Models 1 Agency
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Models 1 is a modeling agency
that was founded in 1968 with just three models on its books. Now in its fortieth year, the company has grown to become the largest and most successful agency in Europe and one of the top and most respected agencies in the world. It is considered the British Elite Model Management
.
The company developed its reputation by discovering and helping to build the careers of girls and boys who have achieved enormous success and international fame. Among the many models represented are the likes of Yasmin Le Bon
, Kate Moss
, Will Chalker
, Naomi Campbell
, Andrew Cooper
, Cindy Crawford
, Jerry Hall
, Tom Warren
, Linda Evangelista
, Twiggy
, and Agyness Deyn
.
Models 1 works with some 1200 different clients every year, from a database of 7000, ranging from haute couture to in-house shows, with Vogue to ID. Its clients have included M&S, Next, Top Shop, Gucci
, Calvin Klein
, Versace
, Prada
, Pantene
, Peugeot
, and advertising agencies around the world, PR companies, video, pop promos and mail order, the BBC, MTV and ITV.
's search for Britain's Next Top Model
will be offered a contract. Currently the winners they have signed are:
It is notable that prior to Cycle 4, Models 1 had not signed any other contestants other than the winner. They have since signed:
Three contestants from the international versions of the show, have also signed to Models 1, being:
Modeling agency
A modeling agency is a company that represents fashion models, to work for the fashion industry. These agencies earn their income via commission, usually from the deal they make with the model and or the head agency....
that was founded in 1968 with just three models on its books. Now in its fortieth year, the company has grown to become the largest and most successful agency in Europe and one of the top and most respected agencies in the world. It is considered the British Elite Model Management
Elite Model Management
Elite Model Management is a large modeling agency based in New York and Paris. It is a subsidiary of Elite World S.A.-History:Founded in France in 1972 by John Casablancas and Alain Kittler, it was rebought in 1990 by Nicholas Farrae. Elite World S.A. is the parent company of Elite Model...
.
The company developed its reputation by discovering and helping to build the careers of girls and boys who have achieved enormous success and international fame. Among the many models represented are the likes of Yasmin Le Bon
Yasmin Le Bon
Yasmin Le Bon is a British Iranian fashion model. She was born to an Iranian father and an English mother...
, Kate Moss
Kate Moss
Kate Moss is an English model. Moss is known for her waifish figure and popularising the heroin chic look in the 1990s. She is also known for her controversial private life, high profile relationships, party lifestyle, and drug use. Moss changed the look of modelling and started a global debate on...
, Will Chalker
Will Chalker
Will Chalker is an English model and an amateur boxer. He is ranked 17th on Models.com's Money Guys list.-Career:...
, Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell is a British model. Scouted at the age of 15, she established herself among the top three most recognisable and in-demand models of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and she was one of six models of her generation declared "supermodels" by the fashion world...
, Andrew Cooper
Andrew Cooper
Andrew Cooper is a former Australian Olympics rowing champion. He competed in two Olympic Games — 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics, and was a member of the "Oarsome Foursome" in 1991 and 1992.-Olympic Games:...
, Cindy Crawford
Cindy Crawford
Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford is an American model. Known for her trademark mole just above her lip, Crawford has adorned hundreds of magazine covers throughout her career. She was named #3 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90s...
, Jerry Hall
Jerry Hall
Jerry Faye Hall is an American model and actress, also known for her long-term relationship with Mick Jagger, with whom she had four children.-Early life:...
, Tom Warren
Tom Warren
Tom Warren born 14 January 1983 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England is a rugby union player for Gran Parma Rugby in the Italian Super 10.He previously played for London Irish in the Guinness Premiership.Tom Warren's position of choice is as a prop.-External links:...
, Linda Evangelista
Linda Evangelista
Linda Evangelista is a Canadian model. She has been featured on over 600 magazine covers and has garnered work on numerous modeling assignments with companies, most recently with L'Oréal.- Early years :...
, Twiggy
Twiggy
Lesley Lawson née Hornby known as Twiggy is an English model, actress, and singer. In the early-1960s she became a prominent British teenage model of swinging sixties London with others such as Penelope Tree....
, and Agyness Deyn
Agyness Deyn
Agyness Deyn is an English fashion model, actress and singer.-Early life:Deyn is from Failsworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester...
