FACE FACTS
Name: Catherine McNeil
Date of birth: May 30, 1989
Born in: Brisbane, Australia
Agencies: Next, Why Not, Chic Model Management
She was discovered when … she won
Girlfriend magazine's model search competition in 2003 at the age of 13 and scored a trip to New York and a meeting with a top agency.
She has been linked to … photographer Mario Testino, who crowned her a supermodel when he signed the 17-year-old to a six-month exclusive contract, during which time they worked on career-making cover stories for French
Vogue and
V magazine. McNeil is also good friends with another Aussie supermodel in-the-making, Abbey Lee.
You might also have seen her … on the runway for Alexander Wang, Givenchy, Dries Van Noten, Valentino, Chanel, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Narciso Rodriguez, Halston and many more; in campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana, Hugo Boss, Donna Karan and Versace; and on the covers of
V magazine, British, French and Australian
Vogue and
Numero.
Other than a model she wanted to be … a motor mechanic — just like Charlene Robinson in
Neighbours.
Don't quote me but … "I'm just a normal kid who has a weird job. I don't think I'm a supermodel."
— Interview on Channel 7's
Sunrise.
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