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Pretty Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr has become famous for her girl next door looks and slim but curvaceous figure.
But it seems her ambition to make the usually impossible leap from commercial modelling to fairytale world of couture has seen her dramatically drop weight to make the transition.
The former Maybelline model - the world's tenth highest earning model - has been much in demand for the lingerie brand, and for swimwear shoots for magazines such as Sports Illustrated.
But the 26-year-old Australian cut a distinctly emaciated on a fashion shoot for magazine Grazia in Sydney.
From the back she looked virtually unrecognisable as she posed in a tightly laced corset on the rooftop of the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Miranda's ribs protruded, and her skin was tightly stretched across her bony back. Her thin arms also looked extremely sinewy.
The reason for the Australian's sudden weight loss is not exactly hard to fathom.
It seems her ambitions to do high fashion modelling were realised earlier this month she made an appearance on the catwalk for Balenciaga, the fashion world's coolest label right now.
The model's girl next door look was erased and she was unrecognisable in straightened slicked back hair and heavy catwalk eye make up.
Fashion is renown for its snobbery, comes to the world of ready-to-wear catwalk presentations.
And it's an achievement almost unheard of for a Victoria's Secrets model.
Previously the only model to cross over from the world of Sports Illustrated man-friendly modelling to high-end catwalk shows was Brazilian bombshell Gisele Bundchen.
The division between the two worlds of modelling is so stark, Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld once dismissed fellow German Heidi Klum as 'bling bling' , deeming her more 'mannequin than model'.
He said: 'It may be ‘Victoria’s Secret’, but it is not my secret.'
And designer Wolfgang Joop also said of Klum is 'too heavy and has too big a bust. And she always grins so stupidly. That is not avant-garde - that is commercial.'
So it was certainly something of a surprise to see Miranda turn up on the Paris catwalk.
The model who dates actor Orlando Bloom is known for her success in the business.
She has multiple contracts as the face of Clinique's perfume Happy, Australian department store David Jones (Australia's Selfridges), and is launching an organic skincare line called Kora in October in Australia.
Grazia’s Beauty Director Annabel Jones says Kerr’s Balenciaga says Miranda's casting is a sign that things are changing in fashion: 'She’s quite cool and glossy, but still cute and accessible.
'Maybe what we’re seeing is a new type of runway model.'
Or maybe it shows that not much has changed in the modelling world at all.
source: dailymail.co.uk
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