Catherine McNeil pines over home, homesick, burned out
Catherine McNeil pines over home, homesick, burned out
October 06, 2008 12:00am
Article from: The Daily Telegraph
HOMESICKNESS has been cited as the mystery illness forcing Australian fashion star, Catherine McNeil off Europe’s catwalks. Have your say!Add your comments or read what others are saying
As revealed in Confidential last week, the 19-year-old was forced to pull out of Milan and Paris fashion weeks because of an undisclosed ailment.
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However, fashion insiders claim exhaustion and homesickness are to blame.
The self-confessed tomboy from Logan, on Queensland’s Gold Coast, is believed to be prone to bouts of missing her more laidback Aussie lifestyle. Her grandmother Sandra McNeil confirmed the model was taking time off at her New York base to rest.
“She’s just burned out,” Mrs McNeil said, adding her granddaughter would be back at work “soon”.
McNeil’s Chic Model Management representative in Sydney, Kathy Ward, claimed the illness had been “blown out of proportion” despite confirming the situation to Confidential last week.
McNeil was expected to return to work for her many lucrative and high-profile advertising accounts in the coming weeks, she said.
Industry experts were quick to state the time off could prove more than healthy for her state of mind and her career.
Vogue Australia editor Kirstie Clements, who featured McNeil on this month’s cover, said the model was “at the top of her game.”
“She’s so far up the tree, it wouldn’t matter (if she missed Milan and Paris). She really only does the top-level stuff now and she’s got some big advertising campaigns booked,” she said.
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