As part of the Vogue health initiative, Vogue Italia has just asked their latest cover model, actress Isabella Rossellini, as well as models from the magazine’s current issue, what wellness means to them.

Models from past and the present, including Donna Mitchell, Lauren Helm, Susan Forristal, Carolyn Murphy and Guinevere Van Seenus, who are all the protagonists of Steven Meisel’s fashion story for the current June issue of the magazine, have all had their say…

“Wellness, for me, means being first of all in good physical shape and the proverbial to have something up top is essential too” – Isabella Rossellini

“My mantra is mens sana in corpore sano, because physical wellbeing without the spiritual and emotional kind does not exist” – Donna Mitchell

“I have my own particular way of relaxing and keeping in shape, by doing aerial circus, I climb on one or two silk ropes and I do acrobatic exercises” – Lauren Helm

“I discovered yoga Ivengar, that taught me to strengthen my body by minimizing risks” – Susan Forristal

“As a woman and as a mother I lash out against the obsession with the scales of young models: it is the wrongest idea to give to little girls like mine” – Carolyn Murphy

“Fashion is not the only sector in which attention must be given to weight. There is nothing wrong about wanting to keep in shape, but the emphasis on girls who are not yet developed is wrong and unrealistic” – Guinevere Van Seenus

Head over to the modelling agency’s Facebook Fanpage and let us know what wellness means to you!