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(source: fashionising.com)
International supermodel Julia Nobis, back home in Australia to walk for Myer in its spring/ summer 2014 in Sydney last night, is having quite an influence on her pretty young colleagues.
The blonde Bondi girl, who now calls New York home, is known to hit the books between catwalk shows as she studies for a bachelor of science.
"I'm one of the few who is studying at the same time as modelling. It seems I have inspired quite a few of the other girls. It's actually really funny, they're like 'You know what, maybe I'll do an online course that sounds great'."
Jennifer Hawkins is also a fan of the scholarly catwalk queen, attracted to her relaxed nature.
"I love her, she's great," Hawkins said. "She's a really, really cool chick. I like it when they're not too fussy and not a prima donna and just want to have fun. I love that!"
Despite having appeared on covers and catwalks the world over, Nobis achieved instant global fame earlier this year when her father *Eddy * very publicly leapt to her defence.
When a shot of her on the cover of the New York Times' T Magazine, right, prompted criticism that she was "anorexic" and "disgusting", Mr Nobis bit back.
"I hope that one day, if you ever have a daughter, and she is a 20-year-old med student putting herself through uni, that you can be as proud of her as I am of my daughter each and every day," he wrote online.
"She's paying her way through university by working damn hard . . . she sat her chemistry exam in Paris between shows last time and got a high distinction for it. Like I said, I'm proud of her."
Nobis said she was embarrassed at first but remained delighted by her gallant dad. "It was like 'That's was really sweet but just leave it alone'," she told AAA.
"It's always when you have the cool parents that it's the most embarrassing, you know what I mean?"
She said her dad didn't tell her until after he'd attacked her detractors. "He sent me an email. It was so cute."
Nobis said she was the "least fazed out of everyone" by the cruel comments about her appearance, but conceded modelling had helped her develop a thick skin.
Although she once declared she'd never live outside Sydney, Nobis, who is expected to be on the cover of Vogue Italia next month, is loving the New York lifestyle.
"It's where I live, it's where I work," she said pragmatically. "Whenever I'm over there all I want to do is be home and whenever I'm here all I want to do is be back there. I can't win."
When she's not hitting the books, Nobis loves listening to -and playing - music. "I recently bought an electric keyboard, so I've been playing on that heaps and playing lots of guitar."
from thewest.com.au
Am I the only one who caught this???
I think so but I hope it's true, you never know when it comes to this kind of press.
It seems there's a confirmation on the Cover Rumors thread... but the reactions haven't been pretty positive, it didn't take long for haters to show their claws.


She's at the Myer show! Videos/pictures on jemjellies, popsugarau, bazaaraustralia, i__lovett, ellehalliwell instagrams



(source: fashionising.com)

From Chanel jacket to a lab coat - in a refreshing move, Julia Nobis hopes to negotiate an unusual career path from model to medicine.
The Rose Bay girl's pale skin and ethereal quality has been in international demand since she was discovered at the 389 bus stop in Bondi Junction a few years ago.
Although the Myer model's career continues to go from strength to strength - she walked in 62 shows at the recent autumn-winter season from New York to Milan - it's pythagoras' theorem and plant physiology that really get this 21-year-old self-confessed geek excited.
''I look great in a lab coat,'' the model joked backstage at the Myer spring-summer launch at Fox Studios on Thursday. Wearing a Maticevski gown, she showed off her ''3.14'' tattoo - the number for pi - on her third finger.
''I did a lot of acting growing up, but then science got in the way of things. I'm studying a bachelor of science and a bachelor of applied science through correspondence, and then afterwards I want to complete a postgraduate degree in medicine. That's what I'm obsessed with.''
Nobis - who says she looks awful in a fake tan and that her pale skin suits overseas work - jokes she's raising the intellectual level backstage, with other models intrigued and inspired to take up a degree.
During her recent stint at Paris Fashion Week, she downloaded all her textbooks on her iPad. ''I studied like mental. I got a distinction in my chemistry exam, so I was thrilled! Next subject is immunology. I definitely like a bit of a challenge.''
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