Alyssa Sutherland

[FrankieP]

Oh, and I managed to find a transcript of that OK! magazine interview with her, though not an actual scan of the article and it's pictures. The pics are all that article would have been worth, anyway.. the interview is some old tripe asking her about ye olde OMG skinny models debate which has come around again.

Sourced through Global Factiva database. Thank you, hideously extortionate university fees.

ALYSSA SUTHERLAND
1054 words
6 March 2007
OK Magazine
English
Copyright 2007. Northern & Shell PLC.

'NOT ALL MODELS ARE STUPID'

THE GORGEOUS FLAKE ADVERT STAR TALKS TO OK! ABOUT BURGERS, CATFIGHTS AND STOLEN SHOES!

When Alyssa Sutherland stumbled across a model competition at her local shopping centre ten years ago, the Australian-born beauty was snapped up by a talent scout and went on to win the contest. 'I was just hanging around a mall in Brisbane when this woman came up to me and asked me to enter,' the 25-year-old redhead reveals. 'A couple of hours later I was announced as the state finalist and had to call my mum to say: "I'm flying to Sydney this weekend."' I'd never been on a plane before!'

Since then, Alyssa has strutted catwalks from Melbourne to Milan for designers including Yves Saint Laurent, Dior, Gucci, Gaultier and Galliano, and has worked with respected photographers Bruce Webber and Herb Ritts. Add to the mix a role in the fashion film The Devil Wears Prada and a recent signing as the new face of the Flake chocolate bar - in the first Flake advert from the chocolate company in five years - and you've got a face to be reckoned with...

With catwalk models getting thinner and thinner - are you a size zero, Alyssa?

No, I'm 6ft tall - that's impossible! I'm definitely not a size zero. I'm a size four in the US.

What do you make of the whole size-zero phenomenon?

I think there are some unrealistic standards that people have to live up to. I don't think a BMI [Body Mass Index] scale - that Madrid used to ban size zero models for their shows - is exactly the way to do this, though, because it's all a bit sketchy. You can call someone obese on the BMI scale when they're not. There are some girls who are slim and slender - and that's the way they're built at that age.

So are most models too thin today?

I think there are some girls out there who are far too skinny, so there should be more healthy-looking girls on the catwalks. But having expectations that are a bit more realistic would be a step forward. I've heard that the biggest market for designer clothes is professional, 30-something women who can afford to buy these. Selling them through a 14 year old is wrong.

Should size zero models be banned?

I think bringing in any kind of change to use girls who look healthy and fit is wonderful. I think that would be great and I'm all for it, although I don't know if it's really going to happen. I would love to see bigger girls on the catwalk. I would love to eat exactly what I want.

ave you ever starved yourself for a show?

Starved myself? No. I've not completely starved myself but you're aware of the standards and you behave appropriately. I wouldn't go out and have a burger the day before a show. I think it would be great, though.

Have you always been this weight?

Like every other girl, I've had times where you feel it in yourself and cut back on eating and hit the gym.

Have you ever seen signs of bulimia backstage at a fashion event?

Not at all. I've never come across a girl backstage making herself sick. What they do is in their own time, I think.

Not really. All the girls I've worked with have been really cool. I've never seen any nastiness or any sort of catfight. Oh, except I have seen one catfight but there's no point in telling this story because nobody would know who I was talking about. It was between a gay man and a lesbian who had issues with each other. It was all very under-the-breath with a smile on their faces. It was riveting!

Are you ever tempted to bung a coat over your catwalk outfit and sneak home?

Never. I have very strict principles about stealing the clothes. I think it's disgusting, but it happens a lot in this industry. Models do it all the time. I don't know how they do it but a lot of them try to steal shoes. I've done shows where they've given me the shoes I wear - and that's fine.

Can you tell us a style secret?

Wear great shoes. If you've got great shoes on I don't think it matters what else you're wearing.

Who's the friendliest supermodel you've ever met?

I've worked shows with a few supermodels, but unless you go up and approach them, you don't really have a conversation with them. I'm the sort of person who turns her back on you if you're famous. I'm not into that scene.

