Daria Werbowy had never seriously considered modeling, but
found herself launched into
the business after
meeting a schoolmate's mother who headed Toronto's
Susan J. Model &
Talent Management. At age 14, Werbowy won a
national modelling
contest,[1] but after a year of working with Susan J. Model & Talent, however, Werbowy thought
she could be doing more with another
agency and left.[
citation needed] After switching over to
Elite Models, Werbowy began
landing several prominent bookings in
Canada but still had not achieved much
international success. When Elite Canada's head scout,
Elmer Olsen, started his own agency Werbowy followed and her career began to flourish. Within a few years, and under the
guidance of
International Management Group (
IMG), Werbowy had gained a foothold on the international modelling
stage. Daria has considered quitting the
industry when she turns 25, to become a professional
painter, or to
open her own gallery, back
home in Mississauga,
Ontario.[citation needed] Though she relinquished
the world's No.1
runway model
status to new "it girls", Werbowy holds
the record for opening and closing the most shows in
one season.[3] To
date, Werbowy's clients have included
Lancôme,
Prada,
Yves Saint-Laurent,
Roberto Cavalli,
Gucci,
Hermès,
Valentino,
David Yurman, Missoni, Versace,
Louis Vuitton and
Chanel,
altogether she has posed on
21 covers of
Vogue.[1] In her first season,
Fall/
Winter 2003, Werbowy captured two of the modeling worlds most coveted assignments: the cover of Vogue Italia,
thrice (in July,
August and October); and Prada's Fall/Winter ad campaign.[3] In July 2007,
Forbes listed Werbowy as the ninth highest-earning model in the world after
Karolina Kurkova,
Natalia Vodianova,
Carolyn Murphy,
Alessandra Ambrosio,
Adriana Lima,
Heidi Klum,
Kate Moss and
Gisele Bundchen. Her earnings between
June 2006 and June 2007 were in the order of $3.5 million.
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