Nara Smith
South African-German fashion model and social media personality (born 2001)
Nara Aziza Smith (née Pellmann; born 27 September 2001) is a South African and German model and influencer based in the United States. She is known on her social media accounts for short cooking videos in which she prepares meals from scratch while wearing extravagant clothing, narrating in a quiet voice.
Early life
Nara Aziza Pellmann was born on 27 September 2001 in Bloemfontein, South Africa, to a Mosotho mother and a German father. When she was an infant, the family moved to Frankfurt, Germany, where she spent the remainder of her childhood. She stated in a TikTok video that both English and German are her native languages. Nara has two younger siblings, a brother and a sister, as well as a maternal half-brother.
Career
Smith began modeling at 14 years old, having been discovered through the "We Love Your Genes" campaign of IMG Models. At 18, she moved to the United States, settling in California. In 2024, she became the face of Aritzia's Sweatfleece campaign.
Between late 2023 and early 2024, Smith began going viral on TikTok and other social media platforms for posting "tradwife" content depicting her cooking elaborate meals for her family from scratch while wearing formal clothing, as well as posting her eccentric choices of baby names as she was early in her pregnancy with her third child.
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