Ali Michael life and biography

Ali Michael is an American Fashion model. She won the Fashion!Dallas/Kim Dawson Model Search contest in 2005.

Agencies:
* New York DNA
* Paris Viva
* Milan Why Not
* London Viva London

Career Highlights:

2004: Begins dating David Broderick, guitarist of local Texas band Kingfish
2006:
- Signs with DNA Models
- Appears in an Italian Elle editorial
2007:
- Withdraws from Grapevine High School with one semester left to focus on her modeling career
- Debuts on the fall New York runway, opening for 3.1 phillip lim and Alice Roi
- Walks the fall Marc by Marc Jacobs show in London; Michael names Jacobs as her favorite designer
- Opens the fall Lanvin show in Paris in a bright fuchsia dress
- Style.com features Michael as a rising star of fall 2007
- Meets Anna Wintour after the Vogue editor personally asks to congratulate her on her fall show season
- Appears in W editorial on fresh new faces, photographed by Craig McDean
- David Sims photographs Michael for GF Gianfranco Ferré
- Thierry le Goues photographs Michael for the fall cover of French Revue de Modes
- Appears in Harper’s Bazaar editorial, photographed by Terry Tsiolis
- Appears in a Teen Vogue editorial
- Featured in a W editorial, photographed by Mario Sorrenti
- Signs with Why Not agency in Milan
- Walks the spring Chanel, Christian Dior, Karl Lagerfeld, and Lanvin shows in Paris
2008:
- Becomes the face of Sportmax
- Appears in Vogue feature on eyebrows, photographed by the legendary Richard Avedon
- Featured on the cover of Teen Vogue alongside Chanel Iman and Karlie Kloss, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
- Closes the fall Y & Kei show in New York, also walks for 3.1 phillip lim, DKNY, and Marc by Marc Jacobs
- Featured in The Wall Street Journal on being sent home from Paris fashion week for "her legs were too plump" (28 FEB)
- Appears in two editorials for Italian Vogue, photographed by Paolo Roversi
- DNA Models promotes Michael from New Faces to Women
- Appears in Russian Vogue editorial with a chimpanzee and parrots, photographed by KT Auleta
- Appears on the Today show and speaks about the pressure to be thin as a model (14 MAY)
- Featured on the cover of Spur, photographed by Patric Shaw
- Moves to New York
- Signs fragrance contract with Lanvin's Jeanne Lanvin
- Tom Munro photographs Michael for Anna Sui alongside Agnete Hegelund
- Mario Testino photographs Michael for Lord & Taylor, alongside her Teen Vogue cover counterparts Chanel Iman and Karlie Kloss
- Featured on the fall cover of Lula, photographed by Yelena Yemchuk
- Opens the spring Louise Goldin show in London; also walks for Burberry, Fendi, Balenciaga, Christian Dior, and Karl Lagerfeld in Milan and Paris
- Appears in Vogue editorial with Arlenis Sosa and Behati Prinsloo, photographed by Dusan Reljin
- Appears in editorials for Vogue and Numéro
2009:
- Terry Richardson photographs Michael for the French Vogue calendar
- Becomes the face of Coach
- Featured on the cover of Italian Flair, photographed by Magnus Unnar
- Featured on the cover of Latin American Vogue, photographed by Paola Kudacki
- Skips Fashion Week in New York, London, Milan, and Paris
- Featured on the covers of French Mixte and Wallpaper
- Appears in editorials for French Elle and Russian Vogue
- Walks the spring 3.1 phillip lim, Burberry, Sonia Rykiel, Emanuel Ungaro, and Yohji Yamamoto shows in New York, London, and Paris
2010:
- Catherine Servel photographs Michael for the spring issue of Lula
- Appears in Italian Elle editorial, photographed by Amanda de Cadenet

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