Abbey Lee Kershaw

By Rosko P.Coldchain

Melbourne girl and supermodel Abbey Lee Kershaw is the hottest thing in fashion at the moment. 

Best known for her big, wide-set blue eyes and sweet, angelic face (what I wouldn't give to have some face time with this 24-year-old beauty) she is currently 5th on a Top 50 Models Women list.

In 2007, Lee signed with Next Management and by March had moved to New York City where she turned heads debuting in New York Fashion Week with her Lauren Hutton–esque gap tooth and her pierced nose and nipple. She managed to walk a total of 29 shows at New York, walking for designers such as Oscar de la Renta, Halston, and, notably, closing for Rodarte.

Kershaw was booked as a Gucci exclusive, impressive for her first time show in Milan Fashion Week. Later that year, in September, Abbey Lee took a major spill at the spring Rodarte show in New York. Regardless, it did not affect her booking runways shows.

During Paris Fashion Week, Abbey Lee fainted at the Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2009 Runway just as she was about to exit the runway.

Abbey Lee stars in the fragrance ads for Gucci's new 'Flora' scent and has been the face of Gucci's 'Flora' fragrance for two consecutive years, she has also been a part of their advertising campaigns since 2008.

She appeared in the Victoria's Secret 2008 Fashion Show in Miami and the 2009 Fashion Show in New York City.

Kershaw was forced to take a lilttle holiday from the modeling world in 2009 missing shows due to a knee injury, she had torn ligaments and could barely walk. She had been ignoring the pain since summer 2009 until returning back to Australia in December to have the ligaments removed.

Abbey made her return to the modeling world later that year featuring in an explicit shoot for the French magazine Purple Fashion. The infamous spread, shot by photographer Terry Richardson, caused outrage in the blogosphere, where Richardson was accused of persuading the girls for his own sexual satisfaction.

In his defense Kershaw said, “Terry doesn’t force girls to do anything they don’t want to. He puts you in a G-string in a pile of mud because you want to do it. You touch yourself because you want to. For me, that shoot was the truth about how things were between us both, and I felt good doing it. I’m not ashamed of it - why should I be?”. It all sounds a little lowbrow, but the photos look (cough cough) amazing!