Ashley Smith, Model

We're delighted that Ashley Smith's dearest of music took her to the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. If she hadn't followed her passion, she wouldn't have been spotted by Foreman Management, a local model agency. She decided that modelling might be improve than "working in a grocery store". So grocery's loss is our gain.

Three months later, she was in New York. Since then, she's taken to the catwalk for top designers such every bit Balenciaga, Dior, Altuzarra and Prada, and been involved with brands like Topshop, River Island, Forever 21, and Dutch characterization Scotch & Soda. She'due south featured in ads for Diesel, Tommy Hilfiger Denim, Sisley, and T by Alexander Wang, and worked with top lensman Terry Richardson. Then things are going well for the blond twenty-two-year-erstwhile brought up on a small plot in Austin with her mother, sis and grandparents.

She has posed for Marie Claire, Vs Magazine, and Russh Beauty, and accordingly for the California-born Ashley, has collaborated with West Coast skate and surf brand RVCA, following in the footsteps of supermodel Erin Wasson.

The love of music comes in handy on long trips for assignments, when she says: "I'll just put on my headphones and dance to myself and feel out my body". Fine art is some other obsession, and she carries a sketchbook for everyday use. In fact, she reckons that if it wasn't for her present career, she'd be at art college now. She'due south always had these interests; when she was younger, she attended concerts or art exhibitions downtown, or for something completely different, she'd hang out at the local skate park.

Workouts for the Texan dazzler consist of cardio and weights, with yoga helping her to keep lean. Frequent moisturising of her dry out peel is a must, and she swears past a three dollar mask, which she insists is "the best".

Ashley Smith'southward personal look varies between girly fifties fashion and femme fatale – quite original! She confesses that her sister was her style icon when she was growing upwardly, finding her ring t-shirts and jeans cool. She has a larger bosom size than many models, which can reduce job opportunities, simply points out that "it's office of me", so she expects outfits to be adjusted to her size, rather than the other mode around. We're sure that lots of ordinary women out at that place will be grateful for her common sense view.

Ashley admits to being "a giant nerd" when it comes to comics and video games. She's also a huge Harry Potter fan, having read all the books, and seen all the films on their opening days.

The gap in her teeth has become a sort of trademark. On top of that, it's very bonny! Her friends have made her promise never to change information technology, and she says: "I won't ever get it changed – it's just part of me, and I encompass information technology". Information technology's great that she has that confidence. Simply then, it's what you lot might expect from a woman who puts down her success to "but being who I am". That'south all right with us!

Model Ashley Smith By Photographer Jason Lee Parry for Foam Magazine