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Model Diaries
Model: Zuzanna Krzatala
Hometown: Szczecin, Poland
Discovered: At 13, by an agent who spotted me
at the mall. (I was cutting a chemistry exam.)
Most embarrassing moment on-set: While a
corset was being tightened on me, I accidentally spat out
my gum at the stylist.
Favorite item in my closet: Blue Chloe bag-
it's very rock-and-roll.
Hidden talent: Reciting poetry.
If I weren't a model, I'd be: A ballet
dancer.
Her fashion shoot: The Menswear Trend
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Model Diaries
Model: Rachel Alexander
Hometown: Santa Barbara, CA
Discovered: By a photographer in my town. I
was 13.
Favorite designer to work with: Christopher
Bailey for
Burberry Prorsum.
Celebrity I'd love to meet: Sean Penn
Guilty pleasure: Eating Swedish Fish and
browsing Facebook.
If I weren't a model, I'd be: A psychologist.
Her fashion shoot: The Fearless New
World of Fashion
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Model Diaries
Model: Heidi Verster
Hometown: Cape Town, South Africa
Most embarrassing modeling moment: I was
jumping up and down for a shot, and my pants split open
Hidden talent: Cooking
Celebrity I'd love to meet: Michelle
Pfeiffer
Bad habit: Shopping
Hardest part about modeling: Looking fresh
in the morning
Favorite item in her closet: Vintage Versace
leather dress
Favorite Jeans: Cheap Monday
Three words to describe herself: Outside the
box
Her fashion shoot: Jean Pool: The Denim Guide
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Model Diaries
Model: Matta
Hometown: Reykjavik, Iceland
Discovered: At a mall in Iceland when I was
15.
Favorite song: "Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix.
Favorite designer to work with: Steinunn.
She's also from Iceland. I've got to promote my people!
Guilty pleasures: Chocolate and beer.
Hidden talent: I can fish with my toes. Just
kidding!
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Model Diaries
Model: Hannah Davis
Hometown: St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Fashion icon: Gwen Stefani
Favorite items in closet: Sneakers a friend hand-painted for me.
Most embarrassing modeling moment: My hair extensions once fell out midshoot.
In ten years you'll be: Working as a primatologist in Africa.
Her fashion shoot: Street Chic - Fashion for the Urban Girl
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Model Diaries
Model: Atong Arjok
Native of: San Diego
After modeling, I'll be: A psychologist or
forensic scientist.
Favorite fashion decade: The '70s-so full of
free spirits.
Guilty pleasure: Watching The Bad Girls Club.
Best advice I ever got: Don't compare
yourself with anyone.
Her fashion shoot: The New Fashion Frontier
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Model Diaries
Model: Anna Davolio
Hometown: Copenhagen, Denmark
If she weren't a model, she'd be: An inventor
Fashion icon: Her Grandma Horty
Most memorable experience: Eating delicious egg-and-liver pancakes cooked by Bedouins in the Sahara.
Her fashion shoot: Fashion in Bhutan
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Model Diaries
Model: Elena Potapova
Hometown: Moscow
Discovered: By the Italian agent Anna Mora in
Moscow. I was 19.
Can't live without: Mascara.
Celebrity I'd love to have met: Helmut
Newton.
Bad habit: Being too trusting.
If I weren't a model, I'd be: An athlete-a
basketball player or a swimmer.
Favorite song: "I Feel Good," by James Brown.
Best part of the shoot: The diamonds!
Her fashion shoot: Costume Jewelry:
Dripping with Diamonds
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Model Diaries
Model: Alyssah Ali
Native of: Mississuaga, Ontario
Fashion icon: My always-in-the-loop sister.
Star I'd love to meet: Jim Carrey. When I was
young, I wanted to be Jim Carrey.
Denim brand of choice: J Brand's dark
skinnies fit me perfectly.
Party trick: I can do a free-form French
manicure that looks professional.
Bad habit: Biting my French-manicured nails!
Her fashion shoot: Sexy Summer Swimwear
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Model: Taylor Warren
Hometown: Johnstown, NY
Favorite item in closet: A bag of nail heads
for bedazzling accessories when needed!
