Career

Monrose began her modeling career in 2010 at the age of 18, when she was discovered by Your Angels Models, a local modeling agency in her native Martinique. Just weeks after signing with Your Angels Models Monrose began working with Wilhelmina in New York and Silent models

Silent models

Silent Models is a modeling agency with offices in New York and Paris. The agency was founded in Paris in 2006 by Eric Dubois, previously director of the Paris office of Women Management, and by Vincent Peter, who formerly ran Madison Models...

 in Paris. Debuting during the S/S 2011 collections in New York, Monrose has since walked the runway for top designers including Michael Kors

Michael Kors

Michael Kors is an American fashion designer. He is best known for designing classic American sportswear for women.-Personal life:...

, Bottega Veneta

Bottega Veneta

Bottega Veneta is an Italian luxury goods house best known for its leather goods. Founded in 1966, it was purchased in 2001 by Gucci Group, now a part of the French multinational group PPR. Bottega Veneta is headquartered in Vicenza, in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy.- History :Bottega...

, Lanvin

Lanvin

Lanvin may refer to:* Gérard Lanvin , French actor* Jeanne Lanvin , French fashion designer* Lanvin , French fashion house founded by Jeanne Lanvin...

, Miu Miu

Miu Miu

Miu Miu is a high fashion brand from the Prada fashion house, opened in 1993 and headed by Miuccia Prada. The name of the collection is taken from Miuccia Prada’s nickname.-Stores:...

, and Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent may refer to:* Yves Saint Laurent , French fashion designer* Yves Saint Laurent , a luxury fashion house founded by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé...

. After her first runway season Monrose was named a top 10 new face by Style.com, Models.com, and COACD. In July 2011 Monrose left Wilhelmina for Silent models

Silent models

Silent Models is a modeling agency with offices in New York and Paris. The agency was founded in Paris in 2006 by Eric Dubois, previously director of the Paris office of Women Management, and by Vincent Peter, who formerly ran Madison Models...

, which now represents her in both New York and Paris.

Monrose has appeared in Vogue Italia

Vogue Italia

Vogue Italia is the Italian edition of Vogue magazine. Owned by Condé Nast International, it is the least commercial of all editions of Vogue magazine and has been called the top fashion magazine in the world....

, Harper's Bazaar

Harper's Bazaar

Harper’s Bazaar is an American fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper’s Bazaar is published by Hearst and, as a magazine, considers itself to be the style resource for “women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture.”...

, Vogue Turkey, Interview, Dazed and Confused, and V Magazine. She was photographed by Mario Testino

Mario Testino

-Early Life:Testino grew up in Lima, the eldest son of a businessman. When he was young he wanted to be a priest. Testino recalls being unpopular at school because of his flamboyance. He was good at math and went on to study economics at Universidad del Pacífico, where his insistence on wearing...

 for the F/W 2011 D&G ad campaign.

Personal life

Before becoming a model Monrose dreamed of a career as a designer. Deeply interested in fashion, in a January 2011 interview with Vogue Italia she named John Galliano

John Galliano

John Charles Galliano CBE, RDI is a Gibraltan-born British fashion designer who was best known as head designer of French haute couture houses Givenchy and Christian Dior , and his own self titled fashion house.-Family:He was born in Gibraltar to a Gibraltarian father, Juan Galliano, and a...

, Zac Posen

Zac Posen

- Early life :Posen was raised in the SoHo neighborhood of lower Manhattan, the son of artist Stephen Posen and corporate lawyer Susan Posen. His interest in fashion design started early, and as a child he would steal yarmulkes from his grandparents' synagogue to make ball dresses for dolls...

, Tom Ford

Tom Ford

Thomas Carlyle "Tom" Ford is an American fashion designer and film director. He gained international fame for his turnaround of the Gucci fashion house and the creation of the Tom Ford label before directing the Oscar-nominated film A Single Man.-Early life :Tom Ford was born August 27, 1961 in...

, and Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for Marc Jacobs, as well as Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, with more than 200 retail stores in 60 countries. He has been the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton since 1997...

 as her favorite designers.

External links

• http://nymag.com/fashion/models/mmonrose/mmonrose/
• http://models.com/models/Melodie-Monrose
• http://www.silentmodels.com