.
Models 1 works with some 1200 different clients every year, from a database of 7000, ranging from haute couture to in-house shows, with Vogue to ID. Its clients have included M&S, Next, Top Shop, Gucci
Gucci
The House of Gucci, better known simply as Gucci , is an Italian fashion and leather goods label, part of the Gucci Group, which is owned by French company PPR...
, Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein
Calvin Richard Klein is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc. in 1968. In addition to clothing, Klein has also given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewelry....
, Versace
Versace
Gianni Versace S.p.A. , usually referred to as Versace, is an Italian fashion label founded by Gianni Versace in 1978.The first Versace boutique was opened in Milan's Via della Spiga in 1978, and its popularity was immediate. Today, Versace is one of the world's leading international fashion houses...
, Prada
Prada
Prada S.p.A. is an Italian fashion label specializing in luxury goods for men and women , founded by Mario Prada.-Foundations:...
, Pantene
Pantene
Pantene is a brand of hair care products owned by Procter & Gamble. The product line was first introduced in Europe in 1947 by Hoffman-LaRoche of Switzerland, which branded the name based on panthenol as a shampoo ingredient...
, Peugeot
Peugeot
Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion...
, and advertising agencies around the world, PR companies, video, pop promos and mail order, the BBC, MTV and ITV.
Female
- Alice BurdeuAlice BurdeuAlice Burdeu is an Australian fashion model and winner of the third cycle of the reality television show Australia's Next Top Model.-Early life:Alice Burdeu was born in Melbourne, Victoria...
- Lisa ButcherLisa ButcherLisa Butcher is an English fashion model and TV presenter.Butcher won British Elles first ELLE's Angels modelling competition in 1987, judged by Marie Helvin, Laraine Ashton and photographer Terry O'Neill...
- Rachael CairnsRachael CairnsRachael Cairns is a British model and actress. She is best known for participating in Cycle 4 of Britain's Next Top Model, in which she placed fourth...
- Naomi CampbellNaomi CampbellNaomi Campbell is a British model. Scouted at the age of 15, she established herself among the top three most recognisable and in-demand models of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and she was one of six models of her generation declared "supermodels" by the fashion world...
- Cindy CrawfordCindy CrawfordCynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford is an American model. Known for her trademark mole just above her lip, Crawford has adorned hundreds of magazine covers throughout her career. She was named #3 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90s...
- Maryam d'AboMaryam d'AboMaryam d'Abo is an English film and television actress, best known as Bond girl Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film The Living Daylights.-Early life:...
- Katrina KaifKatrina KaifKatrina Kaif is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry. She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. She was voted the sexiest Asian woman in the world by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011...
- Yaya DaCosta
- Agyness DeynAgyness DeynAgyness Deyn is an English fashion model, actress and singer.-Early life:Deyn is from Failsworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester...
- Karen ElsonKaren ElsonKaren Elson is a British model, singer-songwriter and guitarist.As a child, Elson attended North Chadderton School in Chadderton with her twin sister, filmmaker Kate Elson. She began working as a model as a teenager....
- Linda EvangelistaLinda EvangelistaLinda Evangelista is a Canadian model. She has been featured on over 600 magazine covers and has garnered work on numerous modeling assignments with companies, most recently with L'Oréal.- Early years :...
- Angie EverhartAngie EverhartAngela Kay "Angie" Everhart is an American actress and former fashion model.-Early life:Everhart was born in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of homemaker Ginnie and engineer Bob Everhart. The first of three children, she has a younger brother and a younger sister...
- Liliane FerrareziLiliane FerrareziLiliane Ferrarezi is a Brazilian model.The daughter of a broker and a housewife, she was born at Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and has a brother and a sister....
- Jerry HallJerry HallJerry Faye Hall is an American model and actress, also known for her long-term relationship with Mick Jagger, with whom she had four children.-Early life:...
- Marie HelvinMarie HelvinMarie Helvin is a fashion model, who worked extensively with David Bailey—to whom she was married between 1975-85—in the 1970s and 1980s she appeared in many fashion stories for British Vogue and posed for a series of nude photographs made by David Bailey, which were published in his 1980 book...
