Building Confidence
That Lasts a Lifetime

Meet the Founder & Director

Meet Iryna Malpa

Founder & Director of Be Your Best Academy of Marbella

I created Be Your Best Academy of Marbella after realising something surprisingly simple: some of the skills we use most in life are the ones we are rarely taught.

Every day we communicate, express our ideas, meet new people, choose what to wear, present ourselves, enter a room, walk, sit and create first impressions. These everyday skills influence how confident we feel, how others perceive us and how we connect with the world around us.

That is why I created a programme where students practise the skills that shape everyday confidence—from communicating clearly, making a strong first impression and presenting themselves professionally to personal style, professional makeup, posture, determination and self-belief.

Students don't just learn these skills. They practise them so they can begin using them immediately in everyday life—and continue using them throughout their future.

We then take this learning beyond the classroom. Through professional modelling, photoshoots and extraordinary fashion-show experiences, students have opportunities to put their confidence into action, challenge themselves and experience achievements and memories that can stay with them for life.

My greatest hope is not simply that students remember what we taught them, but that they use it throughout their lives—that years from now, when they walk into a room, speak with confidence, meet someone new, dress for an important occasion or step into a pair of heels, something they learned here is still helping them become their best.

— Iryna Malpa