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Hey Everyone! I found a pretty interesting article about this girl (Sara Neil) and I am just really curious now if someone knows anything more about her, info, pictures, or anything else. Thanks
Sarra Neil's life is about to go from zero to 100.
The 18-year-old's mother knew her daughter was curious about modelling so managed to finagle a bit part for her in the weekly promotional flyer for her employer, an Ottawa-based Wal-Mart.
The makeup artist and photographer on the job were impressed with Neil. With their encouragement, up packed the teenager, who by the way, has just finished high school, with her boyfriend, Wal-Mart flyer in hand, and headed to Hogtown.
"When we saw her, our hearts were pounding," veteran model scout Elmer Olsen said at last month's spring ready-to-wear staging of Joeffer Caoc, where Neil made her runway debut. "I'm taking her to New York on the 28th and we've got four agencies wanting to see her." (IMG Models, the New York-based agency that reps fashion starlettes such as Liya Kebede and Kate Moss, flew into Toronto the day after Caoc's show to be the first to meet with Neil.)
According to Olsen, who is known to have a sixth sense about these things, the brunette, who is just shy of 5 foot 10, is destined for the big time. "Her face is flawless," he says, "and she's very nice. She's the perfect canvas."
Grace Mahary is another newbie with Olsen's agency who made her debut at Fashion Week. Her boss expects great things from her too. At 16 and 5-foot-11, the willowy girl from Edmonton has shone on the pages of Wish and Elle Canada.
Luigi Carrubba, the fashion editor at Wish magazine, photographed Mahary for a recent editorial. He calls her "a jewel in the rough. So languid, with beautiful big eyes."
Olsen says Neil, and maybe Mahary, have a solid chance to follow in the footsteps of last year's star, Madeleine Berrevoets. Apparently that 16-year-old had never stepped into a stiletto before setting foot on the fall 2005 runways of Toronto Fashion Week. Then kaboom. Berrevoets stormed through last month's spring 2006 ready-to-wear schedule with an impressive roster of 22 shows, among them A-list houses such as Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy and Chloe.
Makeup artist Simone Otis worked with Neil on her first editorial with Wedding Bells. "Sarra's not afraid or self-conscious in any way," she says. "With some young models, you give them tips and they look so stiff, like a deer caught in the headlights. Sarra listens and just does it. She's got the modelling gene. It's like an athlete, they take it in and execute so naturally."
Neil is pretty level-headed, though. "I've thought about modelling because people have always said you're so tall and skinny, and I want to travel too," she said. "But my mom says just to enjoy it. Not to get too let down."
Neil's mother, Bernadette Niefer, stood shyly in the second row to watch Sarra's debut. "She's very excited," she said of her middle child of five. "I think she's finally realizing this is happening. I made her promise that the first time she shows in Paris, she has to fly me over."
Sarra Neil's life is about to go from zero to 100.
The 18-year-old's mother knew her daughter was curious about modelling so managed to finagle a bit part for her in the weekly promotional flyer for her employer, an Ottawa-based Wal-Mart.
The makeup artist and photographer on the job were impressed with Neil. With their encouragement, up packed the teenager, who by the way, has just finished high school, with her boyfriend, Wal-Mart flyer in hand, and headed to Hogtown.
"When we saw her, our hearts were pounding," veteran model scout Elmer Olsen said at last month's spring ready-to-wear staging of Joeffer Caoc, where Neil made her runway debut. "I'm taking her to New York on the 28th and we've got four agencies wanting to see her." (IMG Models, the New York-based agency that reps fashion starlettes such as Liya Kebede and Kate Moss, flew into Toronto the day after Caoc's show to be the first to meet with Neil.)
According to Olsen, who is known to have a sixth sense about these things, the brunette, who is just shy of 5 foot 10, is destined for the big time. "Her face is flawless," he says, "and she's very nice. She's the perfect canvas."
Grace Mahary is another newbie with Olsen's agency who made her debut at Fashion Week. Her boss expects great things from her too. At 16 and 5-foot-11, the willowy girl from Edmonton has shone on the pages of Wish and Elle Canada.
Luigi Carrubba, the fashion editor at Wish magazine, photographed Mahary for a recent editorial. He calls her "a jewel in the rough. So languid, with beautiful big eyes."
Olsen says Neil, and maybe Mahary, have a solid chance to follow in the footsteps of last year's star, Madeleine Berrevoets. Apparently that 16-year-old had never stepped into a stiletto before setting foot on the fall 2005 runways of Toronto Fashion Week. Then kaboom. Berrevoets stormed through last month's spring 2006 ready-to-wear schedule with an impressive roster of 22 shows, among them A-list houses such as Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy and Chloe.
Makeup artist Simone Otis worked with Neil on her first editorial with Wedding Bells. "Sarra's not afraid or self-conscious in any way," she says. "With some young models, you give them tips and they look so stiff, like a deer caught in the headlights. Sarra listens and just does it. She's got the modelling gene. It's like an athlete, they take it in and execute so naturally."
Neil is pretty level-headed, though. "I've thought about modelling because people have always said you're so tall and skinny, and I want to travel too," she said. "But my mom says just to enjoy it. Not to get too let down."
Neil's mother, Bernadette Niefer, stood shyly in the second row to watch Sarra's debut. "She's very excited," she said of her middle child of five. "I think she's finally realizing this is happening. I made her promise that the first time she shows in Paris, she has to fly me over."
Thanks for the pics Jules, you're great 
