Mana Mackay is a model and creative director crafting cinematic imagery, shaped by a decade of sharp observation at the forefront of fashion. In her own words, she is a fan of beauty, contemplation and truth, and an agent of those virtues.

Beginning her career in New Zealand as a teenager, Mana was recognised as the country's first transgender Māori model, and over the past decade has pioneered greater visibility and representation in fashion. Her work now extends well beyond the frame: approaching every collaboration through a creative director's lens, she shapes images and narratives with cultural insight, personal depth and bold self-expression, with ongoing editorial support from publications including Vogue Australia and RUSSH.

For Mana, beauty is not decorative. She believes an image has to stand for something to be truly beautiful - sometimes by holding up a mirror, even to uncomfortable truths. It's a conviction that gives her work its weight: editorial, cinematic and commercially intelligent, but always in service of something considered.