- Paris HiltonParis HiltonParis Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, heiress, and socialite. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton . Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003, and appearance on the television series The Simple Life alongside fellow socialite and childhood...
- Rosie Huntington-WhiteleyRosie Huntington-WhiteleyRosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley is an English model and actress, best known for her work for lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret and Burberry, and also for her role as Carly Spencer in the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the third installment in the Transformers film series.-Early life...
- Patsy KensitPatsy KensitPatricia Jude Francis "Patsy" Kensit is an English actress, singer, model and former child star, known for her television and film appearances. Her films include Lethal Weapon 2 and she has been married to rock stars Jim Kerr and Liam Gallagher, as well as herself fronting the band Eighth Wonder...
- Ruslana KorshunovaRuslana KorshunovaRuslana Sergeyevna Korshunova was a Kazakh model of Russian descent. After establishing herself as a rising figure in the fashion industry by posing for magazines like Vogue and designers such as Vera Wang and Nina Ricci....
- Anya LahiriAnya LahiriAnya Lahiri is a British actress, model and singer of Indian and Finnish origin.-Biography:...
- Yasmin Le BonYasmin Le BonYasmin Le Bon is a British Iranian fashion model. She was born to an Iranian father and an English mother...
- Amber Le BonAmber Le BonAmber Rose Tamara Le Bon is the eldest of the three daughters of Duran Duran lead singer Simon Le Bon and model Yasmin Le Bon. She was born at the Humana Wellington Hospital in St. John's Wood, London...
- Maryna LinchukMaryna LinchukMaryna Linchuk is a Belarusian fashion model who has appeared on the covers of Italian and Portuguese Vogue.Along with Mat Gordon and Valeria Garcia, Linchuk was one of the faces of Escada's Moon Sparkle fragrance under the alias Simone...
- Lauren McAvoyLauren McAvoyLauren Elizabeth McAvoy is an English fashion model. In September 2007 she won Cycle 3 of Britain's Next Top Model. Her prize was a contract with Ruby & Millie Cosmetics, a modelling contract with Models 1, and a six-page fashion editorial and cover for Company Magazine.-Early life:McAvoy was born...
- Roxanne McKeeRoxanne McKee-Biography:After completing a BA degree in 2001 in Social Policy & Political Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, McKee rose to fame by winning Hollyoaks On The Pull, a Channel 4 initiative to discover new talent for the popular British soap Hollyoaks...
- Jade McSorleyJade McSorleyJade McSorley is a British female model, most notable for placing third on the fifth series of Britain's Next Top Model. McSorley's place in the competition sparked major media controversy, as she had previously suffered with the eating disorder, anorexia.-Britain's Next Top Model:McSorley first...
- Omahyra Mota
- Jaime MurrayJaime MurrayJaime Murray is an English actress, best known for playing Stacie Monroe in Hustle and Lila Tournay in season two of the Showtime series Dexter. She has also had recurring roles as H.G...
- Kate MossKate MossKate Moss is an English model. Moss is known for her waifish figure and popularising the heroin chic look in the 1990s. She is also known for her controversial private life, high profile relationships, party lifestyle, and drug use. Moss changed the look of modelling and started a global debate on...
- Ajuma NasenyanaAjuma NasenyanaAjuma Nasenyana is a Kenyan model.Born in Lodwar, Turkana, Kenya, Nasenyana's first foray into modeling was in the Miss Tourism Kenya competition in 2003, at which she was crowned Miss Nairobi...
- Claudia SchifferClaudia SchifferClaudia Schiffer is a German model and occasional actress, who reached the peak of her popularity during the 1990s, initially due to her resemblance to Brigitte Bardot. Schiffer is one of the world's most successful models, having appeared on over 500 magazine covers...
- Natasha PolyNatasha PolyNatalya Sergeyevna Polevshchikova , generally shortened to Natasha Poly , is a Russian model.-Early life and career start:...
- Lucy RatcliffeLucy RatcliffeLucy Ratcliffe is an English fashion model and the inaugural winner of Britain's Next Top Model.-Early life:Lucy is believed to have suffered from eczema whilst growing up in Cullercoats...
- Joely RichardsonJoely RichardsonJoely Kim Richardson is an English actress, most known recently for her role as Queen Catherine Parr in the Showtime television show The Tudors and Julia McNamara in the television drama Nip/Tuck...
