Lily Cole

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Lily Cole

Date of birth	May 19 1988 (age 20)
Place of birth	Image:Flag of England.svg Torquay, England
Height	5' 10.5" / 179.07 cm
Hair color	Red
Eye color	Blue
Measurements	33.5B UK/U.S. - 24" / 60.96 cm - 36" / 91.44 cm
Dress size	34 EU/4 US/6 UK
Shoe size	40 EU/9 US/7 UK

Lily Cole (born May 19, 1988) is an English supermodel.

Cole's big break came in 2003 when the photographer Steven Meisel's eye was caught by her combination of long limbs, pale skin and fiery red hair. It was on that photoshoot, her first 'only girl' story for Italian Vogue, that Cole was catapulted into the spotlight as one of the leading new faces of the year. Since then, Cole has worked with many other prominent photographers, including Craig McDean, Nick Knight, Juergen Teller, Arthur Elgort, and Irving Penn.

Cole is featured regularly in top fashion magazines such as Vogue (American, Italian, British, Japanese and Korean), Citizen K, and V. She has also appeared on the cover of Numero and twice for British Vogue. In November of 2004, the British Fashion Awards named her 'Model of the Year'. Additionally, Cole has appeared in numerous advertising campaigns for designers such as Prada, Chanel, Christian Lacroix, Hérmes, Longchamp, Cacharel, Topshop, and Anna Sui Cosmetics, as well as being the face for Moschino's perfume 'I Love Love.'

She is a common sight on the catwalks of the international runway circuit and has walked many top shows- Chanel, DKNY, Jean Paul Gaultier, Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, and Louis Vuitton, to name a few.

Cole is part of a new wave of models who have "doll-like" or "elfin" features along with Heather Marks, Gemma Ward, and Devon Aoki. She is also one of very few red-headed models, others being Cintia Dicker, Jessica Stam (who currently sports blond hair), and Karen Elson.

In February 2006, Indiewire.com broke the news that Marilyn Manson planned to star Cole in his upcoming movie Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll. Shorts from the movie have been featured on his website and a feature length film is also planned.

[edit] Background

Cole was born in Torquay, England, and raised in London with her two siblings. A chance encounter began her modelling career when she was fourteen. She was walking through the streets of Soho after a hamburger with friends when scout-turned actor Benjamin Hart approached her. Cole ran, fearing she was being chased by 'some dodgy guy' but after being asked to consider modelling, she accepted and was signed on with Storm Models, the mother agency of supermodels such as Kate Moss and Cindy Crawford.

Despite her successful modelling career, Cole retains a commitment to her education - achieving almost straight 'A's in her A-level examinations in English, Politics, and Philosophy and Ethics at Hammersmith Latymer Upper. She gained a place to read Social and Political Sciences at King's College, Cambridge, but deferred entry until 2007. [1]