Model Catherine McNeil takes a break to recover
Model Catherine McNeil takes a break to recover
Article from: The Courier Mail
Kellie Alderman
October 11, 2008 11:00pm
LEADING Queensland model Catherine McNeil is making a strong recovery from a mystery illness that forced her out of recent top European fashion shows, friends and family say.
The Logan-raised 19-year-old raised eyebrows last month when she pulled out of the Milan and Paris fashion spectaculars, with her agent expanding no further than saying she was “unwell”.
Exhaustion and homesickness had caught up with the globetrotting beauty and she just needed a break from the spotlight, according to industry friends and her grandmother, Sandra McNeil.
“She’s just burned out,” Mrs McNeil said.
She said her granddaughter, who spent at least half the year on the road, was recuperating at her New York base and would be back at work again “soon”.
McNeil’s Sydney rep Kathy Ward, from Chic Model Management, expected McNeil to be back to full health soon.
McNeil appeared on last month’s cover of Vogue Australia and the magazine’s editor-in-chief Kirstie Clements said her absence from Milan and Paris would have no effect on her career.
“She’s at the top of her game so it’s not going to matter,” Ms Clements said.
“She’s one of the Top 10 (models) in the world and really only does the top-level stuff now.”
October 15th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Note: It is actually this month’s cover of Vogue Australia