Karen Elson On Her First Runway, First Casting & First Hangover | British Vogue
Jan 21 2020
The first major catwalk show Oldham-born supermodel Karen Elson walked in was for Chanel… but that wasn’t her first casting. That came earlier, when the soon-to-be supermodel successfully auditioned for a role as extra on the TV soap Brookside. “Pretty proud of that,” Elson says as she reflects on her memorable “firsts” with British *Vogue*, from her first “I’ve made it” moment to a teenage hangover that almost saw her ejected from Tokyo…

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