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Models 1 is a modeling agency that was founded in 1968^[1] and has grown to become the largest agency in Europe.

Among the many models represented are Yasmin Le Bon, Kate Moss, Will Chalker, Naomi Campbell, Andrew Cooper, Cindy Crawford, Jerry Hall, Tom Warren, Linda Evangelista, Twiggy, and Agyness Deyn.

Clients[link]

Clients, past and present, include:

Female[link]

Male[link]

• Eugen Bauder
• Will Chalker
• Charley Speed
• Ash Stymest

[edit] Links with Britain's Next Top Model

Models 1 is the modelling agency with which the winner of Elle Macpherson's search for Britain's Next Top Model will be offered a contract. Currently the winners they have signed are:

• Lucy Emily Ratcliffe - Winner of Cycle 1 (currently signed with MOT Model Agency)
• Lianna Fowler - Winner of Cycle 2 (currently signed with Profile Model Management))
• Lauren McAvoy - Winner of Cycle 3 (currently signed with Nevs Model Agency)
• Alex Evans - Winner of Cycle 4 (currently signed with Nevs Model Agency)
• Mecia Simone Simson - Winner of Cycle 5 (currently signed with Nevs Model Agency)
• Tiffany Pisani - Winner of Cycle 6
• Jade Thompson - Winner of Cycle 7

It is notable that prior to Cycle 4, Models 1 had not signed any other contestants other than the winner. They have since signed:

• Abigail Clancy - Contestant on Cycle 2, placed 2nd
• Rachael Cairns - Contestant on Cycle 4, placed 4th (currently not signed with an agency in Britain)
• Jade McSorley - Contestant on Cycle 5, placed 3rd
• Joy McLaren - Contestant on Cycle 6, placed 3rd

Three contestants from the international versions of the show, have also signed to Models 1, being:

• Elyse Sewell - Contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 1, placed 3rd (currently not signed with an agency in Britain)
• Yaya Da Costa - Contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 3, placed 2nd (currently not signed with an agency in Britain)
• Kortnie Coles - Contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12, placed 10th
• Alexandra Underwood - Contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 14, placed 4th
• Alice Burdeu - Winner of Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 (currently not signed with an agency in Britain)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Models 1 Official Website

[edit] References

1. ^ Finke, Nikki. "TOLDJA! ICM Management Buyout Complete". http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/toldja-icm-management-buyout-complete/. Retrieved 27 May 2012. 

Lucy Pinder
Pinder at the FHM Sexiest Woman of the Year Awards in April 2007
Born	Lucy Katherine Pinder (1983-12-20) 20 December 1983 (age 28) Winchester, Hampshire, England
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1]
Hair colour	Brown[1]
Eye colour	Brown[1]
Measurements	32G[2]
Website
www.lucypinder.info

Lucy Katherine Pinder (born 20 December 1983^[3]) is an English glamour model, from Winchester.

Modeling career[link]

In the summer of 2003, Pinder was spotted by a freelance photographer Lee Earle while sunbathing on Bournemouth beach. As a result of the photographs taken that day, she signed a professional modelling contract with the Daily Star tabloid newspaper.^[3][4]

Pinder was regularly partnered with Michelle Marsh, with whom she made magazine, television, and corporate appearances. She has also been featured with other glamour models, including Danielle Lloyd, Sophie Howard, Jana Defi, Lindsey Strutt, and Saskia Howard-Clarke. Her photo shoots have appeared in magazines such as Loaded, Maxim, Nuts, ZOO, Ice, Carnoisseur,^[5] Redline and Fast Car. She has appeared in prominent adverts for PlayStation 2, Yellow Pages, the National Lottery^[6] and in 2010 she was head of the Bennetts Babe squad.^[7]

For the first several years of her career, Pinder, unlike most other glamour models, did not fully reveal her breasts in photo shoots, often posing while covering her nipples with her hands or hair. While she often appeared exposing part of the areola, her first completely topless photographs appeared in Nuts magazine in April 2007. In the accompanying interview, Pinder explained that she was initially reluctant to go fully topless "because of the way I was discovered on a beach. It was all a bit sudden and the idea of getting [my breasts] out straight away was a bit daunting."^[8]

Pinder currently runs a weekly advice column in Nuts, entitled "The Truth About Women,"^[9] and also has embarked on a television career. She is represented by Girl Management aka Girl and Frank White Pictures.^[10]

In November 2010, Lucy announced that she will be writing a weekly column for Laid.co.uk, answering readers' questions.^[11] She posed topless in Nuts magazine's Royal wedding commemorative issue of April 2011.^[12]

TV career[link]

In 2004, Pinder appeared on Living TV's series I'm Famous and Frightened, spending the weekend at Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire investigating ghosts and spirits.^[13]

On 31 December 2005, Pinder appeared on Sky Sports as a celebrity soccerette on Soccer AM during which she wore a Southampton jersey. She also sat on the famous orange sofa answering questions on topics such as modelling and football.^[14]

