Biography
Born and growing up in Toronto, Monkhouse began modeling when she was in Grade 9 at Earl Haig Secondary School, taking part in Fashion week, Toronto Fashion Week and appearing on fashion magazines. Scouted by Ford Models, she took part in New York Fashion Week in 2009.NY F/W '09
She appeared in the 2009 Fall/Winter New York Fashion Week shows as one of Ford Models, Ford's Top 50 featured new-faces, runway (fashion), walking along with numerous other Ford's featured models including Ariel Meredith, Chanel Iman, Hyoni Kang, Jennifer Messelier, Kendra Spears and Lakshmi Menon (model), Lakshmi Menon.Death
On the morning of February 17, 2011, Monkhouse, then a first-year health and nutrition student at Ryerson University, was driving to her barn in Stouffville, Ontario to ride her horse when black ice caused her to swerve into oncoming traffic, killing her instantly. She was 19 years old.See also
*List of people who died in road accidentsReferences
{{DEFAULTSORT:Monkhouse, Michelle 1991 births 2011 deaths Female models from Ontario People from Toronto Road incident deaths in Canada Accidental deaths in Ontario