ELISA'S ELLE EXTRA

The gorgeous Elisa Sednaoui stars on this month's Elle Extra cover from Italy, with a profile on the budding actress featured inside. With her beautiful new pics from Surface magazine (Dan Martensen) also out now and her latest film Bus Palladium (directed by Christopher Thompson) premiering in the spring, she's ready for a busy few months...

MELODIE for VOGUE ITALIA

The amazing Melo is creating a major stir right now - off the back of a sizzling SS10 show season she is piling up the key autumn editorials. We've only just stopped raving about her Numero (Greg Kadel), following on from appearances in French Vogue, Pop and Wonderland, and now here's a beautifully arresting profile shot for Vogue Italia, photographed by the brilliant Emma Summerton...

MEET THE ELITE!!!!

L-R - Julia Saner (SUI), Emily Smith (UK), Simona Andrejic (SER)

Industry bible www.models.com has been quick off the mark to celebrate the incredible new girls that have emerged from the 2009 Eilte Model Look contest. Following last month's world final in China, we're already working with many of the fab girls we met through this year's event, and as always there will be many more following in the footsetps of Cindy, Gisele, Linda, who are all alumni of our contest.

Read the models.com verdict HERE

L-R - Manon Pieto (FR), Barbie (CHN), Caterina Ravaglia (ITA)

EGLE for VOGUE AUSTRALIA

Will Davidson's atmospheric, textured shots for November's Vogue Australia capture an elegant and poised Egle. Entitled "From Dusk 'til Dawn," the showcase of the season's architectural shapes is as graceful and alluring as it is dark and moody - we love it!

Photographed by Will Davidson

Styled by Naomi Smith

BEHIND THE SCENES IN SANYA

Elite Model Look's World Final was held last month in tropical Sanya, southern China. Here's a taster of the 2 week model 'boot camp' that lead up to the gala finale...

SIGRID STRIKES AGAIN

It's been another busy couple of months for the season's most in-demand girl, Sigrid Agren. Proving that the industry's love affair with ultra-glamorous and classically beautiful girls is far from over, October's NUMERO saw her channel noirish elegance in Sebastien Kim's 'Shadows' story, and now she is upping her campaign tally for the season in the gorgeous new shots for YSL Beauty's Holiday 2009...

Sigrid for Numero (Oct '09) by Sebastien Kim

ELITE LONDON JOINS FORCES WITH T4's STARS OF 2009!

ELITE LONDON are proud to announce that we will be joining forces with T4 to start our hunt for the NEXT BRITISH SUPERMODEL! Our expert scouts will be hunting down the faces of the future at T4's Stars of 2009 show on 29th November, and could pick YOU out of the crowd to strut your stuff in a glamorous live catwalk show on the day.


The girl that our jury experts from Elite and Rimmel select as the ‘walk-off’ winner will be catapulted to the semi-finals of the renowned Elite Model Look contest, and have a shot at winning the competition that launched the careers of Cindy Crawford and Linda Evangelista.


T4’s Stars of 2009 will be presented by Steve Jones, Miquita Oliver and Rick Edwards, and takes place on Sunday 29th November at Earls Court, London. Top music acts that have been announced so far including JLS, Sugababes,Alexandra Burke, Calvin Harris, La Roux, Diversity, Tinchy Stryder and Chipmunk, with more acts to be announced in the coming weeks.


Tickets for the event are on sale now and selling fast so potential models are advised to get in now before they miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime. Visit T4's site HERE for more information and ticket details.

NOW IN TOWN: JULIA JOHANSEN

Welcome to London to beautiful Julia Johansen. The 20 year old from Finland will be meeting London clients for the next few weeks, and with those pretty freckles and perfect pout we're sure they're going to fall for her straight away!

ONE TO WATCH: KELLY MOREIRA

ANOTHER amazing girl from Elite Model Look? Yes please! Meet Kelly Moreira, who sent her photos in for the contest just 3 months ago. When the SS10 show season got underway she was preparing for the Elite Model Look France Final, and by the time the circus rolled into Paris she was the must-book new face of the season, racking up appearances at Lanvin, Yves Saint Laurent and Dries Van Noten. Absolutely one to watch, and we can't wait to see her in London soon...

