ARIANA MELLO — THE ART OF BECOMING
- Matheus Hooks/ Editor-In-Chief
- 2 days ago
- 7 min read
COVER LONDON EDITION — AUGUST 2026 ISSUE
London has become the setting for a new chapter in Ariana Mello’s life. An actress, model, and digital personality, she currently lives in the British capital at a time of transformation, learning, and the creation of new paths.
Between her studies, improving her English, and preparing for opportunities in acting, Ariana is dedicating herself to an increasingly international career while remaining true to the essence that defines who she is.
For her, living in London represents much more than a change of address. It is a fresh start, an opportunity to step outside her comfort zone and discover new possibilities. Life in a new culture requires independence, courage, and humility, especially when facing the challenges of building new connections, adapting to the language, and creating a life away from familiar surroundings.
At the same time, this experience has provided something even deeper: self-discovery. Ariana says that living abroad has made her look inward and better understand what she truly wants. Today, she feels less need to explain her choices or seek approval for the life she has decided to build.
This transformation has also changed her relationship with her image. After difficult experiences involving cosmetic procedures and pressure surrounding appearance, Ariana began to view beauty and self-esteem in a more conscious way. She remains passionate about fashion, beauty, and the visual world, but understands that taking care of her appearance should be a personal choice, rather than an attempt to meet other people’s expectations.
For her, beauty is only one part of who we are. Appearance changes, trends come and go, but personality, values, experiences, and everything we build throughout life remain.
This awareness also influences the way she approaches relationships. Ariana has become more selective about her personal life and deeply values reciprocity, quality, and respect. In London, this perception has become even stronger. Choosing the people, environments, and relationships that are part of her routine has become a way of protecting her energy and the life she is building.
“Starting over, for me, doesn’t mean erasing who I was, but carrying the lessons with me and continuing to evolve without losing my essence.”
It is precisely this idea that defines her current chapter. Ariana is not trying to leave previous versions of herself behind. She is taking her lessons into a new reality and allowing them to become part of the artist she wants to become.
Acting now occupies a central place in her plans. She intends to continue studying, further developing her training, and pursuing opportunities in film and television, including international projects. More than simply being in front of the camera, Ariana wants to portray characters that challenge her and reveal different layers of her personality.
“I want to play characters that challenge me and allow people to discover other sides of me beyond my image.”
Fashion, naturally, remains part of her journey. After building such a close relationship with this world, she intends to continue working with projects and brands that resonate with her new chapter and with the values she wants to represent.
But her plans go beyond her career. Ariana also wants to use her visibility to support causes that truly matter to her, particularly animal protection initiatives and humanitarian projects. The idea of building a purposeful career emerges as one of the defining characteristics of this new stage.
There is also an intimate dream that remains among her greatest wishes: building her own family and experiencing motherhood. For Ariana, this is a life project she wants to fulfill at the right time, without rushing and without the need to follow external expectations.
Today, her focus is on studying, working, growing, experiencing new things, and building her own story.
Perhaps that is exactly why London makes so much sense for her at this moment.
The city represents movement, discovery, and possibility. A place where past and future coexist every day, and where starting over can also be a way of finding yourself.
On the cover of the LONDON edition of Hooks Magazine, Ariana Mello represents this spirit: a woman who is not simply changing her surroundings, but building a new version of herself.
More independent. More self-aware. More selective.
And, above all, ready to discover where her next chapter may take her.
Exclusive interview with Ariana Mello:
1. Your journey began in Brazil, spanning fashion, beauty pageants, television, and editorial work. What did all these experiences teach you about yourself and about the woman you have become today?
All of these experiences played a very important role in my development, both professionally and personally. Fashion, beauty pageants, television, and editorial work placed me in very different environments and taught me about discipline, responsibility, resilience, and, above all, self-awareness.
Over time, I came to understand that we do not need to constantly live up to the expectations others create for us. Today, I know myself much better, I have a clearer understanding of what I want for my life, and also of what no longer makes sense to me.
