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Elyse Taylor (born October 20, 1986)[2] is an Australian born runway fashion model and commercial model. Taylor is most notably known as a brand ambassador for makeup and skincare brand Nude by Nature and for walking in the Victoria Secret fashion show.

Early Life
Taylor was born in Vaucluse, New South Wales in Australia to father Ross Taylor and mother Di Ewington. Prior to pursuing a career in the modelling industry, Taylor worked at a local bakery in her hometown of Vaucluse before she was introduced to modelling by a friend. [2,8]

Career Beginnings
In 2004, at the age of 17, Taylor was introduced to modelling by one of her friends who was a model who encouraged her to begin a career in the modelling industry [2]. Taylor was signed to Chic Models in the same year, a modelling agency based in Australia. Chic management became her first modelling agency following her introduction to the owner of the agency Ursula Hufnagel. Taylor chose to pursue a career in modelling where she specialises in runway, swimwear and lingerie modelling. During her time signed to Chic Models, Taylor appeared on the cover of GQ Magazine Australia alongside Pania Rose and Sarah Stephens in 2009.

Taylor received her first solo front page cover on October 06, 2009 when she posed on the cover of Vogue Australia.

Taylor appeared on Australia’s next top model as one of the guest judges in 2015 during the show's 9th Season. During her time on the show she appeared as a guest judge and mentor for the contestants swimwear photoshoot. [3]

International Success
In 2009, she became the fifth Victoria secret model from Australia[1]. Taylor walked in the show as a newcomer as part of its Segment 3: PINK Planet portion. Taylor walked alongside models Behati Prinsloo, Candice Swanepoel and Erin Heatherton who wore the wings for this segment. [ 12]

Taylors has also taken part in international features for international brands globally including featuring on the cover for British GQ on January 28, 2010 [5]. Taylor was shot for the front page cover of the British GQ editorial issue by Gavin Bond.

Taylor has been a part of campaigns for international brands Dolce & Gabbana, Bottega Venta, Tommy Hilfiger, Moschino and Estee Lauder where she has walked on runways for these brands.

Brand Ambassador
In 2010, Taylor became a brand ambassador for O’Neill Girls, a Australian surf and swimwear clothing brand.[4] Taylor was announced as the official brand ambassador for their Spring 2011 collections. As part of her collaboration with O’Neill Girls, Taylor also launched an exclusive swimwear collection with the branch in 2011 after the Spring collection launch. The “One Way Runway”[4,7] was launched in Ibiza on June 9th 2013. Additionally, Taylor was a judge for O’Neill Girls model search in 2012. As the brand ambassador, Taylor was chosen by the brand to pick a model for the brand as part of a nationwide model search.[4]

In 2015, Taylor became the brand ambassador for Nude by Nature for its natural beauty campaign[6]. As part of Nude by Nature’s campaign to embrace natural beauty to reflect the emerging standard of beauty held by the brand, the Sydney based brand chose Taylor as its ambassador for their Natural beauty campaign. Taylor was chosen as she “embodies natural Australian beauty” according to Kristina Kunkel, the brands Nature marketing and product development director. [6, 13]

Controversy
On 8th October, 2014, Taylor was involved in an internet controversy on the social media platform Instagram with Plus Size model Jessica Lewis due to inappropriate usage of language. Taylor was criticised for comments she made in response to an image posted by Lewis in regards to body inclusivity in the modelling industry. Taylor was criticised for the language she had used in response to the image where she referred to Lewis as a “...retard”.[8] Taylor issued an apology addressing her use of language on the 10, October in the same year through an instagram post of her own. [8]

Personal Life
In 2012, Taylor began dating businessman Seth Campbell. After two years of their relationship, Taylor gave birth to their daughter Lila Louise in 2014 in New York. The couple were married in the same year at Campbells’ family estate outside of New York city. In 2016, Taylor and Campbell filed for a divorced and were divorced within the same year. [10]

Taylor has spoken of her career as a runway model requiring models to have particular measurements to maintain a career. For career maintenance, following the birth of her daughter in 2014, Taylor has spoken about body image in the modeling industry and how maintenance of body image affected her post pregnancy. [9, 13, 14]