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I still am a bit in shock as to just how well Bambi Northwood-Blyth has done on the international fashion circuit. With an impish grin, thick, sculpted eyebrows and a boyish physique she has captivated the local fashion season since RAFW in May, scoring dozens of lookbooks, campaigns and gigs for both high street and high fashion australian brands as well as harpers bazaar australia cover and editorials in every cool magazine like Russh. But did we really think she could make it overseas? I'm not going to lie, I had my doubts. For one thing, she is not tall and willowy - not like Gemma, or Abbey Lee - and she's not va-va-voom like Cat McNeil. She is short (for a model), hitting 5'9" according to her showcard, but more like 5'7" according to sources and her body is quite androgynous. Her walk is not great. But she proves that a captivating face and a fascinating personality can make up for all manner of sins. Australia's next top model (or, all model shows), like to crow about how height is everything in the model world. Well, Bambi has single-handedly (with some help from Kate Moss, natch), proved them wrong. You don't need the height to succeed, but if you don't have it you better hope you've got something better - personality and charm - which is something you're born with, it can't be taught.
She has this mischievous glint to her eye, and has clearly left the international fashion world in raptures, walking for heavyweights like Chanel, Balenciaga, Emmanuel Ungaro and Giambattista Vali in Paris, Topshop Unique and Giles Deacon in London and Joseph Altuzarra, Diesel Black and Gold and Jen Kao in New York. I am surprised, but I am glad, I always feel really proud of the Aussie models, I think what we have going for us, unlike scandinavian stature, eastern european blankness or english cool is a real laid-black easy-going nature. You can see it in Abbey-Lee and Julia Nobis, two of our biggest current model exports, who display a sort of carefree nonchalance to the way they model. I especially love Julia Nobis, who is such a tomboy she wears her doc martens to castings. I think our Australian models bring this same roll-with the punches sensibility to their modelling.
I think Bambi is a bit of a breath of fresh air, all strong brows, knocking knees and coltishly unsure - just like her namesake.
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