Born and raised in Australia, Catherine McNeil found that she was being singled out for her looks from an exceedingly early age. Blessed with the kind of strong features most women would kill for, Catherine heeded the advice of her family and friends by entering a model-search contest being held by Australian teen magazine Girlfriend. It came as no surprise to anybody when Catherine McNeil handily won the competition, and it wasn’t long before she found herself walking the runway and posing for cameras.She was just 14 years old at the time, yet this didn’t stop Catherine McNeil from pursuing a modeling career with an ambition and drive one wouldn't normally associate with a teenager. One of the perks of her victory was a trip to New York City, where Catherine McNeil began to meet with
I was flipping through my August issue of W magazine when I came across an ad for Donna Karan featuring none other than Aussie supermodel-in-the-making Catherine McNeil. I was so surprised (well not really, actually, considering this girl is doing quite well right now, internationally and locally) and so happy for her! She's one of my favourite Aussie models, and she's really giving us a good name lol.She credits her rising status in the fashion world to winning the Girlfriend Model Search in 2003.Hmm...GF model search eh? Maybe I should have gone for that thing after all? Oh well, there's always next year.(this isn't the ad I saw, it's a different one. The one from W, which is beautiful, wasn't anywhere to be found...)As for Ms McNeil? Watch this space.Catch.*Romany*[photo courtesy of style.popcrunch.com]
There's a new Australian top model on the scene. And as the photos clearly show, Ms McNeil is simply scintillating.Born in Australia on the 30th of May, 1989, the young model lived a modest life with her mother and grandparents in Logan, which is in the north eastern Australian state of Queensland. She was never in love with school, and wanted to be an auto mechanic originally, but fate had other plans...The stunningly beautiful Australian model has emerged as a new force in the fashion industry, and after completing her fashion show season in 2007 as a 17-year-old, she's already been labelled a model watch.Her desire to be a mechanic (word on the street is that she loves machines, perhaps this should be an article on the Motoring Channel?) was put on hold after she won the 2003 Girlfriend Magazine model search, which resulted in a trip to New York to meet with a modeling agency.She ended up signing on with Next, one of the larger and more sought-after agencies, but it wasn't jet se
Click here to read an interesting article from the Sunday NY Times on the changing face (literally) of modeling.The new interest in Catherine McNeil is being hailed as a hopeful sign of the industry's return to a more voluptous and glamourous beauty rather than the vacant stares and waif-like looks we see dominating the runways now. Everyday Catherine Catherine in Paris last week, opening for GivenchyCheck out her modeling card.
