Jade Parfitt is a British

United Kingdom

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 model and presenter. She was born in Kingston upon Thames

Kingston upon Thames

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, London

London

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, England

England

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 but her family moved to Devon

Devon

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shire, Southern England when she was 14.

Career

When she was 15, Jade's mother entered her into a modeling competition on the UK TV show 'This Morning', in which she won and was awarded with a contract with MODELS1.
Jade's runway debut was for the Prada

Prada

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 Spring 1995 show in Milan

Milan

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 in October, 1994. The show featured many of the industry's top models of the time including Naomi Campbell

Naomi Campbell

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, Linda Evangelista

Linda Evangelista

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, Nadja Auermann

Nadja Auermann

Nadja Auermann is a German model and actress. Fashion designer Valentino once commented on her physical resemblance to Marlene Dietrich. A New York Times fashion columnist, Guy Trebay, wrote of her "ice maiden visage and pole vaulter's legs".-Biography:Auermann arrived in Paris in 1990, signing...

, Brandi Quinones and Kirsty Hume

Kirsty Hume

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. She was also booked for shows in Paris

Paris

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 including Ann Demeulemeester

Ann Demeulemeester

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After her debut season, Jade quickly became a highly sought-after runway model due to her tall, lean frame and striking blue eyes, and the following year saw her working with big name designers such as Shiatzy Chen

Shiatzy Chen

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, Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld is a German fashion designer, artist and photographer based in Paris. He has collaborated on a variety of fashion and art related projects, most notably as head designer and creative director for the fashion house Chanel...

, Jean-Paul Gaultier

Jean-Paul Gaultier

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 and Jasper Conran

Jasper Conran

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Jade became somewhat of a mainstay at the latter designer's shows, even later into her runway career in the early 2000s, having had the honour of appearing as the bride in the finale of the show 3 times.