In September 2007, Pinder appeared as a contestant on a special edition of the Weakest Link, entitled "Wags and Glamour Girls".^[15][16]

Pinder (right) with Michelle Marsh

Nuts party, Feb. 2009: Pinder (middle) with friends

From September to December 2007, Pinder presented a short nightly programme for Nuts TV called "Book at Bedtime", which is based on a long-running BBC Radio 4 programme. She read a passage from a well-known novel.^[17]

On 15 January 2008, Pinder made her presenter debut for Nuts TV. She presented the Nuts TV live show on six further occasions in February and March 2008, and also presented "Overexposed" - a series on Nuts TV giving hints and tips to the aspiring amateur glamour photographer.^[18] Subsequently, she has appeared on MTV channel TMF,^[18] presenting in conjunction with Kayleigh Pearson, Pinder and Pearson's Late-Night Love-in; a "countdown of saucy music videos."

In February 2008, Pinder made a cameo appearance, along with Michelle Marsh, in Hotel Babylon on BBC1.^[18]

In February 2010, Lucy Pinder appeared on BBC Three's "The Real Hustle Undercover", where she pulled a switch on an unsuspecting punter.^[18]

In addition, Pinder has appeared in several cover DVDs and photo shoots for magazines, such as Loaded and Maxim.^[19][20]

Celebrity Big Brother UK (2009)[link]

From 2 January 2009, Lucy Pinder appeared in the sixth series of Celebrity Big Brother UK. She revealed that she is "a bit of a Tory bird" and that 'thick' people irritate her. She was the first housemate to be voted out, on 9 January (Day 8) with 57% of the public vote.^[21] Pinder declared her wish to leave the Big Brother house after being driven to distraction by the incessant rapping of another housemate.^[22]

Television appearances[link]

• Dream Team (unknown episode, 2004) ....Herself
• I'm Famous and Frightened! (unknown episodes, 2004) .... Herself
• Soccer AM (1 episode, "31 December 2005" 2005) .... Herself
• Bo! in the USA (1 episode, 2006) .... Herself
• The Weakest Link (1 episode, "Wags and Glamour", 2007) .... Herself
• Greatest Ever Disaster Movies (2007) (TV) .... Herself
• Hotel Babylon (1 episode, "Series 3, Episode 1", 2008) .... Herself
• Book at Bedtime with Lucy Pinder (approx. 30 episodes, Nuts TV, 2007) .... Herself, as Presenter^[18]
• Nuts TV live show (9 episodes, 2008) .... Herself, as Presenter^[18]
• Overexposed, Nuts TV (2008) .... Herself, as Presenter^[18]
• Make Me A Glamour Model, Nuts TV (9 episodes, 2008) .... Herself, as Presenter/Panellist^[18]
• Pinder and Pearson's Late Night Love-in (with Kayleigh Pearson), TMF (5 episodes, 2008) .... Herself, as Presenter^[18]
• Celebrity Big Brother (2009) .... Herself
• The Real Hustle Undercover, BBC Three (2010) .... "Nicole", con artist^[18]

Charity work[link]

Pinder is an ambassador for Kick 4 Life, a charity that uses football to fight poverty and disease in developing countries.^[23] She has also produced original works of art for sale in charity auctions for Keech Hospice Care^[24] and Sports For All.^[25] Along with Rhian Sugden, she is raising money for "Get Kids Going", a charity giving disabled and young children the chance to participate in sports, by means of inviting sponsorship for her and Rhian's participation in the 2011 Modball Rally.^[26]

See also[link]

• List of glamour models

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lucy Pinder

• Official website
• Lucy Pinder on Twitter
• Lucy Pinder at the Internet Movie Database
• Lucy Pinder on Facebook

Arizona Muse^[1] is an American fashion model born on September 18, 1988 in Tucson, Arizona and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Career[link]

Muse started her career as a fashion model in 2008 as a long-haired blonde. However, she received little attention from the fashion world until 2010 when she returned to modeling as a brunette with jaw-length hair^{[citation needed]} after giving birth to her son.

Muse has appeared in editorials in French, American, Chinese, British, Korean, Spanish, and Italian Vogue, W, V, Numéro and Dazed & Confused. Her sudden rise to success has been the feature of an article in American Vogue and had the March 2011 issue of Dazed & Confused dedicated to her.^[4][5] Vogue editor Anna Wintour has praised her, stating in the February 2011 issue: "When I look at Arizona, I see shadows of Linda Evangelista and Natalia Vodianova, but most of all I see her, a gorgeous, smart, grown-up. And how could anyone resist someone with that name?".

Muse has appeared on the cover of Vogue Italia (shot by Steven Meisel) and Numéro (shot by Karl Lagerfeld), both times alongside Freja Beha Erichsen, and Dazed & Confused. She has recently appeared on the November 2011 Cover of Vogue Paris (shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin)^[6].

