Pebbles Hooper says she loves being an only child. I grew up in Grey Lynn and Ponsonby. Art was my main interest. I wasn't very academic at school and Mum and Dad never pushed me very hard. I never did much study.
We travelled heaps, buying trips - never holidays. Mum and Dad worked all the time and I tagged along. I knew that I was really lucky to do those things. I never felt entitled. It was great, I loved everything about it. The late nights could be hard when I was younger and they were doing fashion weeks or whatever. I'd sit backstage and play with my Barbies or sometimes fall asleep. There were no other kids around so I'd make my own fun, use my imagination.
And I thought the models were amazing. My friends all travelled but it was around New Zealand or to the Gold Coast for family trips.
They had siblings and their parents had jobs where they had time off. School wasn't such a priority for my parents - they'd take me out to travel. I never wanted siblings myself - I hated the little brothers of my friends.
I loved being an only child, Mum picking me up from school and us going off to do things. I was often surrounded by adults and I never yearned to be around kids my age. Even now I'm glad I don't have siblings. I don't think I could share the attention. We're pretty normal really but it's what my family's done and the things they are into that are different.
Mum and Dad didn't spend money on cars or boats or baches. Dad, especially, saves his money and will buy himself an amazing pair of shoes or something overseas, something that other people would say "you spent how much? Dad's never had a cigarette or a drink in his life, except for a glass of champagne on his wedding day.
After school hours were spent etching drawings into her parents cutting room table in their Auckland workroom. It was, she says, a privileged life behind the scenes of the fashion industry. Producer and presenter Sonia Sly met up with Hooper to find out why she's terrified of destroying a precious portrait that was given to her by a well known New Zealand artist, the downside of getting caught up in social media wars and her recent love of The doe-eyed year-old is casually dressed in a leather jacket and loose trousers with her dark, straight hair framing her face.
Hooper who runs her own online clothing store is warm, friendly and candid. To look at her you wouldn't know that she's mixed race - her dad, designer Frances Hooper, is Chinese and she lights up when she talks about spending time in Hong Kong over the years.
While she might be the daughter of famous New Zealanders Hooper has made a mark on the world of social media , and at times, has got herself into hot water. Her dad, in particular, left a big impression on her.
Last year, Hooper got caught up in a social media feud with comedienne, Rose Matafeo , over comments made about a Pasifika-inspired dress worn by dancer Parris Geobel at a music awards ceremony.
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