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Abbey Lee's $100,000 strut
Abbey Lee Kershaw on the Chanel catwalk in Paris yesterday. Photo: AP
It's not bad work if you can get it.
Two laps of the runway at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week yesterday earned Abbey Lee Kershaw a cool $100,000.
The Melbourne model, 23, is the fifth highest-paid clothes horse in the world, according to website models.com, and pocketed the princely sum for an exclusive appearance for fashion house Chanel.
Kershaw, a former Flemington Macca's chick and Girlfriend CoverGirl Model Search winner, was joined on the catwalk by another Australian beauty with a Cinderella story.
Nineteen-year-old Julia Nobis also showcased the latest Chanel finery - a far cry from the baggy pants and skateboard she was first spotted with in Syndey's Bondi Junction by a modelling agent two years ago.
The pair sashayed past the most stylish and powerful people in fashion, including American Vogue's Anna Wintour, Kirsten Dunst, Diane Kruger, Alexa Chung, Lou Doillon and Johnny Depp's partner, Vanessa Paradis.
''Nothing is definite so I've always had plan B, which is going to university to study medicine or midwifery," Nobis said. ''Dad has been saving my whole life for uni but I guess now he doesn't have to worry any more.''
Chanel revealed its spring-summer collection in the French capital yesterday.
Kershaw has also previously modelled in shows for Gucci, Prada and Versace.
- with Kellie Hush
