The power of choice is the greatest and most underestimated power at our disposal to shape our lives and, by fully developing our potential, to make a meaningful contribution to this world.

Martina Gleissenebner-Teskey

Martina Gleissenebner-Teskey studied communication sciences in combination with ecology and psychology and is a systemic coach. During her studies, she worked internationally as a model and as a representative of Austrian environmental NGOs.

In 1996, she launched the "Charisma Concept" for the development of personal charisma and thus started an international career as a trainer, coach and lecturer. The book based on the concept was published in 2017 and was reissued in a revised and expanded version in 2023. Gleissenebner-Teskey lived in Milan and Monte Carlo, where her daughter Lou-Anne was born.

For her 50th birthday, she applied to one of Germany's leading TV shows, Germany’s Next Tomodel by Heidi Klum, took part together with Lou-Anne, who won the season, and came third herself, becoming the first Best Ager in the finals of that show. When she returned to modeling, she soon realized that fashion is one of the most urgent fields for the development of sustainable concepts.

With her ambitious project WALK4FUTURE, she comes full circle and uses her growing popularity to promote solutions for a sustainable future of fashion as a model, speaker and activist.