Featured Model

Lauren Berntzen

Agency  Chantale Nadeau (Toronto)

Hometown  Penticton, British Columbia

Background  Scottish, English, primarily, but also French, and even some Spanish way back

Modelling Since  August 2006

Age  20

Height  5'9" (175 cm)

Hair  Dark Blonde

Eyes  Blue and Yellow (yes, it's strange haha)

Discovered  One of my best friends in the whole world (Owen Bruce) E-mailed some snapshots to Chantale, and the rest is history!

Best Modelling Moment  I cannot pick just one but a few that come to mind:

1) Shooting Esquire magazine with two of my very good Canadian friends in Shanghai, China

2) Participating in the shows for Kulture2Couture in the V&A museum in London, and getting kicked by Naomi Campbell while she was running from the paparazzi (ok... that part wasn't so fun)

3) Shooting a television commercial for two days on a beautiful Greek Island for a restaurant by the name of Goody's

Awkward Modelling Moment  Again I cannot pick just one so, here we go!:

1) While shooting an advertisement in Japan, the client asked the stylist to go out and buy me flats for the shoot, because the Japanese male model was not even up to my nose! That made for an awkward shooting all right!

2) While shooting a swimwear catalog on a Chinese island I was changing (in public, with just a towel around me, and the stylist accidentally ripped off my bottoms, completely exposing my bum (that was funny... NOT)

3) Shooting for Elle Deco in Greece, I had to do dance in pointe shoes for a shoot (which I had only done a few times). Apparently my agency had told them that I was a professional ballerina, because when I couldn’t dance and twirl around for more than 5 seconds the client was quite shocked (luckily, I made the best of it, but the next day my feet were purple and blue!)

Favourite Market  I would have to say that I really love London. Speaking English is always a huge plus for me!

Nevertheless, I loved learning my Chinese, Japanese, and Greek

Favourite Model  Miss Chantale Nadeau herself! I am also quite a fan of Lily Cole.

Most Embassing song on your iPod  Well, I am not embarrassed about any of the music on my ipod, but my roommate finds it quite funny that I have a playlist of all the Guitar Hero 3 songs. I am also quite a fan of 1960’s music remixes (such as "Beggin'" by Frankie Vallie and his crew!)

Also represented by

Matthews & Powell (London)

Slides (Paris)

Team (Tokyo)

Zem (Osaka)

PT Models (Taiwan/Shanghai)