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at the age of 9. As a child she modelled for J Crew with

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and she played the role of Young Angelique in a 1992 episode (Season 1, Episode 5,733) of the TV series ''

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''. She starred in the

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NYC feature ''Black & White'' (1999) and the Nemo Librizzi film ''A Night at the Opera'' (2009). She also appeared in the 2003 TV movie '' Undefeated'' and in the pilot episode (2009) of the TV series ''

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''. She has modeled for Levis,

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, Supreme, Seventeen Magazine,

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, DELiA*s (for which she modeled from 15 to 21 years old and is considered as one of their most recognizable models) and appeared in every issue of Missbehave Magazine. She is known for being

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's muse. She is also known for being the face of Melody Logan on the V. C. Andrews Logan book series. On September 13, 2010, she was asked by

to be one of the star models of her Spring/Summer 2011 Ready-to-Wear fashion show, during which she came down carrying a skateboard and was instructed to ride it while wearing open-toed platform heels. However, she found herself falling to the ground and losing one of her shoes, and she had to get off and shoulder her skateboard all the way back up the catwalk. In 2012 she began working for the women's collection of the contemporary fashion and

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brand Black Scale VV. Kim currently lives in New York and she works in the design aspect of jewellery and fashion.

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External links

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Levis 2011 "The Art in Craft" campaign featuring Kim Matulova

WESC activist profile
Living people Female models from New York (state) American film actresses Actresses from New York City 1980 births 21st-century American women {{model-stub