Measurements: 5’6″ – 119 lbs – 35″C – 25″ – 35″
Shoe size: 7 (US)
Daphnée Lucenet — also known in the fashion world as Dash Luce — is a French-Khmer model, entrepreneur, and AI ethicist based in Paris.
Her career has taken her across Paris, Asia, and the U.S., with a portfolio that bridges fashion and fighting stunts—thanks to her deep-rooted practice of martial arts. Her work includes campaigns for brands such as Nike, Samsung, GoPro, Pantene, Gap, NYX Cosmetics, and Hennessy, with features in GQ, Elle, and Paris Mag.
She is the creator of Elytiz, an early app connecting models and photographers, and later the founder of LEGIT MGMT, the first ethical modeling agency in France, bringing accountability, sustainability, and diversity to the creative industries. She worked with brands like LVMH, Galleries Lafayette, YSL, Rick Owens, Gentle Monster, Lacoste, Vogue…
Behind the lens, she is an engineer in computer science, holding dual master’s degrees in Computer Science Engineering and International Business with a finance specialization. Her career has spanned continents and industries — from financial modeling for multi-billion euro transactions, to leading strategic innovation for tech and sustainable ventures in Silicon Valley, Asia and Europe.
A former venture capital investor and impact strategist at Investir&+ and Via ID, she specialized in supporting startups, participating and assessing governance, regulatory risks, and ethical alignment in high-growth startups.
As her career evolved, Daphnée became increasingly concerned with the unintended consequences of innovation. Working closely with founders and boards, she saw firsthand how powerful technologies could generate both systemic progress and invisible harms. This tension between progress and responsibility ignited her interest in AI — not just as a tool, but as a societal force requiring ethical, sovereign, and human-centered governance.
Her Cambodian side partially explains her interest in charity work focused on Education in Cambodia. She founded her family-like NGO called Khmer Vibration and is was the Ambassador of Global Children Cambodia (New York). She was a Member Board of Directors at Cambodians in Tech.
She is a business and strategy advisor at System Experts, an open-source solution provider developing an Edtech product to improve education in Cambodia.
I aim at taking action to help empowering Khmer kids through education, culture and tech.
Daphnée is currently the founder of IA Éthique and editor of IA Éthique Insider, a media and consulting initiative helping corporations and institutions implement responsible AI strategies aligned with the AI Act and future global regulatory frameworks.
She is currently an AI Ethicist at the Observatoire de l’Intelligence Artificielle and contributes to shaping ethical AI governance and digital sovereign strategies across Europe.
She believes technology should serve the living, not just the market.
Her journey — from breaking bricks in a remote Kung Fu monastery in China, to breaking silos in boardrooms — reflects a singular drive: to bridge humanity and innovation.
She has lived in France, the UK, Italy, Switzerland, the US, China, Cambodia, and Canada, speaks several languages, and continues to advocate for Khmer youth empowerment.
Her work sits at the intersection of tech, ethics, and impact.
Daphnee is currently based in Paris.
Ladies Magazine – Cover, Edito & Interviews, Cambodia
Sovrin Magazine – Cover, Edito & Interview, Cambodia
Video Interview on Khmerican
Article on Khmerican
Project Smile video at Bong Noun Phymean’s orphenage (CNN Heroes Award 2008)
Daphnée Lucenet (Elytiz): “Trop de marques ne connaissent pas les droits des mannequins”
Daphnée Lucenet – J’étais toujours trop ou pas assez