Growing up on a farm in Canada with her six brothers, Jessica Stam was discovered at a local Tim Hortons.
Coco Rocha is an Irish dancer and was discovered at a dancing competition in 2002.
An art history student before she was signed by IMG, Sasha Pivovarova’s artwork has drawn the attention of many including Karl Lagerfeld who she is illustrating a book for based on Russian fairy tales.
Lily Donaldson was discovered at the age of 16 while shopping in Camden, North London.
Freja Beha Erichsen has 12 tattoos including a lightning bolt on her upper right torso.
Lara Stone’s wobbly runway walk is attributed to the fact that her feet are a size 7, smaller than the regular runway shoes, which are 8-10.
Anja Rubik spent her childhood in Poland, Greece, Canada, South Africa and attended high school in Paris where she was discovered.
Natasha Poly is a shortened version of the model’s real name; Natalia Polevshcikova.
Raquel Zimmerman is known for being professional and polite to everyone.
Abbey Lee Kershaw won the covergirl model search for the Australian teen magazine; Girlfriend before her career in modelling.
Caroline Trentini was discovered at the age of 13 and soon after moved to Sao Paulo alone to pursue her modelling career.
Iris Struebegger was discovered while on a 3-month student exchange to the United States from Austria.
Eniko Mihalik sleeps with a teddy bear named Bubu and wears slipper socks.
Originally from Italy, Mariacarla Boscono lived in a village between Malindi and Mombasa in Africa as a child.
Karlie Kloss is a ballet dancer and danced with the Caston Chamber ballet company.
Edita Vilkeviciute was born on New Years day of 1989 in Lithuania.
Iselin Steiro is a student at the Oslo School of Architecture and design and hopes to become an interior designer.
Catherine McNeil likes listening to the Black Eyed peas, watching rugby, and working on cars. After moving to New York from Poland Kasia Struss experienced a shooting where 3 people died when she was out for dinner in the Soho district.
Chanel Iman believes there is a lack of diversity in fashion and has said she wishes to explore more facets of the industry.
Agyness Deyn’s first job was working at a fish and chip shop in Ramsbottom, England and by age 17 she already had a shaved head.
IMG Paris managers named Monika Jagaciak Jac.Toni Garrn was discovered during the FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany.
Anna Selezneva was discovered in a McDonalds and has an undergraduate degree in psychology.
Magdalena Frackowiak began her modelling career after her mother sent her pictures to a Warsaw agency’s model contest.
Hanne Gaby Odiele lives in Chinatown, New York and owns a 1970’s Mercedes-Benz.
Liu Wen started modelling after entering a modelling contest hoping to win a computer.
Jourdan Dunn was the first black model in 2008 to walk for Prada in over a decade.
Sigrid Agren rose to prominence during the Elite Model Look in 2005 at age 14.
Lakshmi Menon has a degree in sociology.
Suvi Koponen loves eating ice cream and salty snacks and has the number ‘5’ tattooed on her back, which is both the number of people in her family, and her lucky number.
Mirte Maas loves to surf in summer and ice skate in winter and says that her favourite model is Magdalena because her face stands out.
Du Juan originally pursued a career in ballet training at the prestigious Shanghai Academy of Dance for nine years but she eventually grew too tall to find a suitable dance partner.Her name means cuckoo bird and azalea flower in Chinese.
Siri Tollerod loves to listen to Royksopp, Michael Jackson, Annie Lennox, Mew and Muse. She is a friend of models Charlotte Di Calypso, Kasia Struss, Sheila Marquez and Heloise Guerin.
Charlotte Di Calypso beat Sigrid Agren to take first place at Elite Model Look 2005.
Meghan Collision’s favourite film is American Beauty.
Dorothea Barth Jorgensen likes to make her own clothing and enjoys changing the character of old clothes.
Frida Gustavsson listens to Joy Divison, Velvet Underground, Kent, Moby, Bob Dylan and Lou Reed.
Imogen Morris Clarke originally wanted to be an actress instead of a model.
When Kinga Rajzak first began modelling she was pessimistic about it and stood for the generally accepted myth that fashion makes no sense and there is nothing beyond skinny girls and cranky designers.
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