Thursday 29 March 2012

Gia Johnson Indian Female Models Photos Biography 2012

Gia Johnson Biography
Gia Johnson-Singh was born in London to an English mother and Kenyan father. Gia is a British Punjabi who grew up in Richmond, London, with her mother, Kay, a Lottie Berk method Pilates teacher. She was first scouted on Kings Road at the age of 15. Gia was uninterested in modeling and focused on her studies. It wasn't until Marie Soulier approached her that she decided to pursue modeling. Gia signed with FM Model Management, who help develop Johnson while she was in high school. Gia attended the Arts Educational School in London. She stayed until she finished her A-levels in English literature, theatre studies, performing studies and dance. Following her graduation, Gia spent her gap year modeling in New York with her then boyfriend who was also a model.

Gia was first scouted by Marie Soulier, a top European scout, who has managed her for the past nine years. She was signed to FM Model Management at age 15. After graduating, Gia moved to New York to pursue a full-time modeling career. She eventually returned to England and signed with Storm Model Management. She was signed to Profile Management until April 2010 when she signed with Models1. In addition, she is represented by Industry People in Manchester, Modelwerk in Hamburg, Seeds Models in Berlin, New Models in Belgium, Option in Zurich, Anima Creatives in India, Race Model Management in New York, Karin Models in Paris, and NBPeople in Greece.

Gia has graced the cover of Indian Vogue, Absolute Malaga, Verve Magazine in India, and Femina India. She has appeared in numerous editorials for Vogue, Elle, iD, L'Officiel, Grazia, Cosmopolitan, GQ, M Magazine, and Henna Magazine. As a result, Gia has worked with noted fashion photographers including Ellen von Unwerth, Rankin, Robin Derrick, and Dan Smith.

In addition to her editorial work, Gia has appeared in many advertisements including ads for Clinique, Emyce, Ganjam, Lynx, Lavazza Coffee, Levi Strauss & Co. Jeans, Persona, Fields Watches, Redken, Pantene, Kerastase Hair Products, Frontier, Splenda, and Tia Maria. She is also a long running model for British clothing catalogue ASOS.com in which she is the face of Rare, a collection by the pop group The Saturdays. Gia is also the face of Monisha Jaisings Spring/Summer 2010 campaign as well as Provogue Spring/Summer 2009. She has been featured in the 2010 Kingfisher calendar. Additionally, she was featured in the 2006 Lavazza calendar which was photographed by Ellen von Unwerth.

Gia has walked numerous runways in London, New York, Paris, and India. In 2005, Gia walked in Agent Provocateur's 10th Anniversary Fashion Show. . Gia most notably is a fixture on the Indian catwalks. She participated in Lakme Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 in which she walked for Manish Malhotra, Purvi Doshi, Sashikant Naidu & Masaba, and Shantanu & Nikhil. In August 2010, she was awarded with "Best Hot Stepper on the Ramp" Award at the Inaugarral Vogue Beauty awards 2010. Gia also walked for Amalraj Sengupta, Manisha Malhotra, Narenda Kumar, Troy Costa, Swapnil Shinde, Nachiket Barve, Anupamaa, Nandita Thirani, Gen Next 5years,Sailex NG, Shrivan Narresh, and Anita Dongre in the Lakme Fashion Week's Winter Festive 2010.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Wikipedia

Trivia
She is a British-Punjabi.

She is a professionally trained dancer.

She loves cars.

She considers her biggest strength to be her runway walk.

She was voted the Vogue's Hot stepper in 2010.

She is the longest serving model at ASOS.com.

She has been signed to FM Model Agency at 15. She left them for Storm Models. In 2008, she signed with Profile Model Management which she left after a year to sign with Models 1.

She took part of the 2006 Lavazza Calender which was photographed by Ellen von Unwerth.

She was featured in the 2009 King Fisher Calendar.

Her first cover was for India Vogue.

She has worked with noted photographers Ellen von Unwerth, Dan Smith, and Rankin.

As of November 2010, she was signed to Models 1, Industry People in Manchester, Modelwerk in Hamburg, Seeds Models in Berlin, New Models in Belgium, Option in Zurich, Anima Creatives in India, Race Model Management in New York, Karin Models in Paris, and NBPeople in Greece.
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