I found a source for the Catherine McNeil story online: ninemsn.com's Australia Fashion Week Blog (apologies if posted previously)....
"Gemma Ward and Miranda Kerr have proven that, whether they're editorial or commercial stars, Australia has some serious beauty to export to the world.
The latest in that line is Catherine McNeil, a teenager from Queensland who is about to be launched as the world's next supermodel — thanks to a cover story and 18 page shoot in respected US magazine V, shot by super-snapper Mario Testino.
That major coup will be followed up by French and British Vogue covers in the next two months. Considering she was the star newcomer of the European Autumn Winter shows earlier this year, the "super" tag is no exaggeration.
This week I met the man who is shaping Catherine's career. Stephen Lee is an Aussie too, who moved from top agency Chic here in Sydney to Next Models in New York, where he manages the affairs of more supers than you can poke a celery stick at.
"My job is picking up the phone and saying no to people," the extremely laid back Lee says, "it's about exclusivity and longevity. You don't want to have a girl everywhere, doing every campaign at once. At the moment, she has one French campaign, an Italian campaign, her US campaign is DKNY, and she was just shot for the Pirelli Calendar last week. I have Catherine's career mapped out for the next three years."