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For the first night of Fashion Week, New York Model Management threw an opening bash at the Grace Hotel, poolside. Luckily, no one fell in. Tyson Beckford swooned over his new model-of-the-moment, Shanina Shaik, saying, “I saw her and I knew she was way too big for the Australia market. I was like, ‘Girlfriend come and see the world. If Miranda Kerr and those girls can do it …’”
Shanina has already been cast to walk in seven shows, including Mara Hoffman and Yeohlee, and is under consideration for a huge “sexy” campaign that we can’t talk about yet.
The lucky girl celebrated her 18th birthday on Wednesday, heading to dinner with Tyson at Indochine, and the off to the Victoria’s Secret “What is Sexy” party. Could our 18th have been as cool?
Seems Tyson has turned into a mentor these days, saying, “It’s so great to see the kids learn it, get it and they’re always like, ‘How can I repay you?’ You don’t repay me, you repay the business of fashion and help others.”
But never fear, he’s still a model, too. Tyson just shot a commercial for Macy’s with Veronica Webb, her daughters, and Lauren Baccall. “You know how Target has those hip commercials? Macy’s is gonna blow them away.”