Kelly rocks Lanvin in her debut season

AMY for NIVEA

Hot on the heels of her work with Bourjois, The Body Shop and Avon, Amy Hanson's latest beauty campaign is for Nivea's cosmetic collaboration with luxury lingerie giant Chantal Thomass. Our very English Amy pulls of this very sexy campaign in style... and we love that trademark Chantal Thomass wig!! Have a look at the print campaign on Nivea's mini-site HERE and see the TV commercial below.

A BIG NIGHT IN CHINA

ELITE MODEL LOOK WORLD FINAL

The contest started with 350'000 worldwide applicants... the final 70 spent two weeks at model boot camp in beautiful southern China and after were eventually whittled down from 70 to15. On the night of the final show, the top four new faces for the Elite network were named... congratulations girls, and especially to our Emily!

The girls can look forward to an exciting future at the very top of the fashion industry, after all they are following in the footsetps of supermodel greats Cindy, Gisele, Christy and Linda, who all got their big break at ELITE MODEL LOOK. And current campaign queens Sigrid, Constance and Denisa all started here too... the future looks bright!

BLANKA'S AUTUMN TV CAMPAIGN FOR DEBENHAMS

We love our beautiful brunette Blanka's slinky new TV commercial for Debenhams, currently airing across all major channels....

OUTI IS ONE 2 WATCH

It doesn't seem possible that just a couple of months ago 16 year old Outi Ranua was finishing school in a village in Finland, but after we snapped her up in that scout's paradise of Topshop Oxford Circus, this glacial new face hasn't looked back. See her now at The Ones to Watch where she features in Nadya Wasylko's story - It's Not What She Said... it's How She Said It.

ELITE MODEL LOOK - THE WINNERS

17 year old Julia celebrates her win

We've already been shouting about the brilliant Emily Smith's podium placing at the Elite Model Look World Final in Sanya at the weekend, but we met so many great Elite girls of the future at the event that we couldn't wait to start sharing some of them too...

L-R: Manon, Caterina, Emily & Julia

We loved all 4 of the winners - 1st place went to classically elegant Julia Saner from Switzerland, 2nd to the elfin Caterina Ravaglia from Italy, and 3rd jointly between our Emily and the amazonian Manon Pieto from France, all perfect examples of the kind of girls we expect from Elite Model Look. Our team also liked the Serbian contestant Simona, Spanish girl Gracia, and Sarah J from the US. 


Keep an eye on our FACEBOOK PAGE for full photo albums of the 2 week event...

A DOROTHEA DOUBLE BILL!

Dorothea for Burberry Blue Label

Given Dorothea's flood of current editorials - see her in Love, Vogue Japan (both ph. Willy Vanderperre), Vogue Italia (ph. Steven Meisel), and W (ph. Paolo Roversi) all out now - it's amazing she had time to fit in anything else, but somehow she's squeezed the Burberry Blue campaign into her schedule. Photographed by Lachlan Bailey and styled by Elliott Smedley, we think she bears more than a little resemblance to Burberry girl Emma Watson in the new shots. She's also seriously in-demand in her home market of Sweden too, and with work like this new advertorial for H&M, we can see why.

H&M for Elle, ph. Andreas Sjodin

ELITE GIRLS SHINE IN PARIS

We love a good bit of fashion spectacle, and for SS10 the showdown was surely a dead heat between Alexander McQueen and Viktor and Rolf. McQueen's digitally printed minidresses were almost outshone by the incredible shoes, apocalyptic backstory and film prequel, while Vicktor and Rolf showed pretty much the most architectural pieces on the schedule, offset with a giant globe and the seasons' top musical cameo from Roisin Murphy. With 6 Elite London girls in McQueen (Constance, Charlotte, Kate, Yulia, Egle and Anastasija) and 3 in V&R (Olga, Constance and Egle) our loyaties are divided - we're just pleased that nobody did a Naomi on those terrifying heels!

