‘I liked her personality and I could see that she had a star quality,’ recalled Panos. But, ‘She was too young and I had to forget her.’
   Although he had planned to wait one more year before approaching Gudmundsson, Panos—always passionate about his label and its direction—changed his mind.
   He justified this change with an observation that Gudmundsson had matured, ‘woman enough for my collection because she [now looks] older, [but] with a youthful body, skin, smile and eyes.
   ‘It is a very unusual combination and this is the beauty [of Malin Gudmundsson in my mind].
   ‘She is young, but she already has her own personality. Many people get old physically but not mentally, and their soul still does not “belong” to them.’
   In other words, they continue to soul-search, never tapping in to their highest selves—but Malin Gudmundsson has done this, comfortable with whom she has become.

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