. A few months later, Sofia was cast as recurring guest star, playing Soleil, on MTV's series Faking It, before landing a starring role in the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants, in which she plays Evie, the daughter of the Evil Queen from Snow White. Soon more leading roles came along in “Adventures in Babysitting” and “A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits”. After that, her musical talent received a similar recognition when she joined the list of Hollywood Records and Republic Records artists, taking her music career to the next level.
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ofia Carson is an extremely busy young woman, and her success has garnered her millions of followers on her social media accounts, making her the ultimate modern influencer. Velvet meets Sofia Carson at the luxurious Palazzo Avino on Amalfi Coast, for an exquisite fashion shoot where she revealed her romantic side in a selection of opulent looks. Here we share the photos, and a conversation with the world’s new sweetheart.
At what age did you realize you wanted to take acting and singing seriously, as a career? In all honesty, I can’t remember a moment in my life when I didn’t know, with every part of me, that I wanted to do this for the rest of my life. Performing is a part of who I am, I’ve worked my whole life to be here, and I can’t tell you how grateful I feel that a dream I once dreamt as a little girl is now my reality.... Both roles- acting and singing- are hugely gratifying. Which do you prefer and why? I’m deeply in love with both. I believe they are completely interconnected, and I can’t imagine doing one without the other. As a performer, I am a story teller; to lose myself in a song, or to lose myself in a character- both are beautiful means with which I can tell my stories. And I love them both dearly.
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