Yulia Lobova at Alexander McQueen SS10 and Olga Sherer for Viktor & Rolf SS10

See the full McQueen show on the SHOWstudio website and watch the Viktor and Rolf show on their own site HERE 

MELO ON THE RISE

Matthew Williamson SS10

Melo Dagault's busy year looks like getting even more hectic after a stellar show season... some of our favourite London moments for this sweetest of the new French girls included turns at Matthew Williamson and Louise Goldin - whose architectural shapes suited Melo's powerful look perfectly. She's already been shot by the likes of Demarchelier, Bruce Weber and Emma Summerton, and with Numero (shot by Greg Kadel) and Pop (with Tung Walsh) out now we are predicting a manic end of the year for this much in-demand madamoiselle.

Numero 106, Sept09 ph. Greg Kadel

Louise Goldin SS10

EMILY DOES UK PROUD AT EML WORLD FINAL

Just in from China - great news that one of our UK contestants, Emily Smith has won the 2nd runner up spot at the Elite Model Look World Final.

15 year old Hampshire girl Emily impressed the jury over 2 weeks of photo shoots and events, culminating in the showpiece final in Sanya tonight. Her incredible skin and hair and classic English look won over agents from across the entire Elite network – some of the guests at the event loved her so much that they even booked her for her first editorial and shot it the day after the final! We’ll be looking out for her in the January issue of Flavor…

Congratulations Emily, and also to our two other Elite London contestants Beth and Nyasha, who also did the agency and themselves proud.

KATE STRIDES UP A STORM

Kate Somers knocked out a serious sleeper season, quietly sneaking up every casting director's wishlist and turning in an SS10 featuring a bunch of top drawer shows. She started off with the Marc Jacobs double in New York, booked her way through the likes of Luella and all the hot one-to-watch shows in London, turned in a slick stride for Moschino C&C in Milan, and rounded things off with a major Paris - Comme de Garcons, McQueen and Louis Vuitton all featured in this girl's busy October diary. With 3 Dazed editorials and a couple of classy campaigns already under her belt, we can't wait to see what this quirky Canadian will do next...

ELITE ♥ CHINA

It’s a busy week for the network as Elite agents and scouts from all over the globe descend on southern China for the Elite 26^th Model Look World Final. After the success of our inaugural Elite Model Look UK this August, we are thrilled to have 3 girls representing Elite London at the World Final. We wish all the best to Nyasha Matonhodze, Emily Smith and Bethany Leader (below, left to right), who have spent the last 2 weeks with the rest of the contestants preparing for the final in the beautiful beach resort of Sanya. We’re also keeping an eye out for the Czech contestant Marketa Fridichova – we liked her so much when we saw her pictures from her national final that we snapped her up straight away.

Follow the contest at the Elite Model Look World Final website HERE


GOOD LUCK GIRLS!

CONSTANCE IS SS10’s MOST WANTED WALK!

Of the moment Constance Jablonski booked the most shows of any girl across the SS10 season, according to the Fashion Spot’s seasonal rundown. With a staggering 72 shows across the 4 cities, the appetite for Miss J shows no signs of slowing down, and after seeing her through as many as 7 shows in a single day in London we couldn’t be happier to see Constance and her killer stride out there in front. Her highlights included (New York), Paul Smith (London), (Milan), (Paris).  Other Elite girls who made the magic 10 included Charlotte di Calpyso (number 6) and Dorothea Barth-Jorgensen (number 10).

HELLO FEI FEI!

We are pleased to welcome our first Chinese model to the board at Elite London - Fei Fei Sun joins us from Elite China, having won the Elite Model Look China contest last year and placing 3rd in the 2008 World Final. She's already on her second Shanghai Tang campaign and has Vogue China hitting newsstands very soon. In the meantime this fab new editorial on her is just in...

Welcome, Fei Fei!

ANASTASIJA'S HAIR RAISING SEASON

Anastasija Kondratjeva wound up her show season this weekend with yet another incredible hairstyle at Louis Vuitton, topping off a season of epic hair. From a Japanese style topknot at Marc Jacobs to architecural cones at McQueen and the giant bleached wig at Vuitton, Anastasija has pulled off a string of fabulous looks. But not only can she rock the most extreme of the coiffeurs fantasies, she was just as great in the elegant 1930s look at Dries Van Noten and in Sophia Kokosolaki's tousled style as well. This girl is versatile! We're sure that like all the show girls, her hair is ready for a rest though!

