Emily Charlotte Barcelona

Beautiful girls Emily Smith & Charlotte Benson are currently taking Barcelona by storm, and they have kindly agreed to give us a peek behind the scenes at their time in the city. We'll be updating you regularly on the girls Spanish escapades. You can also go to the Facebook album here for all the pictures the girls have taken on their travels.

Looks of the Day

NEW LOOK MODEL Q&A

E: Where are you right now?

ES: I am sitting on the train, lucky me I got a seat!

E: If we were to take you to Starbucks right now what would you order?

ES: Mmmm... "Skinny Vanilla Latte please!"

E: What do you miss most about home when you’re travelling?

ES: My kitchen, the kitchens are never quite the same away from home.

E: As an experienced traveller what gets you through a long haul flight?

ES: Headphones, my camera and someone interesting and chatty to sit next to (If I'm lucky!)

E: What did you have for breakfast today?

ES: Porridge Oats with blueberries - my fave!

E: What song is the most played on your ipod?

ES: Recently went and purchased The Golden Silvers album, so that for sure - love it!

E: If you weren’t modelling what would you be doing with your life?

ES: If I wasn't in front of the camera, I would be behind it.

E: Who’s your celebrity crush?

ES: Keith Lemon of course - who else??!!

E: What do you like to do on your days off?

ES: I would like to say "Doing extreme sports" but the reality is "Catching up with my friends and eating carrot cake!"

E: How were you scouted?

ES: The Elite Model Look Competition

E: What is your life philosophy?

ES: Do what makes you happy (can't stand miserable people)

E: What’s the oldest thing in your wardrobe?

ES: I have a 1980's Diane Freis shirt and a 1950's green pigskin waistcoat. (Sorry Grandad if you have mislaid it!!)

E: What item can’t you live without?

ES: My hats!!

E: Have you ever been in a school play?

ES: Yes! But only for the first 30 minutes because I always wet myself halfway through (Just to make perfectly clear, this was

infant school!)

E: What’s your karaoke song?

ES: "Call me" by Blondie... love a bit of Blondie me!

E: What’s you Facebook status update at the moment?

ES: Actually I haven't been on for a while, which is great for me!

E: Tell us a joke

ES: Man goes into a cemetery and sees someone squatting behind a grave.

"Morning?" he calls.

"No. Just having a dump!"

E: London, Paris, New York or Milan?

ES: It's got to be London Town!

E: Describe yourself in 3 words..

ES: Scatty. Loyal. Generous.

(I could only think of one, my sisters put the last two. Wonder how much that'll cost me!)

QUEEN VIV CROWNS EMILY!

Our Brit on-the-rise Emily Smith made her fashion week debut in style last night by opening for Vivienne Westwood... we're so proud! With an amazing Anya Hindmarch campaign coming soon and blistering out of blocks with her first editorials (Flavor, L'Officiel...) this is one English rose that looks set to bloom!

BELLE DE JOUR: EMILY SMITH

We felt like proud parents when these latest shots of our Elite Model Look winner Emily Smith hit our inbox. Shot on location in China while competiting in the world final (we love a girl that can multitask), this fashion story for Flavor magazine proves just how versatile our girl from Basingstoke can be. Watching a new face grow and develop into a model is one of the most rewarding elements of the job and we can't get over how ladylike and grown-up Emily looks in this editorial. We're not saying anything just yet but keep an eye out for our rising star this coming fashion week...watch this space!

STAR SPOTTING AT T4

We had an amazing time at T4's Stars of 2009 yesterday where Elite took over the Rimmel Catwalk Stage to launch the very first UK casting for Elite Model Look 2010. Our team of scouts braved the rain to check out the queue at Earl's Court and then race their 10 best finds to our backstage area for the fastest of catwalk classes before the girls were thrown into the spotlight to strut their stuff....

After all 10 girls had walked for the judges our winner was the gorgeous 16 year old Lottie O'Donoughue from Bromley, who impressed us so much that we're putting her straight into our EML final next summer. With 7 whole months to prepare we can't wait to see what she can do...

The stunning Rochelle Wiseman of girl group the Saturdays made time before her apperance on the main stage to add a sprinkling of celebrity sparkle to the judging panel... here she is with our EML UK 09 winner Nyasha Matonhodze, who's looking every inch the supermodel herself!

With our presenters - Hollyoaks' Matt & Darren, plus Paloma Faith, Ke$ha, Example and Rochelle's bandmate Frankie joining us backstage, it was one crowded green room.... EML 09 world finalist Emily Smith made sure she got the shots though - here she is meeting Edith Bowman, who was also presenting on our stage

MEET THE ELITE!!!!

L-R - Julia Saner (SUI), Emily Smith (UK), Simona Andrejic (SER)

Industry bible www.models.com has been quick off the mark to celebrate the incredible new girls that have emerged from the 2009 Eilte Model Look contest. Following last month's world final in China, we're already working with many of the fab girls we met through this year's event, and as always there will be many more following in the footsetps of Cindy, Gisele, Linda, who are all alumni of our contest.

Read the models.com verdict HERE

L-R - Manon Pieto (FR), Barbie (CHN), Caterina Ravaglia (ITA)

A BIG NIGHT IN CHINA

ELITE MODEL LOOK WORLD FINAL

The contest started with 350'000 worldwide applicants... the final 70 spent two weeks at model boot camp in beautiful southern China and after were eventually whittled down from 70 to15. On the night of the final show, the top four new faces for the Elite network were named... congratulations girls, and especially to our Emily!

The girls can look forward to an exciting future at the very top of the fashion industry, after all they are following in the footsetps of supermodel greats Cindy, Gisele, Christy and Linda, who all got their big break at ELITE MODEL LOOK. And current campaign queens Sigrid, Constance and Denisa all started here too... the future looks bright!

ELITE MODEL LOOK - THE WINNERS

17 year old Julia celebrates her win

We've already been shouting about the brilliant Emily Smith's podium placing at the Elite Model Look World Final in Sanya at the weekend, but we met so many great Elite girls of the future at the event that we couldn't wait to start sharing some of them too...

L-R: Manon, Caterina, Emily & Julia

We loved all 4 of the winners - 1st place went to classically elegant Julia Saner from Switzerland, 2nd to the elfin Caterina Ravaglia from Italy, and 3rd jointly between our Emily and the amazonian Manon Pieto from France, all perfect examples of the kind of girls we expect from Elite Model Look. Our team also liked the Serbian contestant Simona, Spanish girl Gracia, and Sarah J from the US. 


Keep an eye on our FACEBOOK PAGE for full photo albums of the 2 week event...