Bianca Balti, a Pillar of Positivity, Covers Vogue Adria May 2025 Lensed by Matt Easton AOC Fashion

Italian supermodel Bianca Balti covers the May 2025 issue of Vogue Adria, styled by Anda + Masha in Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, DZOJCHEN, Maison Valentino and more for images by Matt Easton [IG]./ Hair by Maranda Widlund; makeup by Holly Silius

The headlines surrounding Bianca Balti’s cover story grabbed me by the throat, as I didn’t know about her 2024 diagnosis of stage 3 ovarian cancer. In addition, Bianca had a preventative double mastectomy after discovering that she was a carrier for the BRCA1 gene.

Balti, now 41, is just so composed, elegant, beautiful and cheerful after being wacked big-time about the fragility of life, that it’s remarkable — and inspiring — to see how she is handling her diagnosis.

In February, the supermodel was a cohost of Italy’s Sanremo Music Festival 2025. “I’m not coming to be a cancer patient,” Balti explained at the press conference ahead of the event. “I don’t want to tell about the pain. I could have been lying in bed feeling sorry for myself, but instead, I want to be a celebration of life tonight.”