SESSILEE GETS HOTLISTED

Grazia's review of London Fashion Week was good news for Sessilee Lopez, who they named as their top model to watch for the SS10 season. Eagle eyes from their fashion team then, as Sessilee went on to book some big-hitting catwalk appearances in Milan and Paris, including Dolce & Gabbana, Hermes, and the opening slot at Jean Paul Gaultier.

Read the full story HERE

ELITE GET INTO THE FAST LANE!

There's nothing like a traffic-jammed taxi to ruin a good fashion week, but luckily Elite girls had a far sexier way of negotiating the gridlocked roads around Somerset House, thanks to Marque2, who were kind enough to lend us some of their fabulous luxury supercars to make sure our girls hit the runways in style.

Find out more about Marque 2 and membership access to their range of prestigious sports cars by clicking HERE

Below: Egle T shows off her slinky Maserati Granturismo to Micki from Elite New York after the 2812 show

Below: The Ferrari 430 Spider attracted as much attention as Dorothea as she rolled up for her Burberry appearance

DOROTHEA STEPS IT UP

When Dorothea Barth Jorgensen last visited London she was on a serious wave of success - she finished up FW09 with over 40 shows to her name AND an exclusive with Miuccia Prada. Since then she's racked up 10 Magazine, W Magazine with Craig McDean, Vogue Italia with Steven Meisel, who then booked her for the Alberta Ferretti campaign, and she's already got two October editorials out - Vogue Japan with Willy Vanderperre and W again, this time with Paolo Roversi. In-demand!

After a knockout New York we didn't even need to try to book Dorothea for London so when she arrived we put her in the fastest car available to get her around her shows - Pringle, Topshop Unique and THREE looks at Burberry, including the amazing silver coat, were her highlights.

 

Dorothea did London in a Ferrari 430 Spider, courtesy of Marque 2. Click HERE for more.

BREAKOUT SEASON - JUSTINE BOOMER

Every season it's exciting to see who will really come alive and start making their mark during shows, and this season we were thrilled with the progress of new recruit Justine Boomer. The 17 year old Canadian caused a stir when she first walked in to the agency, and our gut feelings were right as she booked a fantastic first season, topped off by an appearance for Luella and the responsibility of the key piece in her countryman Todd Lynn's incredible show. She's heading to Paris now, but we're looking forward to having her back in London very soon!

NEW SCHOOL GLAM - DENISA D

Another one of our fab Czech girls, Denisa Dvorakova has been building on a strong year including 10 Magazine and the current LK Bennett campaign with a great showing at LFW. She and Sessilee bagged themselves one of our favourite cars from the collection we borrowed in association with Marque2, and made like movie stars zipping round town in their biggest shades. Denisa's look translated perfectly at Jasper Conran, where the red lips and big hair were reminiscent of old school Hollywood glamour, and the slick look at Osman was another of our favourite looks on her.

CHARLOTTE di CALYPSO STORMS LONDON

We were thrilled to welcome Charlotte di Calypso to the Elite London ranks just in time for LFW, and we couldn't have been happier with her first season with us. She and close buddy Constance Jablonski raced around town in their Maserati Gransport (courtesy of Marque2) booking up an absolute storm - including Matthew Williamson, Erdem, Issa, Paul Smith, and Julien Macdonald. Our favourite Charlotte moment? the green lip at Paul Smith was a look few girls could pull off so well, and her sequinned hotpants at Matthew Williamson were just wicked!

Charlotte hits the show circuit in her sexy Maserati. See more at http://www.marque2.com/

VA-VA-VOOM VIVIENNE

Vivienne Westwood's Red Label collection was as eye catchingly- crazy as ever, a heady mix of her signature tailoring, tea dresses, and shorts of various dimensions, all set off by a rowdy selection of accessories (we loved Pixie's Viv-homage glasses) and hairstyling. Sigail, continuing a super strong season, led the way for the Elite girls, with Fabienne, Cassandra and Julie D also featuring in the show.