- Vlada RoslyakovaVlada RoslyakovaVlada Roslyakova is a Russian model.- Early life and modelling :...
- Kaya ScodelarioKaya ScodelarioKaya Rose Scodelario is a British actress and model. She is best known for her role as Effy Stonem in the E4 drama Skins.-Skins :...
- Elyse SewellElyse SewellElyse Marie Sewell, is an American fashion model. A native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sewell obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of New Mexico...
- Mecia SimsonMecia SimsonMecia Simone Simson is a British model, who was announced as the winner of the fifth cycle of Britain's Next Top Model in July 2009.- Britain's Next Top Model :...
- Ali StephensAli StephensAlison "Ali" Stephens is an American fashion model.-Early life:Stephens was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.Stephens participated in cross country running at East High School, placing second in her region in 2006.-Personal life:...
- Jade ThompsonJade ThompsonJade Thompson is a British model, and winner of Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model Cycle 7 formerly Britain's Next Top Model.-Biography:Jade was born in Stoke-on-Trent,United Kingdom and has a home there...
- TwiggyTwiggyLesley Lawson née Hornby known as Twiggy is an English model, actress, and singer. In the early-1960s she became a prominent British teenage model of swinging sixties London with others such as Penelope Tree....
- Amber VallettaAmber VallettaAmber Evangeline Valletta is an American actress and model. She began her career as a model for fashion agencies, and appeared on cover pages of internationally recognized magazines. She made her film debut in Drop Back Ten . She then starred in the hit film Hitch...
- Alex Evans (model)Alex Evans (model)Alex Evans is a British model. In July 2008 she was announced as the winner of Cycle 4 of Britain's Next Top Model.The sixth photo shoot make the girls posing in bikini and pretending that they were in a beach, while shooting for a music album cover. Finally, Alex realized that she produce an ugly...
Links with Britain's Next Top Model
Models 1 is the modelling agency with which the winner of Elle MacphersonElle Macpherson
Elle Macpherson is an Australian model, actress, and businesswoman nicknamed "The Body". She is perhaps best known for her record five cover appearances for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue beginning in the 1980s...
's search for Britain's Next Top Model
Britain's Next Top Model
Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model is a British reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of Britain's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modelling industry...
will be offered a contract. Currently the winners they have signed are:
- Lucy Emily Ratcliffe - Winner of Cycle 1Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 1Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 was the first series of Britain's Next Top Model and it was broadcast on LIVINGtv.The international destination of the series was Milan, Italy...
(currently signed with Nevs Model Agency) - Lianna Fowler - Winner of Cycle 2Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 2Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 was a second cycle of Britain's Next Top Model and the second series aired on LIVINGtv.The cast was increased to 13 contestants. The international destination was Marrakech, Morocco...
(currently signed with Profile Model Management)) - Lauren McAvoyLauren McAvoyLauren Elizabeth McAvoy is an English fashion model. In September 2007 she won Cycle 3 of Britain's Next Top Model. Her prize was a contract with Ruby & Millie Cosmetics, a modelling contract with Models 1, and a six-page fashion editorial and cover for Company Magazine.-Early life:McAvoy was born...
- Winner of Cycle 3Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 3Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 was the third cycle of Britain's Next Top Model and the third series aired on Living.For this cycle the judges remain the same as they did during last series. The number of contestants was decreased to 12, the same number of contestants as Cycle 1...
(currently signed with Nevs Model Agency) - Alex Evans - Winner of Cycle 4Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 4Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 4 is the fourth cycle of Britain's Next Top Model. The cycle, like the previous cycles, was aired on Living. The cycle was said to be "Bigger, better and sexier than ever before."...
(currently signed with Nevs Model Agency) - Mecia Simone Simson - Winner of Cycle 5Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 5Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 5 is the fifth cycle of Britain's Next Top Model and the fifth cycle to air on Living. With an increased budget, Cycle 5 claims to be "bigger, better and more high-fashion than ever before."...
- Tiffany PisaniTiffany PisaniTiffany Pisani is a Maltese model, who was announced as the winner of the sixth cycle of Britain's Next Top Model in October 2010.-Early career:...