Hidden talents: Crocheting, bubble-gum
blowing
Favorite designer: Alexander Wang
Bad habits: Caffeine, bad boys
Toughest part of the job: The misconceptions
people have about models
Her fashion shoot: The Price is
Bright
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Model Diaries
Model: Bruna Hort
Hometown: Santa Catarina, Brazil
Discovered: By an agent at a mall when I was
11.
Famous person I'd love to have met: Einstein.
Bad habit: Talking to people on the street. I
like just being nice or helping people who are lost, but
then they think I'm their best friend.
Can't live without: Sunblock!
Her fashion shoot: The Best American Fashion
Designers
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Model Diaries
Model: Nivine Khalil, 26 (second from right)
Hometown: Jounieh, Lebanon
How does your country feel about the fashion industry? Lebanon loves fashion! Even Dubai residents go there to shop.
Which city do you consider the fashion capital of the world? Probably Paris.
What body type is popular in the industry? Tall but not super skinny.
Best part of being a model? Years from now, looking back and seeing what you used to look like.
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Model Diaries
Model: Olga Serova
Hometown: Tallinn, Estonia
Discovered: At 16, while buying flowers for a
friend's graduation.
Most memorable moment: When my agent called
from Milan to say I was booked for an Armani campaign.
Can't live without: Love-and my BlackBerry.
Best part of the job: Collaborating with the
fashion photographer to make an artistic picture.
Hardest part of the job: Flying so much.
Bad habit: Daydreaming.
Her fashion shoot: Lady of the
House Fashion
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Model Diaries
Model: Ariel Meredith
Hometown: Shreveport, LA
Hidden talent: Baton twirling.
Celebrity I'd love to meet: Oprah Winfrey.
Guilty pleasure: Soul food.
Best advice about modeling: With rejection
comes acceptance.
Her fashion shoot: Home on the Range
Style
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Model Diaries
Model: Olga Elnikova
Hometown: Sakhalin, Russia
Discovered: Without my knowing, my sister sent my pictures to a modeling contest in Moscow, and I won!
If you weren't a model, you'd be: An animal trainer
Favorite designers: Louis Vuitton, D Squared, and Chloe.
Best part of being a model: I get to see the fashion trends before everyone else.
Favorite Location: Iceland! I fell in love with the scenery. And the people were so friendly and warm. I had a hard time leaving.
Her fashion shoot: Fashion, Romance and Everything Iceland
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Model Diaries
Model: Anna de Rijk
Hometown: Haarlem, The Netherlands
Discovered: By the Dutch photographer Ingmar
Sigram at a Christmas party. I was 15.
Can't live without: Rosebud lip balm.
Personal style: A strange mix of hippie and
elegant (with room for improvement).
Best part of the job: Not knowing what I'm
doing next week.
Her fashion shoot: Sexy, Sporty Fashion
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Model Diaries
Model: Hattie Sewell
Native of: Stoke-on-Trent, England
Discovered by: A model scout at a fashion
show when I was 14.
Guilty pleasure: British TV host Jeremy Kyle-
our Jerry Springer, only worse.
When not cat walking: I'm riding horses.
Signature style: Ironically, given this
story, I love bright colors.
Bad habit: Cursing.
Favorite item in this story: The shoes! I
want every pair.
Her fashion shoot: Nude is The New Black
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Model Diaries
Model: Maja Latinovic
Hometown: Kikinda, Serbia
Discovered: On the street by my manager,
Dajau Marcovic, when I was 18.
If I weren't a model, I'd be: Working with
kids.
Guilty pleasure: Smoking.
Favorite fashion decade: The '80s, because
women started wearing whatever they felt was comfortable.
Best modeling advice I've gotten: Don't lose
your moment; be professional.
Her fashion shoot: Escape in Easy Island
Style
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Model Diaries
Model: Maria Dvirnik
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Baaa-dest modeling moment: A baby lamb I was
holding during a shoot tried to nibble the cherry blossoms
printed on my dress
Hidden talent: I have a brown belt in karate
Hardest part of the job: Not owning my own
time; having to jet across the globe at a moment's notice
Favorite designer: Lanvin
Her fashion shoot: The Lady is a Vamp
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Model Diaries
Model: Amanda Murphy
Hometown: Orland Park, IL
Discovered: At 16, during an open call in
Chicago.
Favorite item in my closet right now: Classic
brown leather riding boots.