Cassandra, who turned up so well styled that some of the press thought she had been dressed for the show BEFORE hair and makeup!

Amsterdam-born Fabienne has worked almost every single day since she arrived in London, and her natural Westwood curves made her a quick booking for this show!

After opening Gwen Stefani's L.A.M.B collection in New York, British girl Julie D's quirky edge is certainly making her an SS10 favourite

CZECH HER OUT...

One of our hottest new faces to watch is Czech beauty Barbora Dvorakova - having already walked for the likes of Prada and Vivienne Westwood last season we were ready for a big SS10 season for her, and she didn't disappoint, with Burberry the first to snap her up (before she even arrived in town!) One of a cast of fresh young faces for the future (including Dorothea), Barbora rocked some of the best pieces in the show, including the blue draped skirt and killer lurex trousers. And of course she rolled up to all her shows in every supermodel-in-the-making's essential accessory - an eye catching car!

Read more about the Burberry cast HERE

Elite ♥ PPQ!

The first big 'event' of the London season, PPQ went for wow factor by choosing all-black casting for their show. Which worked out great for Elite - we had 5 girls out on the runway in front of the usual celeb-heavy PPQ front row: Sessilee, Shantelle, Adama, Georgie and Sigail. Loving the retro inspired feel of the collection too!

ABOVE: Sessilee opens the show, Georgie B gets that amazing hair in place, and Adama strikes a pose

ANASTASIJA FEELS THE 'LOVE'

We loved Proenza Schoulder's NY show, all skate style influences and electro-grunge colours... even in the hair! The choice of purple and blue streaked locks went down a storm with Love Magazine, who tracked the trend on their blog, featuring Anastasija K. Also in the show from Elite London - Egle, Constance and Dorothea.

Click here to read the full story LOVE MAGAZINE BLOG

DOROTHEA WOWS NY.. AGAIN!

W magazine have profiled Dorothea Barth Jorgensen as 'This Week's Model' in their online edition, and we can see why. After a huge opening season in February she's storming New York Fashion Week again, having already chalked up Proenza Schouler, Rodarte, Marc by Marc and DKNY among others. We can't wait to see her in London next week! Read the full profile at http://www.wmagazine.com 

GEORGIE'S CHANEL TURN

Georgie Wass's showcase of the new Chanel cosmetics line is a gorgeous Venetian themed affair. The finished product feels more like a painting than a photo, which will add yet another dimension to a book already bursting with great editorial. The images run in the new issue of Let Them Eat Cake, and we are in with love the preview at the Telegraph's website... 


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/6132801/Chanel-launches-new-make-up-collection.html?image=2 

PREENED TO PERFECTION

Our first NYFW sighting of Constance came at the Preen show yesterday, where she made her mark in a space age metallic piece that is giving us serious body AND outfit envy! Preen declined to return home to London this season, but with such a great reception in New York, we can see why. The show also featured Dorothea and Olga...

ELITE GIRLS @ ARISE: AFRICA'S FASHION COLLECTIVE

Elite has been a big supporter of Arise magazine since its launch earlier this year, so we were thrilled to see Sessilee's cover for the new edition projected on the catwalk at the Arise: Promise of Africa Collective show at New York Fashion Week yesterday. And we were very proud to see Sessilee, Sigail and Georgie B, all of whom who have featured in Arise this year, strutting their stuff on the catwalk for the show itself, which showcased the work of four designers from across the African continent. Good job girls!

OVER IN NYC...

Show season got underway yesterday and we were pleased to see some Elite London girls on day 1 in New York. Our favourite sightings of the day were at BCBG Max Azria, where Dorothea Barth Jorgensen got her season off to a strong start, Olivia and Sigail looking slick in Elie Tahari's collection, and Juile Dumont opening Gwen Stefani's L.A.M.B show.

