Friday, November 26, 2010

Fashion Model Kylie Bax

Kylie Bax (born 5 January 1975, pronounced /ˈkaɪliː/) is a New Zealand-born model and actress.[1][2] She has appeared on international magazine covers, including Vogue and Marie Claire. Since 1999, Bax has appeared in several movies, including Get Over It (2001).

Having been a beauty queen, Bax was first discovered in a New Zealand shopping mall by an agent from modelling agency Clyne Model Management. After discovering her marketing abilities as a fashion model, she soon moved to New York to work as a model. Bax became Steven Meisel's protege. She went on to work with top photographers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Helmut Newton and Richard Avedon. Once discovered Bax became an international modeling success, signing with Women in New York, Marilyn in Paris, and Storm in London. She has appeared on numerous international magazine covers, including Vogue, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar & Mode Australia, Maxim, Vanity Fair, ELLE and Sports Illustrated. She has also appeared on more than twenty Vogue covers around the world. In 2000, Bax joined Estella Warren, Veronica Vařeková and Michelle Behennah in the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She has appeared in campaigns for international products such as Club Monaco, Anna Sui, Clinique, Ann Taylor, DKNY, Escada, Gianfranco Ferre, Giorgio Armani, Louis Vuitton, Oscar de la Renta, Sonia Rykiel, Versace, Moschino,Nars, Valentino.. She has walked down catwalks for high fashion houses such as Moschino, Oscar de la Renta, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, and Valentino, Glistening Examples, Gucci, Galliano, Donna Karan, Cynthis Rowley, Calvin Klein, Joop, Alexander McQueen, Phillip Treacy, Karl Lagerfeld, Chloe, Ralph Lauren, Prada, and Miu Miu. In 2009 she sued French men's magazine Max Magazine for using bare-breasted images of her on its wrapper, no photos were inside the publication.[1] Her lawsuit cited that the "'sexualised nature of the photographs' was inconsistent with the image she sought to develop".[1] The images were taken about six years prior, and she was not compensated for their use by Max Magazine and the photographer was assured they would not run without her consent.[1]

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