This self-confessed ‘girlie-girl’ shares what keeps her strong, healthy and fulfilled. BY AZZURA SORAYA HASSAN

Walking into the studios for the Shape covershoot, Nur Fazura Sharfuddin is quite the head-turner, what with her natural beauty and amazing smile. Fazura’s photoshoot turned out resembling a metaphor for how she lives her life: Confidently, and completely comfortable with herself; never allowing distractions such as lighting equipment and touch-ups to get in the way of the job at hand. This, she says, is how she keeps things real. Presently a wearer of many hats— host, actress, and model, Fazura never anticipated that she would be thrust into the media spotlight when she moved to Kuala Lumpur at the age of 17. Having grown up in laid-back Pahang, life has been a roller-coaster ride since she was spotted eating ice-cream at a shopping mall by a casting agent, who then offered her work as commercial talent.