Turning Point Magazine issue #4

Cover Model
Yumna Ali
Those who love fantasy tales would be great admirers of the works of Yumna Ali, after all,
her own life has not been any less then one.
Yumna’s natural looks are a storyteller themselves. As a beautiful addition to this gift of
God, she is also an artist, who becomes an intrinsic addiction to her audiences with only at
a slight glance.
Born in Tauranga, New Zealand, Yumna is the youngest child of her Fijian-Indian parents
who had migrated to New Zealand in search of a better life for their children.
In the late 1990's the family moved yet again, this time to Australia. As a Kiwi Child, Yumna
took her love of Rugby with her to Australia and became a passionate supporter of
Brisbane Broncos after arriving in the country.
Being of Indian ethnicity, Yumna also had great love for the Bollywood Movies. She
watched a range of Bollywood movies growing up and idolized famous actress Kareena
Kapoor (Khan) as her favorite.
Little did she ever think that the year Kareena Kapoor got invited to Australia to attend a
variety of high profile events, including unveiling of T20 Cricket World Cup 2020 Trophies at
MCG, she (Yumna) would get a call from the organizer's of that event and ask her to be the
“Official Host/Model” for the visiting VIP Guest and her favorite movie star of all time. It was
a dream come true for Yumna. This was her arrival in mainstream Bollywood.
In the few years preceding this, Yumna got her first break as a Music Video model, in 2018,
featuring alongside popular Punjabi Singer “Deep Dhaliwal” in a song shot in Melbourne
Australia. Within a span of another 15 months, Yumna had already featured in another 5
Indian/Punjabi Music Videos which were all Big Hits In Australia and also back in India.
Ever since Yumna’s arrival in the mainstream Bollywood scene, she has also featured along
side India’s No.1 “Dj Aqeel” at an Xmas Party in Melbourne in Dec 2019 and also was the
head model for the tour of “Bally Sagoo” a Billboards Chart (UK) Artist who has also had the
legacy of performing alongside (Late) Michael Jackson when he toured India few decades
ago.
For her education, Yumna holds a variety of qualifications in Beauty Services, Culinary,
Child Services and Allied Health Assistance, thus making her knowledge skillset quite
diverse.
She frequently travels cross-country and documents these travels in an upcoming book
she wishes to release soon. Painting and sketching are one of her favourite hobbies and a
lot her writing generally includes a variety of natural imagery depicting nature.
Being a passionate nature lover, Yumna’s life time dream is to travel to Switzerland and
sketch the famous Swiss Alps in her own hand-designed painting.
In the coming years Yumna wishes to support the beautiful cause of Women
Empowerment and hopes that one day she can bring about a tangible change in this
sector, not necessarily one that brings her own name in the history books, but would
definitely wishes to see the cause bring about an overwhelming change for the cause of
Women Rights.