SCOUTING WITH COSMO

We were very happy to see our scouts profiled hard at work in the October issue of Cosmopolitan. One of the girls who was found while we were working with Cosmo was lovely Rachel Marston from Manchester, who went on to become one of our Elite Model Look winners, and is now one of our models! Congratulations and welcome, Rachel!

www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/elite

AS PRETTY AS THEIR PICTURES

We are very proud to have such multi-talented models at Elite... not only do we have nutritional therapists, charity fundraisers and Oxford students, but we have some super talented artists too. Londoner Nichola Czyz has been sending us some new sketches inspired by her travels, while Hana Jirickova has somehow found time to exhibit her work in New York - she is showing at Collective Hardware, 169 Bowery St, NY10002 from September 11th.

HERIKA GETS THE LONDON LOOK

One of our recent main board additions is Herika Fernanda do Noronha. She may be all the way from Brazil, but Herika (far left) has been getting the London look with her recent appearance in the new Rimmel cosmetics campaign. We think she makes a perfect London girl!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO!

HELLO KATE!

Elite London are pleased to announce that we are now representing the gorgeous Kate Somers. And we are even happier that after several amazing show seasons on the spin (Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, Lanvin, Louis Vuitton...) runway favourite Kate will be arriving in town next week for London Fashion Week!

EGLE for ELLE

Egle Tvirbutaite shows why she's one of the best movers in the business in the new US edition of Elle, where she showcases the hottest American design talent ahead of New York Fashion Week. Photographed by Richard Bush, styled by Sarah Richardson.

ELITE'S SUNDAY STYLE

This weekend's Sunday Time Style looks ahead to London Fashion Week, profiling the best designers to emerge from the London schedule. Victor deMello's story features four fab Elite London girls showcasing the likes of Preen, John Galliano, Roland Mouret, Pam Hogg, and Gareth Pugh. We're looking forward to seeing the girls showcasing the next generation of LFW designers on the SS10 catwalks in just a couple of weeks time...

Photographer: Victor de Mello
Styling: Olly Paton

Elite London models: Kaja, Elen, Simona, Katy

SESSILEE RISING...

With show season just around the corner it's a great time for our girls to be out there rocking some hot editorial... and Sessilee has some major action going on in the September issues! As well as the i-D cover we posted a few days ago she is also out in Steven Meisel's theatrical "Performance" story in Italian Vogue, in Dazed & Confused (by Atlanta Rascher), and on the cover of Arise, out next week, where she's seriously working the 80's power dressing vibe...

POP-TASTIC

The relaunched Pop is an an absolute fashion feast of top Elite London girls.. not one but THREE of our favourites appear in Dasha Zhukova's first issue at the helm.Olga Sherer is pure vamp in Tung Walsh's story, Melodie Dagault is striking yet ethereal in Hosue of Clouds, also with Tung, while Constance is looking so amazing in Sean & Seng's "Vicarage" story that even we found it hard to turn the page!

BEAUTY QUEEN

Our homegrown gem Amy Hanson has been busy keeping the beuaty market in business recently - she currently has two major cosmetics campaigns out for Bourjois and Nivea, following up on recent work for The Body Shop. And there's Avon on the way too!

THE BIG APPLE LOVES OUTI

Remember meeting our fantastic new face Outi Ranua a few posts ago? She's is stirring up a storm stateside ahead of the show season, no surprise when you take a look at these super-strong new pictures that just arrived from New York...

SUZIE BIRD LANDS IN LONDON

We love Suzie Bird, another great Elite girl now with us in London. With editorials in Vogue Italia, V Magazine and Love Magazine already under her belt this summer, and the FW09 Temperley campaign to her name too, we think she's a major one to watch...

HELLO GIRLS... LISA CANT + ANASTASIJA KONDRATJEVA JOIN ELITE LONDON

The two latest additions to Elite London's main board are the fabulous Lisa Cant, one of fashion's most recognisable faces and the face of Juicy Couture, and rising star Anastasija Kondratjeva, in London this week and shooting main fashion for both British and Russian editions of Vogue. Hello girls!

OLGA for MARC JACOBS

Olga Sherer is back to brunette again in Juergen Teller's latest for Marc Jacobs. Love those boots!

DOROTHEA by MEISEL

After shooting her in his 80's homage "All Tomorrow's Parties" in June's Vogue Italia, Steven Meisel shoots Dorothea Barth Jorgensen again, this time for Alberta Ferretti's beautifully textured FW90 campaign...

