Supermodel Catherine McNeil misses Paris fashion week
Supermodel Catherine McNeil misses Paris fashion week
Article from: The Courier Mail
October 01, 2008 12:00am
BRISBANE supermodel Catherine McNeil is going to sit out Paris fashion week with a mystery illness that also forced her to skip shows in Milan.
McNeil first made her name in the Paris fashion scene walking for names including Chanel and Dior.
But her Sydney-based agent Kathy Ward, from Chic Model Management, told Confidential she had to pass on a series of high-profile shows due to a “recurring” illness.
McNeil’s mother was also similarly tight-lipped yesterday and refused to comment on her daughter’s health when contacted by Confidential, saying only that “she’s doing good”, and any further inquiries should be directed to her management.
Ward said yesterday that issues in McNeil’s “personal life” were keeping her off the catwalk. She said that these were not major issues and after some time-out in Europe she was expected to make a return to modelling in her adopted hometown of New York.
While McNeil is sitting out the Paris season, her stablemates from Chic, including Sarah Stephens and 17-year-old Myf Shepherd, were in hot demand.
Shepherd has been picked up by top houses Balenciaga and Christian Dior to appear in their fashion shows this week.
Nick Cave’s son Jethro Lazenby- who has adopted the stage name Jethro Cave – is another young Aussie making it big on the international modeling scene.
