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Ali Stephens

Ali Stephens's photoIMAXTREE

Nationality:
American
Birthday:
May 10, 1991
Born in:
Salt Lake City, UT
Lives now:
UT, USA
Agencies:
Elite, Marilyn Agency, Why Not
Known for:
My eyes, my legs
Status:
Good girl, rising star
Friends with:
Ali Michael, Coco Rocha, Courtney Smerski, Daul Kim, Karlie Kloss, Kasia Struss, Lovisa Ingman, Meghan Collison, Taryn Davidson, Toni Garrn
Interests:
Cross-country running, singing

Career

Chloé, 2008

May 10, 1991
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar 2007
Discovered while shopping with her family in Salt Lake
Aug 2007
Signs with Elite, after giving polaroids Video »
Sep 2007
Debuts as an exclusive on the spring Prada runway in Milan Video »
Oct 2007
Opens the spring Chloé show in Paris; also walks for Chanel, Dries van Noten, Givenchy, and Louis Vuitton Video »
Nov 2007
Featured on Hintmag.com’s “Model Mania” as a rising star Story »
2007
Featured in Pop as a rising star, chosen by Russell Marsh, casting director of Prada and Miu Miu
2007
Style.com features Stephens as one of “The Ten,” an emerging group of catwalk stars Story »
Dec 18, 2007
Vmagazine.com features Stephens as the second ranked model of spring 2008 Story »
2008
Becomes the sole face of Chloé, replacing veterans Shalom Harlow and Anja Rubik
2008
Becomes the face of M Missoni
2008
David Sims photographs Stephens for ck by Calvin Klein, replacing Raquel Zimmermann
2008
Models for Gap's worldwide spring ad campaign
2008
Craig McDean photographs Stephens for Prada Sport, with Prada face Sasha Pivovarova and rising star Heidi Mount
Jan 2008
Models as the only girl for the Chloé pre-fall presentation in New York
Jan 2008
Walks the spring Chanel and Givenchy couture shows in Paris
Feb 2008
Walks her first New York Fashion Week opening the fall Calvin Klein show in New York, as an exclusive
Feb 2008
Opens the fall Nicole Farhi and CNC Costume National shows in London and Milan
Feb 2008
Closes the fall CNC Costume National, Roberto Cavalli, and Balenciaga shows in Milan and Paris
Feb 2008
Appears in New York Times T Style Magazine editorial
Feb 2008
Appears in French Vogue editorial, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
Feb 2008
Appears in Numéro beauty editorial, photographed by Liz Collins
Feb 8, 2008
Models.com interviews Stephens and talks about being the most wanted model of the moment Video »
Mar 2008
Featured on her first cover, for Korean W, photographed by David Byun
Mar 2008
Appears in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by David Sims
Apr 2008
Featured on the cover of MUSE, photographed by David Vasiljevic
Apr 2008
Appears in Numéro editorial, photographed by Terry Tsiolis
Apr 2008
French Vogue features Stephens as a top model
Apr 3, 2008
Models.com features Stephens as she receives her own billboard for Calvin Klein on the corner of Houston and Lafayette Street in Manhattan Story »
2008
New York Look magazine features Stephens as "This Year's Girl"
May 2008
Appears in editorials for Japanese Vogue and Italian Vogue
Jul 2008
Closes the fall Anne Valérie Hash couture show in Paris, also walks for Chanel, Christian Dior, and Givenchy couture
2008
Steven Meisel photographs Stephens for Calvin Klein Jeans, alongside Toni Garrn and Elsa Sylvan
2008
Signs cosmetics contract with Chanel Video »
Aug 2008
Appears in Harper's Bazaar editorial, photographed by Terry Tsiolis
Sep 2008
Appears in British Vogue editorial, photographed by Mikael Jansson
2008
Magnus Unnar photographs Stephens for the fall issue of 10
Sep 2008
Opens the spring Peter Som show in New York
Sep 2008
Closes the spring Jonathan Saunders, Preen, and Sophia Kokosalaki shows in New York and Paris
Oct 2008
Appears in editorials for Italian Vogue and Numéro
Nov 2008
Appears in editorials for Numéro, i-D, and V
2008
Thierry le Goues photographs Stephens for the fall cover of French Revue de Modes
2008
Richard Bush photographs Stephens for the winter issue of 10
Dec 2008
Opens the pre-fall Oscar de la Renta show in New York
Jan 2009
Appears in Chinese Vogue beauty editorial, photographed by Ben Hassett

Quoted

“When Toni [Garrn] and I were doing Calvin Klein, we did the Soulja Boy dance a lot.”

New York Look

“Backstage gets pretty hectic the few minutes before, but... all the models are really nice and friendly.”

The Associated Press (October 20, 2007)

“I have a really hard time getting up in the morning. ”

New York Look

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