WELCOME CHARLOTTE!

Elite London are pleased to welcome Charlotte di Calypso to the agency! Already an Elite girl in Paris and across Europe we are thrilled to have her join us here in London. Here's her classy turn in the Ralph Lauren FW09 campaign...

CONSTANCE & EGLE for BENETTON

Constance takes a break from the sexy sophistication of her FW09 campaigns so far for a fresh-faced and fun turn for Benetton, shot by David Sims and also featuring Egle Tvirbutaite. Keep an eye on those billboards for the new campaign, reminiscent of a more innocent Calvin Klein Jeans story.

SIGRID'S CLEAN SWEEP

Sigrid's campaigns just keep flooding in for FW09... she's simple and slinky in Calvin Klein by Craig McDean, fresh and glowing in Chloe by Mikael Jansson, and fiercely striking in Karl Lagerfields's own label campaign, shot by the great man himself.

SESSILEE: PRETTY YOUNG THING

Sessilee Lopez is a cover star for September's I-D Magazine, featuring in Emma Summerton's visceral story shot here in our east London backyard. We love the mischeivous mood of the graphic cover, and this shot from the story itself deserves extra attention for that incredible hair!

FRANCAISES AU TOP!

We're so proud that so many of our fabulous French girls appear in Vogue Paris's hot new faces profile. And even more excited that they'll all be here in London shortly showing walking up a storm at London Fashion Week!

Left to right: Melodie Dagault, Constance Jablonski, Charlotte DiCalyspso, Sigrid Agren, Jen Messelier

STELLA-R SIGRID

Sigrid Agren continues her ascent into fashion's stratosphere topping off a busy summer of editorials (including June's I-D cover with Alasdair McLellan) with a smoking hot collection of FW09 campaigns. We especially love her in Stella McCartney, shot by Ryan McGinley, and in Steven Meisel's beautiful Bottega Veneta shots.

MOSCHINO ♥ ELITE

Elisa isn't the only Elite girl working the Moschino campaign trail, as our Constance is pushing an elegant 1940s feel in the mainline campaign, also shot by Tom Munro. She's also been busy vamping it up in Mario Sorrenti's FW09 shots for Cesare Paciotti...

DENISA FOR LK BENNETT

Denisa Dvorakova smoulders in the new LK Bennett campaign, shot by Horst Diekgerdes.

ELISA JOINS ELITE

Elite London are delighted to be representing the gorgeous Elisa Sednaoui - model ,actress and all round girl we love. Between wrapping the new Christopher Thompson movie, due out next spring, and starring in a video directed by Christian Louboutin for his new LA store, Elisa managed to fit in the latest campaign for Love Moschino, shot by Tom Munro.

AND THE WINNERS ARE.....

After intense deliberations the judges reached their decisions.

Rachel Marston from Manchester was our 3rd place winner.... the lovely Beth Leader from Liverpool came 2nd, and Northampton's Nyasha Matonhodze, the second youngest in the contest, was our EML UK winner! Laura Davenport from Wiltshire won the Miss Sixty prize, and of course ALL the girls were winners for Elite London... they worked so hard this week and we're super-proud of them all!

SHOWTIME!

The 11 finalists strutted their stuff in a great show... featuring swimwear by La Senza, designer dresses by Kirstimairie, and a final showstopping catwalk featuring Miss Sixty's FW09 collection straight from the New York runway.
VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE TO SEE THE FULL SHOW!

THE FINAL...

EML UK arrived in London's trendy Shoreditch on Wednesday for the final show... the 11 contestants spent the day working that walk and getting read for the main event...

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!

ELITE MODEL LOOK UK FINAL... We spent Monday black-cabbing around town turning our 11 beautiful finalists into models. The week started with some good old fun stuff... hairdressers, facials, manicures.. and then on Tuesday we put ourselves into the hands of photographer Luciano and superstylist Angie for the amazing final shoot.
Shoot Credits:
Photography: Luciano Insua
Stylist: Angie Smith
Hair: Amy, KiKi and Massey @ Percy & Reed, + Claire Grech @ ESHK
Makeup: Roberta Kearsey & team @ Jemma Kidd Professional Team
Thanks to lovely SNAP studios

THE EML SEMI FINAL

Armed with a mountain of Miss Sixty, shoes from Faith and a ton of makeup and hair goodies from our friends at Jemma Kidd, Jelly Pong Pong and Charles Worthington, we piled into lovely Holborn Studios for a massive modelling workshop. We started with 25, and be the end there were just 10 lucky ladies left in the running....

