Paris Jackson is Vogue Australia’s July issue cover star

THE teenage daughter of the King of Pop’s star is continuing to rise, and her modelling career has just reached another major milestone.

Paris Jackson features on Vogue Australia’s July 2017 cover. Picture: Vogue Australia July 2017, Paris Jackson - photography by Patrick Demarchelier

PARIS Jackson has a very personal reason for wanting to visit Australia.

The 19-year-old daughter of late king of pop Michael Jackson is forging her own path in the entertainment business but her father’s legacy is never far away.

“My parents got married there (in Australia) so it’s for sure on my bucket list to go,” Jackson tells the July issue of Vogue Australia, her dad having married ex partner Debbie Rowe in Sydney in 1996.

“Plus Bluesfest always has the grooviest set list so maybe one year I’ll hit it up.”

It is Jackson’s first Vogue cover, shot in Los Angeles by Patrick Demarchelier with the interview conducted via text message.

Jackson appears in a bright and colourful ensemble. Source: Vogue Australia, photography by Patrick Demarchelier.

She’s managed to carve out a name for herself as a top model. Source: Vogue Australia, photography by Patrick Demarchelier.

Modelling, and acting, is the direction Jackson is heading.

“I really want to leave a positive imprint in the fashion world, mostly regarding the media and the stereotypical beauty standard that is blasted all over every magazine you see, every article that pops up on your phone screen, every billboard you see while you’re driving down the street,” she said. “I already have many young girls looking up to me and I want to be something their parents are OK with them looking up to.”

Jackson’s fledgling acting career is going remarkably well. She’s got a role in US TV series Star and has also just shot her first film.

“I’ve always just loved the aspect of storytelling and getting my head into a new space, experiencing the shoes of another person/character, and suspending reality for a moment.”

Jackson’s feature film debut is Gringo, an action comedy from Australian director Nash Edgerton starring Charlize Theron and Amanda Seyfried.

“It was just like playing my eighth-grade self,” she said of the role. “Nash is a total angel and made me feel at home the instant I got to set.”

The Vogue Australia July issue is on sale Monday, 26 June 2017. Head to the Vogue Australia website for more information.

Source: Vogue Australia, photography by Patrick Demarchelier.

Originally published as Paris Jackson is Vogue Australia’s July issue cover star