From an Auckland bus stop to Paris
Ashleigh Good was waiting at a bus stop in Mairangi Bay on Auckland's North Shore when her life changed forever.
The 1.82 metre tall beauty was spotted by model scout Rose Packard-Dube in November and three months later she was on a plane to strut the catwalks of Paris.
''It was like a fairytale,'' Packard-Dube said.
Headshots of the 20-year-old were posted on Packard-Dube's Facebook page, Rpd Nz, in January and within two days Ford Models New York was in touch wanting to see more and sign her up.
Good, meanwhile, went to casting calls in Auckland for the New Zealand Fashion Festival but wasn't booked for a single show.
What those in New Zealand didn't see, the big names in Paris did.
Fashion house Givenchy placed her in the catwalk show for its autumn/winter season during Paris Fashion Week earlier this month.
Good is the first New Zealand model to be picked for a Givenchy exclusive and flown to Paris after being seen only in photos and a walking video, Packard-Dube says.
That's a major break for a complete unknown who had never been on a catwalk before.
Good skyped Packard-Dube after her first show.
''She is so excited, she still can't believe this is happening to her,'' Packard-Dube said.
''She got to meet a whole lot of famous people in fashion and stars like Kanye West.''
Good has gone from working in a North Shore cafe to living in an apartment in New York City.
She is now signed to Ford Model Agency in the United States, the Storm agency in Britain and has had offer of work from around the world.