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Allure Jan 1995 ph. by Jurgen Teller source: LJ, fashion screen scan: yala agni

Melbguy on tfs quoted an article: Gemma to return to catwalk in 2010 After almost two years away from the limelight and grieving for her friend Heath Ledger, New York-based Perth supermodel Gemma Ward plans to be back on the catwalk next year. Ward also intends to go to university and is taking Shakespearian acting classes. She denied international media reports that she had given up her successful modelling career. "I have not 'quit modelling' and my fans back home can expect to see me back at work modelling and acting in the new year," she said in an email to The West Australian. Her mother Claire Ward revealed that her daughter plans to stay in the US to pursue her acting career and is considering doing a three-year course at the prestigious Yale University. Mrs Ward said the former Nedlands schoolgirl was working towards achieving a long-held ambition to be an actress. "She's 22 years old and has worked incredibly hard," Mrs Ward said. "She's had a very difficult few years personally and now she's having a really lovely time doing things she wants to do and enjoying being young. "She's been doing some great drama theatre courses and is considering doing a three-year course in Yale which is a great possibility. She's making one step at a time." Discovered by a model scout in Perth at 14, Ward had a meteoric rise in the tough world of modelling and catwalks. Her wide-eyed look and doll-like features captured the attention of leading fashion houses and she has done global runway shows for Gucci, Prada, Chanel and Versace. She has appeared on 24 Vogue covers and was the youngest model to feature on the cover of US Vogue at the age of 16. Many would understand how Ledger's sudden death in January 2008 could have prompted Ward to reassess her direction and resurrect the acting ambition she had before she started modelling. Ward's acting aspirations received a boost last year with the success of her first major feature film, The Black Balloon - in which she played the girlfriend of a boy caring for his autistic brother - starring Toni Collette. Mrs Ward said her daughter had visited Rio de Janeiro to see Brazil's shanty towns, or favelas. "She was very interested to see what's behind the glossy facade of Brazil and looking at the slums, with a view to doing something there in the future," she said. Along with her father Gary, the model has visited Malawi with The Hunger Project, an Australian charity which raises funds to build facilities there. Mrs Ward said her daughter recognised that she was very lucky to have made her money from modelling and now wanted to spend time developing herself. Original source

Hopefully not a repost Allure Jan 1995 with Nina Brosh ph. by Mario Testino source: LJ, fashion screen scan: yala agni

So cute, thanks!

If you don't like her, go away :morning:

Apart from usually not having the time, the main reason I don't is that you can upload two bigger, better quality 1.5MB scans than one scan of the same file size. I'd like to add that it's not just "putting the two together", if you don't want it to look weird you just have to do some photoshop on it. That costs time. And then not everyone's got a good photo software or the skills to do it. Also if you don't want to tear your magazine apart but scan the editorial still fixed to the magazine, there'll be a part of that middle piece missing where it's attached to the magazine. I'd rather have two good halfs of Miranda then one badly photoshopped one - Yours is great though, Sumomo, thanks a bunch!

But glad you like her

Thanks a lot for the vid, Steph! She sounds very mature and natural - maybe that's kinda harsh to say but I expected her to be the arrogant glamour girl. Glad she's didn't sound like that at all. She sounded like a nice and down to earth girl who just happen to be stunningly beautiful.

You rock, girls! Thanks for the pics!

Have those been posted? Vogue GR apr 09 ph. by Christos Karantzolas source: bwgreyscale credit: olivia

She's so perfect Vogue US dec 09 ph. by Annie leibovitz source: LJ, ru glamour credit: assainova

I just found those new tests on tfs, she looks absolutely breathtaking! source: tfs credit: youarebeautiful

Fantastic editorial, thanks!

Fantastic pictures everyone, thanks a lot!

Thank you so much for all of those pics

Whoa, so much going on here - thanks for the tons of pics!! source: dr. macro

From "You were never lovelier" source: dr. Macro Bigger pic available at source.

From "The Lady From Shanghai" source: dr. Macro Bigger pic available at source.

Don't know if those are from the show too ... source: tfs credit: subway123

HEY!! This is from Paul & Joe ss 2010 - we missed a whole show, I can't belive it! source: tfs credit: subway123

Vogue US oct 09 source: LJ, fakingfashion

German movie programme for "Shanghai Express" source: retroadv.re.funpic.de

Martini fw 09 source: LJ, assainova

And the point is ...? source: LJ, assainova

For Bergdorf goodman source: tfs credit: Helligirl