Which supermodels have you worked with in the past?

I've done shows with Naomi, but she's in her own private hair and make-up area until the show begins.

How does it feel to be the new Flake girl?

People are telling me it's very popular in the UK, but I'm Australian and have lived in New York for the past six years so it's all new to me, really. The guy who served me room service in my hotel last night recognised me from the ad and was quite chuffed that I was staying there, though.

And you also appeared in The Devil Wears Prada...

I'm on the deleted scenes on the DVD. I had two lines, which were a lot of fun to film. I had to stand in an elevator behind Anne Hathaway. A girl stands next to me and says: 'Wow, you look awesome.' And I turn back to her and say: 'Oh please - I look terrible. I almost called in fat today!'What is the biggest perk of being a model?

The travel. I love getting to see places I never would have gone to. Oh, and the shoes.

And what's the biggest misconception about the fashion industry?

The biggest misconception is that all models are stupid. Some of them are - but not all of them!

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[FrankieP]

While I'm on Factiva I've found a ton more articles, though these are all about her Flake girl ad... these two are the least repetitive of them, but you get the idea of what most of the recent press on Alyssa has been about!

Home news
Bite of a sweetie
127 words
11 February 2007
The News of the World
41
English
(c) 2007 News Group Newspapers. All rights reserved

SEXY new Cadbury's Flake girl Alyssa Sutherland was choc a block-after chomping on 200 BARS.

That was the number of times she had to peel away the wrapper and take a bite during three days of filming the telly ad.

Aussie Alyssa, 25, said: "I savoured every one. It was great knowing with every bite I was becoming a fantasy figure. Every girl wants to be desired."

Now she is planning a strawberries-and-chocolate surprise for her boyfriend on St Valentine's Day.

Cadbury is relaunching the raunchy ad after five years to boost flagging sales. It shows Alyssa munching a Flake, relaxing in a posh convertible and ignoring teeming rain.

(C) News of the World, 2007

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Features
Hot chocolate
BY ANUJI VARMA
473 words
4 February 2007
Sunday Mercury
19
English
(c) 2007 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd

NEW FLAKE GIRL MELTS HEARTS FOR CADBURY'S SWEET SUCCESS

THESE pictures are enough to make any man crumble.

Alyssa Sutherland is today revealed as the new Cadbury's Flake girl, sexily extolling the virtues of Birmingham's 'crumbliest, flakiest chocolate'.

And she's bound to leave blokes across the UK desperate for a nibble.

The nation's favourite advert makes a return to TV and cinema screens this month after a five-year absence.

Bournville-based Cadbury has recruited Hollywood hotshot Jake Scott, son of Oscarnominated director Ridley, to shoot the racy new video.

Sutherland sizzles as she slowly peels back the wrapper of the chocolate bar to the iconic Flake theme tune.

The Aussie-born beauty, who starred in hit movie The Devil Wears Prada with Meryl Streep, was discovered in 1997 after winning a modelling competition in Queensland.

After her victory, Alyssa made the cover of Australian Vogue and later moved to New York to continue her modelling career.

The stunner has campaigned for Abercrombie & Fitch, Bruno Magli, Guess, L'Oreal, Ralph Lauren, Polo Jeans and Thierry Mugler.

"I was horrendous to work with when I started!" she once admitted.

"But it just happens one day where you know what they want, and you know how to give it to them."

Now the beauty is set to enjoy sweet success in the latest advert for the chocolate bar, which was first launched in 1959.

The series was recently voted the 'nation's favourite advert' in a poll of ITV viewers.

Previous Flake girls include Miss World and Bond girl Eva Rueber-Staier, who starred in the 1971 advert, and Catrina Skepper, a girlfriend of Prince Andrew, who starred in 1983. Debbie Leng, who appeared in the steamy 1987 version of the ad, later became the partner of Queen drummer Roger Taylor.

The new multi-million pound advertising campaign represents the largest spend by Cadbury in the last five years.

Company spokesman Tony Bilsborough said: "The Flake girl is so well-loved by the British public that it made sense to bring her back.

