Quoted
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“I‘m often the only black girl when I go to castings, which is horrible because everyone looks at you as if you are so different.”
—Modelsblog.com
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“Paris is the worst place to go for castings. Even though you can have a strong walk and look they will never chose you because they don‘t like black girls.”
—Modelsblog.com
Gaye McDonald's Career Highlights
- 25 APR, 1989
- Born in Kingston, Jamaica
- 2005
- Wins the Caribbean Model Search
- 2007
- Signs with Next Management
- APR 2007
- Lands on the cover of Luire
- 11 MAY, 2007
- Featured on Models.com as a girl to watch Story»
- SEP 2007
- Debuts at the spring Custo Barcelona, Diesel, Diane von Furstenberg, and Heatherette shows in New York
- OCT 2007
- Walks the spring Loewe and Lanvin shows in Paris
- 2008
- David Sims photographs McDonald for the Benetton spring ad campaign
- 2008
- Appears in Nordstrom spring catalog
- FEB 2008
- Closes the fall Aquascutum show in London
- JUN 2008
- Appears in French Vogue editorial, photographed by Cédric Buchet
- SEP 2009
- Walks the spring Salvatore Ferragamo, Anne Valérie Hash, Kenzo, Giambattista Valli, and Viktor & Rolf shows in Milan and Paris
- SEP 2010
- Closes the spring Amanda Wakeley show in London
- MAY 2011
- Appears in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by Ellen Von Unwerth
- APR 2012
- Appears at Interview editorial, photographed by Robbie Fimmano