Ale has been with Richard for a ridiculously long amount of time. She started off with Elite in 1998 and then moved to Marilyn for about 1-2 years, and then returned to Elite. Since then she's been with Richard. He's certainly been instrumental to her career (VS angel status and her work with Katie Grand in 2010), but honestly I question a lot of his decisions regarding her career.
I feel like she never did as good of a job as her peers balancing fashion/commercial jobs and it wasn't for a lack of interest on the clients side. In my opinion, Ale has never truly reached supermodel potential like Adriana and I don't think Richard is capable of getting her to the next level. I was hopeful that with the move to DNA she'd have a stronger agency supporting her, but that never really happened and considering she is one of the agency's top earners I would have hoped that they would have placed more resources behind her.
I don't believe that she would move to IMG and leave Richard for nothing, so I'm very excited and hopeful to see how her career unfolds in the next few months. I hope Ale doesn't get lost in the crowd over there, but if any agency can get Ale to a higher level in her career it would be IMG. Lord knows if they can get Lily A a Givenchy campaign then they can do anything.
I wonder if she'll leave Viva in London/Barcelona/Paris as well? She's already off the boards at Priscilla's in Sydney.