Reality boot sends model to the top
Emily Dunn and Garry Maddox
October 13, 2008
Greener grass elsewhere ... Myf Shepherd was relieved in the end not being chosen for the competition.
Photo: Kate Geraghty
WHAT beats becoming a contestant on
Australia's Next Top Model? Becoming Australia's next top model in real life.
That's how Brisbane schoolgirl
Myf Shepherd dealt with missing out on a place in this year's season of the reality TV show. Fresh from a whirlwind debut on the international scene, in which she modelled for Balenciaga, Marc Jacobs, Fendi, Gucci and Prada, Shepherd said she was glad she was not chosen for the Foxtel show.
"I stayed in a real model apartment and I could hardly bear it," she told SiT's fashion victim, Elicia Murray. "But staying in one house with all those girls and the TV cameras running all the time?"
The runways of New York, London, Milan and Paris threw up unexpected challenges, not least of which were sheer creations. "It was kind of weird. I was 17 and I had quite a lot of see-through tops. I was like: my parents are going to be looking at this. It was kind of embarrassing."
Shepherd, who is represented in Australia by Chic, flew back to Sydney last week, just in time for year 12 exams. Then it's back to New York to try her hand at editorial work and big-name campaigns. "Before I started modelling, I had no idea what I wanted to do. It's quite lucky it has come along and given me something to do. I'd really like to be a writer and artist, but that's not really a steady income. I think I'll need modelling to supplement it."
This year's
Australia's Next Top Model winner,
Demelza Reveley, landed an international campaign for Ferrero Rocher chocolate last month and was "still getting her book together", said her agent,
Priscilla Leighton-Clarke.
Sarah Murdoch has been confirmed as the next host of
Top Model, replacing
Jodhi Meares.
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