STRANG BUT BEAUTIFUL

Super Model Gemma Ward

SUPER MODEL


Gemma Ward

 GEMMA WARD
 Australian model

DATE OF BIRTH:

November 3, 1987

PLACE OF BIRTH:

Perth, Australia

EYES:

Green

HAIR: Blonde




 
Gemma Ward measurements
CHEST: 81 cm




WAIST: 60 cm



HIPS: 89 cm



HEIGHT: 177 cm

Campaigns:


Balenciaga, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Hermes, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Jil Sander, Karl Lagerfeld, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Swarovski, Valentino and Yves Saint Laurent



Covers:


Vogue (24 covers worldwide), Vogue Girl, Teen Vogue, Numero, W, TIME Magazine's Style and Design issue
 
 
Shows:


Emanuel Ungaro, Givenchy, Valentino, Versace, Anna Molinari, Anna Sui, Balenciaga, Calvin Klein, Carolina Herrera, Celine, Chanel, Chloe, Christian Dior, Costume National, DKNY, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Emanuel Ungaro, Emilio Pucci, Fendi, Givenchy, Gucci, Helmut Lang, J Mendel, Jil Sander, Jill Stuart, Louis Vuitton, Luella Bartley, Marc Jacobs, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Marni, Martine Sitbon, MaxMara, Michael Kors, Missoni, Miu Miu, Narciso Rodriguez, Oscar de la Renta, Prada, Proenza Schouler, Ralph Lauren, Roberto Cavalli, Rochas, Roland Mouret, Sportmax, Strenesse, Valentino, Vera Wang, Versus, YSL Rive Gauche, Yohji Yamamoto, Zac Posen
 
 

Early lifeGemma Ward was born on 3 November 1987 in Perth, Western Australia, the second of four children to Gary and Claire Ward. Her older sister Sophie is also a model and she has younger twin brothers, Oscar and Henry. She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College and Shenton College.

As said herself in a Teen Vogue interview, she accompanied her friends to a modelling competition and ended up being scouted herself:



I had come straight from my auntie and uncle's farm, and I was wearing this big gray barn jacket with mud all over it. When the scout came up to me, I said, 'No, thank you.' They forged my mum's signature [for mandatory parental consent], and pushed me in front of the cameras.[3]



Ward didn't win the competition, but Vivien's Model Agency picked her up after seeing a small picture of her in Kurv, an Australian-produced arts, culture and fashion magazine. She was signed by Vivien's Model Management based in Australia, Why Not in Milan and IMG in New York.

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Gemma's Myspace profile
so cute she is.

Career Modeling At only sixteen, Ward was the youngest model to be listed by American Vogue as one of the nine "It Girls" in the modeling world She has been in shows for designers such as Prada, Versace, Gucci, Chanel, Valentino, Alexander McQueen, and many more. Ward has also graced magazine covers such as Vogue, W, and TIME Magazine's Style and Design issue. In September 2004, at the age of 16, Ward became the youngest fashion model on the cover of the American edition of Vogue and was the first model to appear on the cover of Teen Vogue magazine.She is the first model since Kate Moss to be the face for Calvin Klein's perfume "Obsession Night for Men" along with Philadelphia male model, Drew Keilt




To date, Ward's clients have included Shiatzy Chen, Balenciaga, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Hermès, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Jil Sander, Karl Lagerfeld, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Rochas, Swarovski, Valentino and Yves Saint-Laurent, and, altogether, Ward has appeared on 30 covers of Vogue magazine worldwide.



Her look inspired a new generation of baby doll-like models such as Vlada Roslyakova, Heather Marks, Lily Cole, Lisa Cant, and Jessica Stam.



In Allure magazine (October 2006), Ward is described as "the model of the moment." Allure's creative director Paul Cavaco stated: "We went through a period that was very va-va-voom, but now the pendulum has swung back. Gemma is ethereal, not earthy." Photographer Michael Thompson says, "She's an exotic blonde, the rarest of creatures."



Ward appeared on the cover of the first issue of Vogue India, photographed by photographer Patrick Demarchelier. This is the second time Ward has appeared on an inaugural issue—the first time being the first-ever cover of Vogue China in 2005.



In July 2007, earning at an estimated total of $3 million in the past 12 months, Forbes named her tenth in the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels.



Vogue Paris declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.



Gemma has worked with the industries most renowned photographers including Mario Sorrenti, Nick Knight, Craig McDean, Annie Leibovitz, Irving Penn, Paolo Roversi, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Phil Poynter, Patrick Demarchelier, Steven Klein, Greg Kadel, Mikael Jansson, Nathaniel Goldberg, Karl Lagerfeld, Glen Luchford, David Sims and Steven Meisel.



[edit] Retirement claimsIn August 2008, reports surfaced that Ward was to retire from modeling to pursue acting. However, reports were quickly dismissed by Ward herself saying: "I was surprised to wake up this morning and read news of my own retirement. While I am taking some time off currently to rest and enjoy the company of friends and family, I am still very much a (excited and enthusiastic) working model and actress. I'm only 20, for God's sakes."


Slightly over a year later, however, in November 2009, Ward confirmed that she was retiring following a series of criticisms about her weight gain. A spokesperson from Viviens modelling agency in New York released a statement, saying: "Gemma hasn't committed to returning to modeling at any time soon", adding Ward had the agency's full support.



Again, Ward quickly dismissed the retirement claims, confirming that she would return to modeling in 2010

Gemma Ward campaign shoots
 



DOIR CAMPAIGN



DOLCE&GABBANA

PRADA

Louis Vuitton

 

HERMS

ACTING

Ward has long aspired to pursue acting and drama is a passion that she has held since she was a child. She starred alongside Toni Collette and Rhys Wakefield in Australian director Elissa Down's film The Black Balloon as the girlfriend of a boy whose brother has autism. The Black Balloon had its world premiere at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival in Germany in February 2008, where it received a Crystal Bear as the best feature-length film in the Generation 14plus category. She was also cast opposite Liv Tyler in the suspense thriller The Strangers as one of the three masked intruders, "Dollface". She also appeared in the music video for "Daughters" by John Mayer. In the summer of 2009, she took classes at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York.

In the summer of 2011 Ward will be playing the part in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, as Tamara, Queen of the Mermaids, and meet Jack Sparrow during his search for the illusive Fountain of Youth

 
 

Gemma Ward Boards PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES

It’s a good time to be a supermodel with thespian aspirations in Hollywood. (Although, was it ever really a bad time?) Transformers 3 found its female lead in the pages of Victoria’s Secret, while Australian bombshell Gemma Ward has just landed a role in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The Daily Telegraph reports that Ward has landed a small speaking part as a mermaid in the fourth film of the swashbuckling franchise. [via /Film] The 3D production starts shooting in Hawaii this week with Rob Marshall (Nine) at the helm. Johnny Depp returns as Captain Jack Sparrow, joined by Pirates newbies Penelope Cruz (a love interest), Ian McShane (the villainous Blackbeard), and Astrid Bergès-Frisbey (a fellow mermaid). Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides hits theaters on May 20, 2011.

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