She appeared in campaigns for Shiatzy Chen, Louis Vuitton, David Yurman, Jil Sander, Alberta Ferretti, Chloe, Prada, Isabel Marant, Fendi and Yves Saint Laurent.

As of May 2012 Muse is ranked 5th on the Top 50 Models Women List by models.com.^[7]

Personal life[link]

She and her son Nikko, born 2009, live in Brooklyn.^[4]

References[link]

Karlie Kloss
On the runway for Diane von Fürstenberg, Spring 2009
Born	Karlie Elizabeth Kloss (1992-08-03) August 3, 1992 (age 19) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Hair color	light brown
Eye color	hazel
Dress size	(US) 4; (EU) 34
Shoe size	(US) 9; (EU) 40
Manager	Next Models

Karlie Elizabeth Kloss (born August 3, 1992) is an American model and ballet dancer.

Kloss is ranked 3rd on the Top 50 Models Women List by models.com. Vogue Paris declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.^[1]

Early life and discovery[link]

On the runway for Anna Sui, Fall 2011 in New York Fashion Week.

Kloss was born in Chicago, Illinois, and her family moved to suburban St. Louis, Missouri in 1995.^[2] Kloss has called her classical ballet training "a beautiful thing" that taught her how to move in the modeling world and was a great training ground for her runway walk.^[3]

When Kloss was 13, she was discovered at a charity fashion show in St. Louis.^[4] She was encouraged and inspired to model by one of her teachers in Webster Groves High School. In 2007, she signed with Elite Model Management.^[5]

Modelling[link]

On the runway for Zac Posen, Fall 2008 in New York Fashion Week.

One of her first modelling stints was for Abercrombie when she posed for the brand's photography shot by Bruce Weber.^[6] In January 2008 she left Elite and signed with NEXT Model Management. She ended up walking 31 runways in New York Fashion Week notably, closing for Marc Jacobs, opening Carolina Herrera, and occupying both spots at Doo.Ri.^[7] After New York she went on to walk 20 shows in Milan, and 13 in Paris for the fall 2008 collections, with a total of 64 shows in a single season. Kloss found herself in the middle of a legal dispute when her former agency Elite was suing NEXT for allegedly stealing away its young star by offering her "improper compensation" to sign. Elite felt they were responsible for launching her career and booking much work for her. The case was eventually settled out of court.

She was named the best model by People magazine in 2008. Kloss, labeled her famed runway walk a "moody gait." Molly Sims, whom she considers a mentor, told New York she thinks Kloss is the type of model who will still "do well at 30" because of her classic look.^[3]

She has been in advertisements for Donna Karan, Nina Ricci, Chloé, Lacoste, Sportmax, Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, Elie Saab, Dolce & Gabbana, Gap, Bally Shoe, Bergdorf Goodman, Pringle of Scotland, Dior, Hermes, Oscar de la Renta, Sonia Rykiel, Aquascutum, Topshop, Eryn Brinie, Uniqlo, Omnia Jade, Lord & Taylor, Barneys New York, American Eagle, and Victoria's Secret PINK. Kloss is the face of the Marc Jacobs fragrance Lola. She has walked for numerous designers in New York, London, Milan and Paris, including Shiatzy Chen, Calvin Klein, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Zac Posen, Givenchy, Gucci, Valentino, Louis Vuitton and Versace, Elie Saab and appeared in editorials for American and Korean W, American Elle, Allure, i-D, French and Japanese Numéro, Vanity Fair, Dazed & Confused, and American, Australian, Italian, French, British, Korean, German, Japanese, Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese, Teen, and Latin American^[8][9] Vogue magazines. Her covers include Italian Vogue in October 2009, January 2010, and December 2011, Vogue Turkey, Vogue Portugal, Vogue China in February, August, and November in 2010, Vogue Korea and American Teen Vogue, alongside Chanel Iman and Ali Michael in February 2008 and by herself in May 2010. She has ventured into TV when she appeared in Season Four Episode 1 of Gossip Girl as herself. She has become a muse for fashion designer John Galliano and has appeared in Dior and John Galliano campaigns and opened both shows, Christian Dior Haute Couture and Dior resort shows from spring summer 2010. In the Spring/Summer 2011 Season, she opened 10 shows and closed 8.^[10] Her runway walk, one of the most unique, is often described as powerful.^[11]

In 2011 Kloss renewed her contract with Christian Dior for the third season in a row.^[12] The same year, she made her debut in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Personal life[link]

Her hobbies include baking cookies, biking and ballet. Among her fellow models, her friends include Jourdan Dunn, Toni Garrn, Ali Stephens, Joan Smalls, Frida Gustavsson, Coco Rocha, Monika Jagaciak, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Irina Kulikova, Chanel Iman, Patricia van der Vliet.^[13] Supermodel Tyra Banks has stated on her Twitter account that Kloss is one of her favorite models right now because of her unique, atypical beauty.^[14]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Karlie Kloss

• Karlie Kloss at the Fashion Model Directory
• Riverfront Times article