while a 15-year-old student, she undertook work experience at london west end-based model agency profile, before taking her gcses. signed after leaving school in summer 2003 aged 16, her first modelling session was for a levi's jeans commercial. she got her first big break in january 2004 when she travelled to new york city for a shoot with "teen vogue". she later made her catwalk début alongside naomi campbell in new york city in spring 2004, and was then photographed by bruce weber for abercrombie & fitch.