Şeyma Subaşı

Şeyma Subaşı — Biography

Şeyma Subaşı was born July 2, 1990, in Samsun and studied in the Fashion Design Program at İstanbul Aydın University. Modeling in designers' shows from age 16, she entered the Miss Turkey pageant in 2008 without placing; that year, on the show Var Mısın Yok Musun, she met producer Acun Ilıcalı, and later worked as a costume designer on the competition Yok Böyle Dans.

She launched her own fashion label in 2014, debuting at İstanbul Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, released the app IS IT OK in 2017 (built by Acun İnternet), opened the café Healthyish in Bebek with Acun Ilıcalı in 2018, and founded Babe Actiwear in 2020. She published the autobiography Sadece Şeyma via Dex Kitap in 2019.

She married Acun Ilıcalı in Marseille on September 18, 2017; the couple, who have a daughter born in 2013, divorced by mutual agreement in November 2018. She was briefly married to Egyptian investor Mohammed Alsaloussi from May to September 2023.

She became known over time more for social media than for modeling. In early 2026 she said she had changed her lifestyle and turned toward faith.