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Real Name: Lydia Hearst-Shaw
Nationality: American
Birth Date: September 19, 1984
Lives Now: New York, NY
Known for: Family, Social life
Agencies: Wilhelmina
Dated: Justin Bartha, Joe Barney, Oliver Hammond, Cisco Adler
Friends: Richie Rich, Traver Rains, Michelle Trachtenberg, Missy Rayder, Tyson Beckford, Daisy Lowe, Dree Hemingway
Model Turned: Designer (for Puma, 2007)

Quoted

“I'm a good little Irish girl.”
—NYMag.com
“I don't actually go out very often. I wake up and go to the gym for about three hours every morning at about 6 a.m., and I pack meals in a soup kitchen. ”
—NYMag.com

Lydia Hearst's Career Highlights

19 SEP, 1984: Born in Connecticut

2003: Debuts at fall Fashion Week on the New York runway for Zang Toi to the applause of Patricia Hearst Shaw and other family members

2003: Plays a drug-loving club girl in Ladies Room, a short film by Kate Bernstein

2003: Dates Oliver Hammond

2003: Featured in a People story on wealthy young people

2004: Photographed by Steven Meisel for the cover of Italian Vogue

2004: Fights with ex-boyfriend Oliver Hammond when he crashes a party at the Central Park Zoo

2004: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot photographs Hearst of Louis Vuitton

2004: Steven Meisel photographs Hearst for Prada

2005: Becomes one of the faces of Moschino, with Lisa Cant and Vlada Roslyakova

2006: Appears on cover of Nylon

2006: Begins dating actor Justin Bartha Story»

2006: Appears in Bottega Veneta spring ad campaign

2006: Claims there is “no other standout redhead on the runway;” dyes her hair red

2006: Suffers a minor concussion and whiplash after a taxi rear-ends her car before VH1’s Best Week Ever party in New York

2006: Admits to supergluing her feet to her shoes because of her small feet in a New York Times article

2006: Signs cosmetics contract with Clinique

2006: Face of M.A.C fall ad campaign

2007: Organizes a charity auction to donate money toward the Darfur cause

2007: Talks about her involvement in the Darfur cause in an interview with SuChin Pak Video»

MAY 2007: Almost dies after leaving a gas oven on overnight in her Chateau Marmont suite Story»

2007: Appears in print ads for Roberto Cavalli for H&M

2007: Co-designs a purse with Puma called the Puma Lydia bag

2007: Models the Puma Lydia bag in Heatherette’s “Over the Rainbow” show at New York Fashion Week Video»

AUG 2007: Breaks up with actor Justin Bartha; he screams at her publically Story»

2007: Models T-shirts for a new clothing line from Tyson Ritter (front man of the All-American Rejects)

2007: Appears in the new Lord & Taylor ads as part of the company’s $10 million rebranding campaign

2007: Lands cosmetics contract with NARS cosmetics

JAN 2008: Begins dating Joe Barney, an old high school classmate Story»

2008: Renews contract with NARS cosmetics

FEB 2008: Becomes the face of Escada's new fragrance

APR 2008: Leaves 1 Model Management and signs with Elite Models Story»

MAY 2008: Walks in the Life Ball's Agent Provocateur charity fashion show in Vienna wearing sequined pasties

2008: Terry Richardson photographs Hearst for the fall issue of Self Service

OCT 2008: Featured on the cover of German Elle

NOV 2008: Featured on the covers of French Playboy and GQ

2010: Appears in the fall issue of Lula, photographed by Federike Helwig

DEC 2010: Appears in editorials for British Harper's Bazaar and Russian Vogue

SEP 2011: Opens the spring Imitation of Christ show in New York

SEP 2011: Appears in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by Steven Klein

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