"Whilst we can't reveal any more details at this stage, we are confident the new campaign will be one of the most talked-about adverts of the year."

Cadbury hit the headlines last year after a salmonella contamination scare. It cost the company £30 million after it was forced to recall one million chocolate bars.

The Health Protection Agency believes its chocolate was the most likely source of 37 cases of salmonella poisoning. Sales of brands such as Dairy Milk plummeted after the scare.

And in November the Bournville firm was faced with a fresh multi-million pound headache, when it emerged the accounts of a Nigerian joint venture might have been overstated.

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I finally bought Devil Wears Prada last week and got to see her deleted scene, fake accent and all! Day On Fire is still not on sale.

 

[russh_kris_z]

OMGG!!!!! Thank eu so much. Now I owe you the Speedos ads.. but I cant get it because I don't have the usb.. I mean IHAVE the photo and everyfinks(credit:friend) but I dont have usb I'm getting it pretty soon though xD Thanks frankie p!! I hafnt read the interview yet but I'm reading now!!
How was she in the devil wears prada Franke.P?? I'll rent it and hopefully see her in it !!

 

[russh_kris_z]

Hehehe speedos ads cominks very soon!! I love Alyssa.Sutherland rofl

 

[russh_kris_z]

Kristina, what happened to all those pics you posted above? I've been offline as our home internet is buggered up for the time being, but I saw some pics you posted on a friend's pc. I didn't save as I expected them to still be here when I got back online..

Here's the Loreal ad, anyway.

loreal.com

OMGG!!!!! Loreal!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Omgg the pictures yes!! I just checked their not there anymore.. I'll upload them again!! Thanks for all the cadbury flake interviews etc though!!!!! Thank times 10000.. hehe I'm jsut so giddy

 

[FrankieP]

Hers is a short scene with a little one-liner joke, but she's beautiful. You can see her walking into the building behind Anne Hathaway earlier in the scene, too, and going through the turnstile.

Oh, I forgot to say.. my magazines are mostly older ones, but I love those too. Must.. get.. scanner. There are a couple I'm thinking of that are absolutely gorgeous, close up face shots from around 3-4 years ago. Promise I'll get them done somehow.

 

[russh_kris_z]

Np!! Than eu so much for "promising" to scan it lawl.. I'll <3 eu for it!! Anyways wow I so need to get that dvd.. at least rent it just so I can stare at alyssa !! Anyways how did you manage to find loreal ad man?? Thanks!

 

[FrankieP]

I honestly don't remember how I got it now. I think someone else posted it in another thread, maybe the ads thread on who's got what contract, but I'm sure they got it from the Loreal site, though I sure couldn't find it on there. I don't think it's a scan though, but I've seen this ad and her new Aigner one in a few US and UK mags now already.

 

[russh_kris_z]

She has a new aigner ad?? Is it the same as the one bianca scanned though?? Or is it different? Lol thanks heaps.. I'm going to find old (sort of) Alyssa pics and then of course new things.. hehe thanks.. I doubt I could find the loreal stuff on there either... but so glad she got loreal hair products!!

 

[russh_kris_z]

Kristina, what happened to all those pics you posted above? I've been offline as our home internet is buggered up for the time being, but I saw some pics you posted on a friend's pc. I didn't save as I expected them to still be here when I got back online

Their up again FrankieP!

 

[russh_kris_z]

Oh I saw her on a hair box today!!

 

[rouge_red]

yeah, she models for some hair stuff, they always show a commercial here, very beautiful. But I forgot which brand it was

 

[russh_kris_z]

REALLY????? In germany?? Omgg wow.. its either Loreal or John frieda xD

 

[rouge_red]

It might be one of those, idk. I'll look out for it!

 

[russh_kris_z]

Thanks rouge_red!! xx

 

[russh_kris_z]

This HAS been posted before but It deserves a repost!! How FUDGING stunning does she look here??

 

[miss_pepa]

Thats gorgeous! I hadnt seen this before, thanks so much!

 

[Moofins]

She looks very feline there

 

[rouge_red]

yeah, very stunning!

 

[russh_kris_z]

is this one model at elast we both like ROuge_red??