MODEL MUSE: TAO OKAMOTO

She’s the 22-year-old leggy Japanese beauty with the trademark bowl-cut, ranked 26th out 50 supermodels in the world by Models.com. Represented by tops agencies Supreme Management in New York and Women agency in Paris, Okamoto is a rising runway star.

She has stolen the hearts of designers like Phillip Lim, is a favourite face for Ralph Lauren and a regular page turner for VOGUE Nippon spreads.

In Harper Bazaar‘s 40th anniversary eight-page ode “From Seventh Avenue to Sesame Street,” Okamoto dazzled us again while donned in Thakoon, Francisco Costa and Rodarte, she hung out with puppet pals Bert, Ernie and Grover!

http://models.com/models/Tao-Okamoto

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She’s Got the Look!

The 2009 Elite Model Look contest hits Prada in Prague

The competition for the 2009 Elite Model Look contest just got a whole lot stiffer!

The Elite Model Look contest has helped launch the larger than life careers of famous faces like Cindy Crawford, Stephanie Seymour, and Gisele Bündchen.

Here are a collection of the competitor beauties from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary who attended Prada‘s exclusive EML cocktail party at its Prague store last Friday.

Take a peek at these stoic looks! I don’t know about you faithful FashionTKTK readers, but my dark and brooding model gaze is now ten times better after receiving these images! Practice makes perfect.

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