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| Gemma Ward |
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"Some girls get swept up in the lifestyle -- clubbing and partying with celebrities. You can't live your life like that, though. It's fake."
- Gemma Ward
| Date of Birth: November 3, 1987 |
| Birthplace: Perth, Australia |
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| Unlike most models, Gemma seems to be genuinely surprised by her universal appeal. ?I?m so happy that so many people have recognized me,? she says. ?Thank you so much! I never thought that a girl from Australia could make it so far!? |
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| Though she has only been modeling for a few years, Australian beauty Gemma Ward has already joined the ranks of the world?s top supermodels. Legendary designer Karl Lagerfeld has called her, ?A great model,? claiming ?she has the look of the moment, the attitude of the moment. She is really the model of the moment." |
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Gemma Ward was born November 3, 1987, in Perth, Australia. Despite her ravishing looks, the golden-haired green-eyed beauty never set out to be a fashion model. In fact, she was discovered by accident when she attended a taping of the Australian television show, Search for a Supermodel in 2002. As she recalls, ?I came to watch my friends. I was sitting there in the crowd when the agent from Perth came over. I didn't even want to enter, it was a bit of chance. I was so shocked when I got my first job.?
Although she didn?t win the competition, Gemma?s unique look intrigued many of the scouts on hand, and she was soon signed to Vivien's Model Management. Vivien?s Chris Fox, who was on hand that day, still recalls her first impressions of Gemma. ?She was surreal,? she says, ?beautiful, very European, wide-set eyes, angelic, not a skerrick of makeup."
With Fox helping to guide her career, Gemma landed on the cover of Australia?s Mark magazine and later made her runway debut at the Mercedes Australian Fashion Week. That minimal amount of publicity, along with Gemma?s enormous potential, was enough to land her a spot on the roster of IMG, the same elite international modeling agency that represents Gisele Bundchen and Heidi Klum.
IMG wasted little time in recommending her to Russell Marsh, the man responsible for casting Prada?s runway shows. ?I picked up on Gemma immediately,? he recalls. ?I thought she was absolutely incredible, otherworldly, fragile. She challenged the concept of beauty. She is quite strange looking too, and that is something that always appeals to the aesthetic of Prada that has its own individual look." |
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