"It" Girl

Hillary Rhoda
The beauty with the Brooke Shields brows may not have been an instant hit on the International catwalks, but being named the new face of Estée Lauder and appearing on Vogue's May cover as one of ten new supermodels, certainly secures her as a fashion force.
For the spring 2006 runway season, Rhoda was turned down by every designer in both New York and Milan until the brilliant mind behind Balenciaga, Nicolas Ghesquiere chose her. Then all of Paris wanted her. She walked the runways at Dior, Chanel, Chloé, Rochas, YSL and even opened the Valentino show.
Despite her sporty roots – she used to play field hockey and loves to Jet Ski and kayak – she's says she's a girly girl who's always in dresses. Luckily for her, she looks just as at home in a couture gown as she does in a wet suit in June's issue of Vogue. Basically, you can't help but love an underdog story and one with such a gorgeous face deserves a little recognition.