Montana Cox

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Montana Cox
IMG Models (Worldwide)[1]
Uno Models (Barcelona)
Seeds Management GmbH (Berlin)
UNIQUE DENMARK (Copenhagen)
Stockholmsgruppen (Stockholm)[2]

Montana Cox (born 2 September 1993) is an Australian model, best known for being the winner of

cycle 7 of Australia's Next Top Model.[3]

Australia's Next Top Model

Cox was announced the winner of

Cycle 3
.

In episode 1, Cox was singled out for her potential in the natural beauty photo shoot. She made it into the top 20 and travelled to Paris, France where photographer Jez Smith stated, "the face is just so beautiful".[citation needed] In episodes 5 and 6, Cox was declared a frontrunner after being the first girl to gain two consecutive first call-outs.

In episode 9, Cox became a contender again after photographer Simon Upton stated, "I was really impressed with Montana. She is the one to beat in this competition". In episode 10, Cox gained her third first call-out for her vintage lingerie photo shoot.[citation needed] In episode 11, Cox won the go-see challenge after designer Fernando Frisoni stated, "I would book her with my eyes closed. I'd consider her opening my show". In the same episode, she was the first girl through to the finale at the Sydney Opera House. In episode 12, the final three flew to Dubai, United Arab Emirates where they participated in two high-fashion photo shoots.[citation needed]

During the final judging, Sarah Murdoch, Charlotte Dawson and Antoni gave their verdict that Cox should be the winner, with Murdoch calling her "a supermodel in the making." In episode 13, designer Alex Perry likened her to Cindy Crawford and stated "she is the caliber of girl you would see in an international fashion magazine". After winning, Harper's Bazaar Australia editor Edwina McCann stated Cox was, "the greatest discovery for Australia's Next Top Model or any Next Top Model series."[4] Cox is the second winner of the show to have never made a bottom two appearance and is also the first winner of the show to have never made a bottom three appearance.

Whilst being on the show, Cox won a national campaign with Blackmores as well as a spread in the Telegraph's Sunday magazine. [citation needed]

Career

Cox at the David Jones Autumn Winter Launch in Sydney, Australia

As the winner, Cox appeared on the cover of

NEXT Model Management.[5]

Cox has since gone on to be one of the celebrity faces of FOXTEL. It was also announced that Cox would appear in the campaign for

David Jones department stores for the 2012 Autumn/Winter collection[6] alongside models Miranda Kerr and Samantha Harris.[7] Cox has also appeared in campaigns for Betts Shoes, Lovisa, Witchery's A/W 2012 campaign and Maurie and Eve Winter 2012 campaign.[8]

In February 2012, she signed with

Lanvin, Mugler, Sacai and closed Felipe Oliveira Baptista and Vanessa Bruno.[citation needed
]

In March 2012, Cox closed her first

David Jones show at the Melbourne Fashion Festival.[citation needed
]

In April 2012, she made her

Versailles
.

In June 2012, Cox appeared in a campaign for Pink Lou Lou and editorials for Madison Magazine &

Lanvin and Bassike[9]
In July 2012, Cox made her debut at the Fall/Winter Haute Couture Fashion Week 12/13 in Paris. Cox walked for Elie Saab, Alexis Mabille, Valentino and Worth.[10] Cox appeared in Spring/Summer 2012 campaigns for Dion Lee and David Jones and was featured in issue 47 of Russh magazine. In August 2012, Cox was featured in Vogue Australia, for the 3rd time as well as campaigns for Colette by Colette Dinnigan, LIFEwithBIRD's 10th anniversary show and the Spring/Summer look book for Gary Bigeni.

In September 2012, Cox was featured for the 4th time in Australian Vogue as well as Vogue Italia in a campaign for Valentino Haute Couture. Cox returned to the runway for the debut of David Jones' Spring/Summer launch alongside Miranda Kerr and Samantha Harris. Due to this, Cox missed New York Fashion Week but appeared at London Fashion Week Spring RTW 2013 for Antonio Berardi, Bernard Chandran, Willow, Dion Lee, Jean-Pierre Braganza and opened for Felder Felder. At Milan Fashion Week Spring RTW 2013, Cox walked for 9 shows including DSquared2,

Vionnet, AF Vandervorst, Shiatzy Chen and Maison Rabih Kayrouz by Rabih Kayrouz
.

In February 2014, Cox walked as a

Britney Barnes,[13] until her character was killed off the following year.[14]

Personal life

Cox was house captain of the Nillumbik house at

Nikolas is a current player for Essendon.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Montana Cox - IMG Models".
  2. ^ "Montana Cox - Model".
  3. ^ "Next Top Montana". The Sydney Morning Herald. SMH. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Melbourne beauty Montana Cox wins Australia's Next Top Model". Herald Sun. Fairfax Media. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  5. ^ Moran, Jonathon; Halliwell, Ellie (16 January 2011). "Oz's Next Top Agency". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Montana Cox will give Miranda Kerr a run for her money on the David Jones catwalk".
  7. ^ "Montana Cox the centre of attention".
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  9. ^ "Style.com".
  10. ^ "Farfetch - For the Love of Fashion". www.style.com.
  11. ^ "Style.com".
  12. ^ Rees, Alex (20 October 2015). "12 times "Top Model" actually found, you know, a top model". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  13. ^ Alexander, Susannah (14 June 2021). "Neighbours casts Australian model Montana Cox in new role". Digital Spy. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  14. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (19 January 2022). "Neighbours confirms who died in devastating storm disaster". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  15. ^ "House Music 2011" (PDF). ELTHAM College of Education. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  16. ^ "Australia's Next Top Model favourite Montana Cox in line for testing times". Confidential. Herald Sun. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  17. ^ "Australia's Next Top Model Blackmores Challenge Winner Montana Cox reveals real beauty comes from within". Blackmores. 13 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  18. ^ "Australia's Next Top Model crowned". The West Australian. West Australian Newspapers Limited. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  19. ^ Te Koha, Nui (7 September 2014). "Darryl Cox has Father's Day pride for his supermodel girl Montana". Sunday Herald Sun.
  20. ^ Ryan, Peter (8 December 2020). "Nik Cox: Australia's next top footballer?". The Age. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

External links

Preceded by
Cycle 7
(2011) 		Succeeded by
Melissa Juratowitch
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