Modeling Journey

Sixteen year old Herieth Paul has undergone more than her fair share of changes over the past four years. In 2007, Herieth moved from her native Tanzania in Africa to Ottawa Canada, with her diplomat mother. Two years later, unbeknownst to her mother, Herieth walked into an open casting call for Angies Model & Talent in Ottawa and was swiftly signed up. Now aged sixteen, Herieth is being carefully groomed and developed by Women Direct in New York as one of the agency's most promising new faces.

Under the guidance of Women Direct, Herieth underwent a dramatic change in appearance with her shoulder length silky black tresses being traded for a closely cropped buzz cut, accentuating to her delicate, gamine features and lending her more of a high fashion contemporary feel. Herieth's modelling career has since taken off to a promising start with lucrative campaigns for Diesel and cK One under the belt, and editorial appearances in Vogue Italia lensed by Steven Meisel, and for Dazed & Confused, Teen Vogue, American Elle and Black Book magazine.

Herieth appears to be relatively unfazed by the recent changes and is focused instead on achieving her goals of appearing "on the cover of every magazine." In an interview for the Cut, Herieth is equally poised when asked if "it difficult as a black model to land high profile work as compared to your non-ethnic counterparts", to which she responds, "Well, I'm new to this industry and I never really thought of it that way. But no, I think that if you work hard you get what you deserve."

French native Aymeline Valade is part of a new breed of model whose personality, innate sense of style and obvious beauty combine with sublime results. At twenty five years of age, Valade exudes a mix of brazen sensuality and androgyny, and elegance and toughness, which has made her a standout star at the Fall/Winter 2011 collections. Represented by Women Direct in New York, Valade stands at 177cm in height and has strong facial features and an intense runway presence. Valade has dominated the Fall/Winter shows walking for Altuzarra, Rag & Bone, Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang, Donna Karan, Gucci, Alberta Ferretti, D&G, Anteprima, Etro, Versace, Bottega Veneta, Emilio Pucci and Salvatore Ferragamo. Currently the face for Alexander Wang's Spring/Summer campaign, Valade also has an upcoming editorial in W Magazine lensed by Steven Meisel.