Can't live without: Horses. I feel weird if I don't
ride every day.
Celeb I'd love to meet: Evangeline Lilly-Lost
is
my favorite TV show.
Hardest part of the job: Surviving fashion-
show season-it's so hectic!
Her fashion shoot: Volume Control
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Model Diaries
Model: Helena Sopar
Hometown: Novalja, Croatia
Favorite items in my closet: My Uggs and a
t-shirt a friend's mom made for me.
Bad habit: Staying on Facebook all night!
Favorite jeans: J Brand skinny jeans.
Best part of the job: Traveling alone. I
really get to know myself and what I want from life.
If I weren't a model, I'd be: A math
teacher.
Her fashion shoot: New
Streamlining
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Model Diaries
Model: Sylvia
Hometown: London
Where I was discovered: At the dentist. I
was 10 and getting a filling, and an agent happened to be
there, too.
Can't live without: Classic rock.
Historical figure I'd love to have met: Socrates.
Favorite denim brand: Black H&M jeans.
Hidden talent: I make my own bread.
Her fashion shoot: "In" with the Old
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Model Diaries
Model: Eva Poloniova
Hometown: Krnov, Czech Republic
Favorite designer to work with: Alexander
McQueen
Hidden Talent: Painting
In 10 years she hopes to be: A lawyer
Hardest part of her job: Wearing beautiful
clothes without being able to keep them!
Her fashion shoot: The Lace
Age
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Model Diaries
Model: Elise Van't Zand
Hometown: Dedemsvaart, The Netherlands
Personal fashion icon: I really look up to
fellow Dutch girl Doutzen Kroes [the Calvin Klein Eternity
model].
If I weren't a model, I'd be: A psychology
major.
Favorite item in my closet: My new Coach
boots-they go with everything.
In 10 years, I hope to be: The healthy,
lucky person that I am now.
Most embarrassing moment on-set: The time I
had to change outfits on the street during a shoot-with all
the truckers watching.
Her fashion shoot: Fashion's Perfect
10
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Model Diaries
Model: Cristina Tosio
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Discovered: At 14 she was spotted - and
signed - by her now-agent on a Madrid street.
Style Signature: Mixing Chanel with Gap
Best part of the job: Taking photos during
her world travels to show her future children and
grandchildren.
Her fashion shoot: Business RISQUƒ:
Fashion for the Office
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Model Diaries
Model: Tanya Pilyukova
Hometown: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
Discovered: At a beauty contest in Latvia (Trivia: Originally, she didn't have money to fly there-then her father won a raffle and sent her!)
Celeb she'd most love to meet: Woody Allen
Her fashion shoot: Go Beyond the Little Black Dress
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Model Diaries
Model: Barbara Garcia
Hometown: Asturias, Spain
Is she weren't a model, she'd be: A rock star (hidden
talent: singing)
Most memorable experience: Her Paris debut,
opening Ann Demeulemeester's fall 2006 show.
Favorite items in her closet: Lots of funky
hats and headbands.
Hardest part of the job: Being in new places
without friends.
Her fashion shoot: 12 Fall Fashion Trends
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Model Diaries
Name: Samar Breitem, 26 (middle)
Home: Dubai (although I am half-Palestinian, half-Armenian).
Does your family support your career? My family is very supportive and proud of my modeling, although my mother is not too happy about the swimsuit shots!
Any interest in American fashion here? Definitely. Even the young women who are veiled wear jeans—from Levi’s to Rock & Republic.
Have you treated yourself today? Why yes, with a pair of peep-toe patent-leather and velvet shoes by Marc Jacobs.
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Model Diaries
Model: Michelle McCallum
Hometown: Vancouver, Canada
I can't live without: My family
Wobbliest modeling moment: Leaping around in
water in heels that didn't fit
Hidden talent: Jell-O wrestling
Her fashion shoot: Sexy Styles for Summer
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Model Diaries
Model: Anna Kuchkina
Hometown: Moscow
Fave items in my closet: High-waist skinny
pants and a funny pink hat from Beijing
If I weren't a model, I'd be: A clinical
psychologist
I can't live without: High heels, red
lipstick, my toothbrush
I wish I could have met: Sigmund Freud and
Leo Tolstoy
Her fashion shoot: Wild West Fashion
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