Ariel Meredith (born July 11, 1986) is an American

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who appeared in the 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 ''

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''. Born in

Shreveport, Louisiana Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, Lo ...

, she did some part-time modeling starting in 1998 until she finished her schooling.

Background

A native of

, she was senior class parliamentarian and a senior senator on the

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of her 2001–2002 class at Huntington High School. After high school graduation, she moved to New York City. Meredith's mother's name is Marjorie Meredith and her father's name is David Meredith.

Career

Although she was discovered at age 14 she did not pursue modeling as a full-time career until after she completed her education in 2008. In 1998, she won a 500-contestant modeling competition in Dallas and signed with

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in New York and Campbell Modeling Agency in Dallas. She got 32 call-backs from the contest. As a teenager she appeared in '' Seventeen, Teen Cosmopolitan,

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,'' and ''

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'' magazines. She began traveling domestically while still in school. In 2002, she appeared on the

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show ''Fashionably Loud''. She started modeling regularly in 2005. When one of her early

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demanded that she have

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surgery, she refused and was dropped from the agency. ''

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'' mentioned her

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beauty secret video on using a

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to exfoliate one's lips prior to applying

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in 2007. She debuted for

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's Spring Show in New York in September 2008. Her September 2008 New York Fashion week

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debut experience, where she also modeled for

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, was chronicled in the ''

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''. She appeared in shows for a total of eleven

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s including an opening performance for

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, which marked her rising stardom. After her shows in New York, she did eight shows in Milan. She has performed in runway shows for

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, Brioni,

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, D&G,

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, Junya Watanabe, La Perla,

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, Vera Wang and many more. According to ''

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'', her September 2008 New York and Milan

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performances led to her classification as a rising star in the modeling industry. She is featured in the 2009 Spring/Summer

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advertising campaign, which was shot by

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. She has also posed for

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, H&M,

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eyewear,

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, and Gap. Meredith shot the 2009 Swimsuit issue at beaches,

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s and

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s near

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on the

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. As of 2014, she is represented by Supreme Management in New York City.

References

External links

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