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Lara Stone
Lara Stone, 19th February 2007.
Date of birth	December 20, 1983 (1983-12-20) (age 24)
Place of birth	Geldrop, The Netherlands
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)^[1]
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Brown
Measurements	84-61-89 (EU) 33C-24-35 (US)^[1]
Dress size	32 (EU); 2 (US); 4 (UK)^[1]
Shoe size	38 (EU); 7 (US); 5 (UK)^[1]
Agency	IMG (New York, Paris, London, Milan)

Lara Stone (born December 20, 1983 in Geldrop, The Netherlands) is a Dutch model.^[2]

1 Early life
2 Career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Early life

Lara Stone was born on December 20, 1983 in Geldrop, the Netherlands to a Dutch mother and a British father. She grew up in the small town of Mierlo in the Netherlands. At the age of 16, she was expelled from high school and sent away to Paris by her mother, to which she attested on FashionTV's Fall/Winter First Faces 07/08 Lara Stone episode.

[edit] Career

Stone entered the Elite Model Look contest in 1999, as a 15-year-old. Although she didn't win, she did impress Elite execs and was signed to the Elite Modeling Agency nonetheless.^[3] After years of working as a struggling model, her career took a positive turn when she managed to get signed by IMG in 2006. Soon after, she opened the Givenchy haute couture show in Paris and she has been a fashion frontrunner ever since.^{[citation needed]}

She is currently the face of MaxMara, Sisley and Givenchy. She has walked shows for Louis Vuitton, Lanvin, Miu Miu, Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier, Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Karl Lagerfeld, Missoni, Emanuel Ungaro and others. She was on the cover of Japanese Vogue in March 2005, French ELLE in May 2006, French Vogue in April 2006 ,Danish ELLE in August 2006, Italian Vogue in December 2007 and again for French Vogue in March 2008.

She is one of the 10 new models to watch, according to Vogue. She was considered the best model in 2006 by MODTV and the best model in the Fall 2007 season by FashionTV. She was featured on the ELLE article "Supermodel Generation 2006", along with Jessica Stam, Gemma Ward, Hilary Rhoda and Natasha Poly.

She was number 1 in the First Faces Haute Couture Fall 2006, First Faces Spring 2007 and First Faces Fall 2007 Countdowns from FashionTV.

She is currently the first face of the Givenchy Haute Couture shows.

Her trademarks include the gap between her front teeth and her wobbly runway walk, which can be atrributed to her size 7 feet, one size smaller than the regular runway shoe.^[4]^[2]