Sophie Ward (model)

Infobox Model
name = Sophie Ward

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height = height|ft=6|in=1.5
haircolor = Brown
eyecolor = Blue
measurements = 33-24-34.5 (in)
84-62-87.5 (cm)
weight =
dress size = 34 (EU); 4 (US); 6 (UK)
shoesize = 41 (EU); 9 (US); 7 (UK)

Sophie Claire Ward (born 7 August 1985) is an Australian fashion model.

Biography

Sophie Ward was born in Perth, Western Australia, as the first child of Gary and Claire Ward. She is older sister of model Gemma Ward and she has younger twin brothers, Oscar and Henry Ward.

Career

Ward was discovered in 2003 in Perth while in the audience of the "Search for a Supermodel" contest. Judges asked why she was not competing, and she explained that she was there only to watch her younger sister Gemma, who had reached the top 10 of the contest. Her sister's agency offered to represent her, and within several weeks Ward had won her first competition, the "City Face Competition."

Ward has worked for such magazines as Italian Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Australian Vogue, Follow and Mark magazines. She has been a regular at Fashion Weeks in both Sydney and Melbourne. She has been booked by many designers such as Tsubi, Toni Maticevski, Rebecca Dawson, Alex Perry, Michelle Jank, Tina Kalivas, Alice McCall, Mad Cortes and Scanlan & Theodore. In 2006 Sophie was booked for both London and Paris Haute Couture Fashion Weeks, working with designers such as Giorgio Armani and Diane von Fürstenberg through the IMG agency.

Ward is well known in the industry for her dedication to study. In 2006 she completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Western Australia, majoring in English and European Studies. She also took Philosophy, Linguistics and Anthropology.Fact|date=April 2008 Ward was published as a writer at 19 in Mark Magazine (2004), and following this wrote for Follow and Australian Vogue (2004) in an issue that was co-edited by her sister.Fact|date=April 2008

She has also art directed several music videos, including Ghostwood's 'Red Version' in 2007.

References

External links

*fashionmodel |id=Sophie_Ward|name=Sophie Ward
* [http://www.imgmodels.com/details.asp?ar=2459&sl=&im=&subnameid=2459&subid=2459&modelid=102407&agencyid=9121&sexid=2&careerid=1&curpage=1&letter=s&areaid=&txtsoftsearch=&srch=/ Sophie Ward on IMG Models]
* [http://www.vogue.com.au/people_parties/events/2007/collette_dinnigan_resort_2008_show/ Sophie Ward at the Collette Resort 2008]
* [http://www.papercastlepress.com/ Sophie Ward's Publishing Company]

Persondata
NAME=Ward, Sophie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian model
DATE OF BIRTH=3 November 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH=Perth, Australia
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=