Friends and family of a Manitoba-born fashion model are asking questions about how the 26-year-old died in Italy.
Hayley Marie Kohle, originally from Beausejour, Man., northeast of Winnipeg, died Saturday in Milan.
The Italian police are investigating and Ottawa is providing consular assistance. So far, her family has heard only that she fell from a seventh-floor window.
Quinn Adams says Kohle was full of life, and she still can’t believe her close friend is dead.
“Just absolutely fabulous. She could light up a room,” Adams said.
“She was a model. She had everything going for her, she was ready to be a supermodel. And when somebody dies like that, it’s going to be suspicious, I think.
“We don’t know a lot of information, whether it was suicide, whether she was pushed, whether she accidentally fell.”
Liz Crawford, one of Kohle’s first modelling coaches in Winnipeg, agrees: “How does a girl fall from the seventh floor window of a model apartment? I don’t know. I mean, you know, it’s a little unusual.”
Modelling industry needs more regulation: coach
Crawford was behind the Worker Recruitment and Protection Act, which was passed in Manitoba last spring requiring licences for employment agencies, individuals recruiting foreign workers and anyone who recruits or represents models or entertainers.
The modelling industry in general needs to be better regulated, Crawford said. She hopes other levels of government will help protect models from finding themselves in situations they’re not prepared to handle.
“My concern … for a lot of the girls that come in, is just, you know, how well educated are they before they go off and do this?” she said.
A memorial service for Kohle will be held on Monday in Beausejour.
source: cbc.ca
October 17th, 2008
SHE has never placed a bet before but that didn’t stop supermodel Miranda Kerr getting some tips yesterday – straight from the horse’s mouth.
The leggy filly caught up with last year’s Caulfield Cup winner Master O’Reilly and will watch him defend his title today from the exclusive David Jones marquee.
“I grew up on a farm, but he is a bit more frisky than the horses I am used to,” she said, warily stroking his nose.
Looking stunning in Alex Perry, she said she would be wearing Lisa Ho at the track today and was looking forward to having some “fun with colour” and enjoying the day out.
She touched down in Melbourne yesterday without Hollywood boyfriend Orlando Bloom.
After working in six countries in the last 10 days, she said she was thrilled to be home. “I feel like I breathe a sigh of relief whenever I get back in Australia,” she said.
source: news.com.au
October 17th, 2008
The hotel heiress was among the 1,400 guests at a grand ball hosted by interior designer Nicky Haslam at Parkstead House in Roehampton.
She chatted to a clearly enamoured Prince Michael of Kent, posed for photographs with the Duchess of York and shared the dancefloor with Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
Hilton has made a concerted effort to befriend members of the Royal Family on her latest trip to Britain.
Earlier this week, she attempted to engage the attentions of Princes William and Harry at London nightclub Whisky Mist, but they politely batted her away.
The Haslam party was held at the home of the designer’s great-great-great-great-grandfather in honour of art collector Janet de Botton, and proved to be a lavish bash which, for one evening at least, banished all thoughts of the credit crisis.
The main room featured a revolving dancefloor and was modelled on the 1946 Fred Astaire film, Ziegfeld Follies. A 14-piece orchestra was flown in from Paris and the chandeliers were decorated with marabou feathers.
Other guests at the extravaganza included supermodel Jerry Hall, actress Joely Richardson, designer Vivienne Westwood and presenters Trinny Woodall and Cilla Black.
The dress code stipulated black, silver and violet. Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman described it as a “stress code” but all the party-goers embraced the theme. Hilton wore a shimmering gunmetal gown by Jenny Packham, while the fashion-conscious Princess Beatrice chose to team her dress with a leather biker jacket.
Haslam explained: “By silver I mean diamonds, but I thought that sounded pretentious.”
source: telegraph.co.uk
October 17th, 2008
