"I moved to Toronto when I finished high school, to take a gap year before going into university, and I started dating a guy who introduced me to Elmer Olsen, with the idea that I’d be a good model, which I had never even considered doing before then. And one thing lead to another, and that is how that went. I've been with my agent Cynthia at Spot6 in Toronto for almost 20 years. I was about 18 when I met Elmer. I did end up going to university but I didn’t finish because I wanted to go to Europe and be ‘serious’ about modelling. I was working seriously for about 10-15 years. I spent a lot of time in Europe. I had always wanted travelled, and go to Europe, and it was a great way of having that paid for. So I started out going to Europe. Paris was the very first place I went; it was a bit of a disaster; luggage stolen, wasn’t very successful. Then I went to Milan and that was a much more successful trip, which meant I ended up going back to Milan quite regularly. When I decided that I probably should be a little more serious about making money, I went to New York. I thought it would be a good idea to start exploring other options before the modelling business got tired with me — it can be quite unkind as you get older; although in this generation they have really been embracing different ages which is so refreshing to see. I just saw Charlotte Rampling doing something for Givenchy, and she looked great. So I explored a bunch of different things, which brought me back to Toronto". -- source: 1999beauty.com