Issa Lish (born May 3, 1995) is a Mexican fashion model. Lish is known for her distinctive look and has been described as jolie laide.^[3]

In 1995, Lish was born in Mexico City, Mexico. Her father is of Japanese descent.

Lish was discovered at age 14 while working at her father's sushi restaurant,^[4] a punishment for bad grades at school.

Lish has appeared on the cover of Vogue México,^[1] Vogue Italia^[1] and Vogue Japan. She is the third Mexican model to be featured on the cover of Vogue Italia - the first being Elsa Benítez and the second, Liliana Domínguez.

Lish has walked on dozens of catwalks, including shows for Prabal Gurung, Céline, Anna Sui^[5] and Prada.^[6] She was part of the 2014 Fall-Winter Campaign of Balmain,^[7] the Marc Jacobs 2015 Spring Campaign,^[8] the 2016 Spring-Summer Campaign of Givenchy^[9] as well as the 2016 Fall-Winter Alexander Wang Campaign.^[10]

In September 2024, Lish walked the runway at Paris Fashion Week S/S 2025 for Maison Yoshiki Paris, the high fashion brand created by Japanese rock star Yoshiki.^[11]

Lish speaks five languages: Spanish, Japanese, English, French, and Portuguese.^[12]

• Japanese community of Mexico City

• Issa Lish at Fashion Model Directory