Life as a clotheshorse
Freshly minted international supermodel
Gemma Ward, 17, of Perth, provides a rare backstage look into the glamorous world of being a runway model in Europe in the Christmas issue of Vogue Australia. Ward is guest editor of the Christmas issue, yet another publishing coup for the magazine's editor,
Kirstie Clements, who is impressed by Ward's maturity and insight.
Vogue has had Ward keep a diary during the recent European shows. One entry from a night in Milan shows it's not all that pretty backstage of a major show.
"I turn up to Versace and have to refit my dress again, they are changing around looks, and still haven't seemed to figure out the running order. By the time I am done, backstage is awash with panic. I put my head in my hands and take a moment while they glue in the 500 mandatory hair extensions.
"When the entire contents of my make-up artist's bag seems to have been dumped on my face, I get into my first look and try desperately to hear the new directions over the excess of Italian screaming. Since the running order has been changed I have no idea who I'm doing the group walk with anymore but before I can ask the show is under way. Girls are clambering over each other to get into their second looks and all I can see are hands flying in all directions, one putting more blush on me, one tugging from behind, one pulling my dress down, one pulling my leg up and shoving a shoe on my foot. Milan is killing me."
An article mentioned gemma from
http://www.smh.com.au/news/spike/high-life-not-always-a-bed-of-roses/2005/10/28/1130400353973.html
i just want to have that issue badly 
