How Destiny Gebbia Found Her Way From Milan’s Runways to the Screen

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Destiny Gebbia grew up around cameras. Now she’s finding her own place in front of them.

As the daughter of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Carlton Gebbia and businessman David Gebbia, the L.A. native spent her childhood surrounded by the kind of productions most people only ever see on screen.

“I grew up around the film industry, the music industry, and fashion,” she said in a statement on Friday, June 26. “I was obsessed with every part of it. The clothes, the set, the makeup, the models. I’m an artist myself, so that’s naturally what I ended up following.”

That obsession eventually took her to Miami, where she signed with Elite and started building her book. Word traveled fast, and before long she’d landed an international contract in Milan and was packing for Italy.

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“Getting signed there was my first time moving to a new country, and I was completely alone,” she recalled. “I was so excited to start that wild journey. It really was an incredible experience.”

Milan delivered. During Fashion Week, Destiny walked several shows, though her favorite was haute couture label Saman Loira, whose February runway unfolded inside an 18th-century church. She’s since done fittings and castings with the likes of Diesel, Etro, and Giorgio Armani.

Ask her to manifest one runway tomorrow, though, and there’s zero hesitation.

“Mugler,” she said. “That was my childhood dream and what inspired me to start modeling. Their shows are iconic, and are truly the epitome of fashion”

That aesthetic leans dark, dramatic, and a little rock ‘n’ roll, something she traces back to growing up in a house where art was just part of daily life. Her mother, an architect, designed the family home with inspiration from the centuries-old churches of Venice, while horror movies became an early favorite she never really grew out of.

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Now she’s channeling all of it into acting.

Destiny recently made her on-screen debut in Ryan Perdz’s “Heavy Eyes” music video, a cinematic visual that asked her to move through grief, panic, and joy all at once. “It was my first time stepping into such an extreme role,” she said. “It made me realize I feel really comfortable playing characters like that.”

To some, the move from posing to performing might seem like a leap. But to the multi-hyphenate-in-the-making, they’re two sides of the same coin. “People think modeling is nothing more than just standing or posing in front of a camera, but there’s so much more emotion behind it. Every shoot you have a new character to play or even multiple.,” she explained. “You’re also paying attention to the lighting, the people around you, the feeling you’re creating. It’s almost like a dance.”

At 24, Destiny isn’t interested in putting herself in one box. Modeling may have been the first chapter, but painting, fashion, and even media production are all on her list.

“I don’t want to set boundaries on my creativity,” she said. “I want to explore all of it.”

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