ELITE MODEL LOOK SEMI FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!

Elite Model Look is racing towards the conclusion of it's launch year in the UK... the next stage is the semi-final workshop day this Friday. We've picked 25 amazing girls who'll be spending the day with us picking up tricks of the trade from top Elite models and strutting their stuff at their first ever shoot. Here are Florence, Beth and Jessica - some of our favourite finds this year who we'll be putting in front of the camera on Friday....

We want to wish good luck to each and every semi-finalist.... and watch this space next week to see who made the final 10!

FASHION IN MOTION

FIVE Elite London girls rocked Giles's Fashion in Motion show last week... Krystal, Karolina, Elen, Indre and Ismini all looked amazing as they strutted their stuff at the V&A show. Visti Dazed Digital to see the full show, and Giles' backstage video and pics....

http://www.dazeddigital.com/view/default.aspx?Category=19&ArticleID=4136&PageNum=1

OPEN CASTING TOMORROW!

Join us for the LAST Elite Model Look UK casting of the 2009 cycle, your final chance to enter the workd's biggest new faces contest and win the trip of a lifetime to the international final in China!

10am-6pm

St Martin's Lane Hotel

45 St Martin's Lane

London WC2

If you can't make the casting you have until July 19th to apply online.... visit http://www.elitemodellook.co.uk/ for all the details!

GOOD LUCK!

MEET OUTI!

Our super-amazing new face Outi is new in town today and is already hot property with BRITISH VOGUE first out of the blocks to option her!!

The 16 year old from Finland will be based in London, keep an eye on the website for her first pictures!

ARISE PROFILES OUR GIRLS

Issue 5 of Arise Magazine hits newsstands this week, featuring a profile on some of our amazing black girls - Sessilee, Sigail, Sylvie and Georgie, who also featured on the cover of Issue 3. And look our for another Elite cover star on this beautiful magazine next month!

ONES 2 WATCH

New Wave are currently featuring an incredible story by Georgie Mavrikos with our beautiful Cassandra and hot new face Indre... we love it so much we're putting getting it framed for the agency walls! View the full story at http://theones2watch.com/newwave.

Photography: George Mavrikos

Styling: Paul Joyce, assisted by Cat Hocking

Makeup: Elizabeth Hsieh

Sessilee for GAS Jeans

Sessilee and Pete Bolton are hot hot HOT in the Fall/Winter 09 Gas Jeans campaign shot by Josh Olins. We love!

ELITE MODEL LOOK UK... OPEN CASTING 2009!

The Open Casting for Elite Model Look 2009 will be held on July 18th and 19th at St Martin's Lane Hotel. Our scouts and agents will be there from 10am to 6pm both days, waiting to meet you... we are looking for amazing girls of 172cm or taller, aged between 14 and 20 years old. If you think you have the look and attitude to be a top fashion model, come and meet us and register for the world's biggest new faces contest! There's lots up for grabs for the winners, including an amazing photoshoot, the chance to star in a designer fashion show, hookups with the glitterati of the fashion world, plenty of fab fashion and beauty treats, and the trip of a lifetime to China!

Check out www.elitemodellook.co.uk for full details, or to enter online if you can't make the casting.

DOROTHEA for VOGUE ITALIA

Steven Meisel shoots 80s retro, and our Dorothea opens the story in style

EYES & BEHOLDERS.. Dorothea + Sigrid for W

Craig McDean shoots W Magazine June 09

Sessilee for VOGUE ITALIA

Sessilee Lopez stars in this month's Vogue Italia, in an amazing story by Tom Munro

SIGRID for i-D

Our star of the season Sigrid Agren features on this month's i-D cover, photographed by Alasdair McLellan... gorgeous!