- Winner of Cycle 6Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 6Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 6 was the sixth cycle of Britain's Next Top Model, and the sixth cycle to air on Living. It premiered on 5 July 2010. This cycle featured a completely revamped judging panel. Host Lisa Snowdon was replaced by supermodel Elle Macpherson... - Jade ThompsonJade ThompsonJade Thompson is a British model, and winner of Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model Cycle 7 formerly Britain's Next Top Model.-Biography:Jade was born in Stoke-on-Trent,United Kingdom and has a home there...
- 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 ClancyAbigail ClancyAbigail Marie "Abbey" Crouch is a British lingerie and catwalk model and television presenter.-Early life:...
- Contestant on Cycle 2Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 2Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 was a second cycle of Britain's Next Top Model and the second series aired on LIVINGtv.The cast was increased to 13 contestants. The international destination was Marrakech, Morocco...
, placed 2nd - Rachael CairnsRachael CairnsRachael Cairns is a British model and actress. She is best known for participating in Cycle 4 of Britain's Next Top Model, in which she placed fourth...
- Contestant on Cycle 4Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 4Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 4 is the fourth cycle of Britain's Next Top Model. The cycle, like the previous cycles, was aired on Living. The cycle was said to be "Bigger, better and sexier than ever before."...
, placed 4th (currently not signed with an agency in Britain) - Jade McSorleyJade McSorleyJade McSorley is a British female model, most notable for placing third on the fifth series of Britain's Next Top Model. McSorley's place in the competition sparked major media controversy, as she had previously suffered with the eating disorder, anorexia.-Britain's Next Top Model:McSorley first...
- Contestant on Cycle 5Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 5Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 5 is the fifth cycle of Britain's Next Top Model and the fifth cycle to air on Living. With an increased budget, Cycle 5 claims to be "bigger, better and more high-fashion than ever before."...
, placed 3rd - Joy McLaren - Contestant on Cycle 6Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 6Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 6 was the sixth cycle of Britain's Next Top Model, and the sixth cycle to air on Living. It premiered on 5 July 2010. This cycle featured a completely revamped judging panel. Host Lisa Snowdon was replaced by supermodel Elle Macpherson...
, placed 3rd
Three contestants from the international versions of the show, have also signed to Models 1, being:
- Elyse SewellElyse SewellElyse Marie Sewell, is an American fashion model. A native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sewell obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of New Mexico...
- Contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 1America's Next Top Model, Cycle 1America's Next Top Model was a reality show hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks that aimed to find someone who could be the next top fashion model. The cycle's catch-phrase was: "One Girl has what it takes."This was the only season to feature a cast of only 10 contestants...
, placed 3rd (currently not signed with an agency in Britain) - Yaya Da CostaYaya Da Costa- External links :...
- Contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 3America's Next Top Model, Cycle 3America's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 debuted on September 22, 2004. It was the first cycle to gain partnership with cosmetics magnate CoverGirl and ran weekly commercials during the show named Beauty Tip of the Week with Jay Manuel and Elsa Benitez as well as the CoverGirl of the Week contest. Also...
, placed 2nd (currently not signed with an agency in Britain) - Kortnie Coles - Contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12 is the twelfth cycle of America's Next Top Model and the sixth season to air on The CW network. It premiered on March 4, 2009. The cycle's catch phrase is "Get In The Fold." The cycle's promotional song is Lady Gaga's "The Fame".The first half of the cycle took...
, placed 10th - Alexandra Underwood - Contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 14America's Next Top Model, Cycle 14America's Next Top Model, Cycle 14 is the fourteenth cycle of America's Next Top Model and the eighth season to be aired on The CW network. The original premiere date was March 3, 2010, but had been postponed to March 10. This cycle's catch phrase is "Work It Out"...
, placed 4th - Alice BurdeuAlice BurdeuAlice Burdeu is an Australian fashion model and winner of the third cycle of the reality television show Australia's Next Top Model.-Early life:Alice Burdeu was born in Melbourne, Victoria...
- Winner of Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 3Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 3Cycle three of Australia's Next Top Model premiered on 27 March 2007 and concluded on 5 June 2007. As with the first two cycles, the third season was broadcast exclusively on the Foxtel network FOX8 in Australia...
(currently not signed with an agency in Britain)