Advertisement - Continue Reading Below She's one of the model industry's rising stars, and baby, she's a Brit. Rosie Huntington Whitely, who has been the face of Burberry and has stomped the catwalk for Victoria's Secret, has just been named the face of Miss Sixty. The leggy, doll-faced blond has been making her way around the world and has even had her moment in the ever-so-memorable short film by Agent Provocateur.
More From ELLEIt seems that England is the place to be for aspiring catwalk darlings, with Jourdan Dunn having been discovered at a market and Whitely's own discovery when she turned up for an internship at an agency. Randomness seems to be a common thread in the U.K., indeed.
But Whitely's got one honor under her belt that isn't so random: She was named 2009's Model of the Year at the ELLE Style Awards.
—Rebecca Suhrawardi Austin
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