I am very grateful for everything I experienced in Brazil because each experience contributed to the woman I am today: more mature, determined, aware of my choices, and unafraid to start over whenever I feel the need to take a new path.
2. You currently live in London, studying, improving your English, and pursuing opportunities in acting. What motivated this international fresh start, and what are the biggest challenges of building a career in a new country?
Living abroad has always been a big dream of mine. London represents much more than moving to another country; it represents a fresh start and the opportunity to completely step outside my comfort zone.
I came primarily to study, improve my English, expand my training, and pursue new professional opportunities, especially in acting. I want to prepare myself more and more to work as an actress and be ready for opportunities in the international market as well.
Building a life in another country requires a great deal of courage and humility. There is the language barrier, adapting to a new culture, being away from family, and the challenge of starting to build new connections and opportunities practically from scratch. At the same time, it has been an experience that has strengthened me enormously.
I have discovered an even more independent version of myself, and I believe all of this will be reflected not only in my career but also in the artist and woman I am becoming.
3. You have experienced difficult situations involving cosmetic procedures and pressure surrounding appearance. How have these experiences transformed your relationship with beauty, self-esteem, and your own image?
Working with image inevitably places us under a great deal of pressure regarding appearance. For a long time, I was also extremely demanding of myself, and at certain moments, I believe many women end up pursuing an idea of perfection that simply does not exist.
Some experiences made me deeply reconsider my relationship with aesthetics. Today, I believe that any procedure should be a conscious decision, carried out responsibly and with qualified professionals, but above all, it should come from a personal desire and never from pressure to please other people or conform to a particular standard.
I still enjoy fashion, beauty, and taking care of myself because that is also part of who I am. The difference is that today I understand that self-esteem goes far beyond appearance. Beauty changes, trends change, but our essence, personality, values, and everything we build throughout life are what truly remain.
4. Today you often speak about fresh starts, identity, and rebuilding yourself without losing your essence. Did you ever feel that you needed to distance yourself from other people’s expectations in order to discover who you truly are?
Yes, absolutely. I think there comes a point in life when we begin to notice the difference between what we truly want and what, for a long time, we believed we should want in order to meet other people’s expectations.
Today, I protect my personal life much more and have also become much more selective about the people I allow into my circle. Not everyone has access to my intimacy or my life. I have learned to value the quality of relationships, reciprocity, and the way people approach me.
Especially while living abroad, I realized even more how important it is to choose my friendships, the environments I spend time in, and the people I keep close carefully. I do not see this as shutting myself off from the world, but as a way of protecting my energy, my peace, and the life I am building.
Being in London has also made me look deeply inward. Today, I no longer feel the need to explain every choice I make or seek approval for the life I choose to live. Starting over, for me, does not mean erasing who I was, but carrying the lessons with me and continuing to evolve without losing my essence.
5. Looking at this new chapter in London, what dreams does Ariana Mello want to achieve over the next few years, both in acting and film and in fashion and social-impact projects?
I have many dreams, and today they are much more connected to building a solid and purposeful career.
In acting, I want to continue studying, preparing myself, and pursuing opportunities in film and television, including international projects. I want to play characters that challenge me and allow people to discover other sides of me beyond my image.
Fashion continues to be a very important part of my story, and I want to continue working with projects and brands that resonate with me and with this new chapter I am experiencing.
I also want to use my visibility more and more to support causes that truly matter to me, especially projects related to animal protection and humanitarian initiatives.
And there is also a very personal dream, which is to build my own family and have children. It has always been something very important to me, and I consider motherhood one of the great dreams I still want to fulfill. At the same time, I believe that every stage of life has its own timing. Today, I am focused on studying, working, growing, experiencing new things, and building my own story.
I want everything to happen naturally and at the right time. My greatest wish is to look back several years from now and realize that I built a career I am proud of, a purposeful life, and also a family surrounded by love and strong values.
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