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New York Fashion Week: Aussie models Shanina Shaik, Aleyna FitzGerald among the world’s best on biggest catwalks

AN unprecedented mix of Aussie models are enjoying runaway success on the catwalks and front rows of New York Fashion week.

Good girl goes bad: Aussie model Shanina Shaik took on a whole new look with a dramatic hair extension, walking for Philipp Plein. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Good girl goes bad: Aussie model Shanina Shaik took on a whole new look with a dramatic hair extension, walking for Philipp Plein. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

AN unprecedented mix of Aussie models are enjoying runaway success on the catwalks and front rows of New York Fashion week.

Fresh from walking the David Jones spring-summer collection catwalk in Sydney just weeks ago, Shanina Shaik owned the Philipp Plein catwalk in a look she dubbed “good girl gone bad,” as US President’s daughter Tiffany Trump sat front row watching on.

Good girl goes bad: Aussie model Shanina Shaik took on a whole new look with a dramatic hair extension, walking for Philipp Plein. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Good girl goes bad: Aussie model Shanina Shaik took on a whole new look with a dramatic hair extension, walking for Philipp Plein. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Donald Trump’s daughter Tiffany attend the Taoray Wang fashion show. Picture: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images
Donald Trump’s daughter Tiffany attend the Taoray Wang fashion show. Picture: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images

Dressed in a pair of barely-there shorts and black thigh garter, Shaik’s edgy outfit was matched with a studded black jacket and an epic hair extension.

Aleyna FitzGerald, the 18-year-old Newcastle teen who won the last season of Australia’s Next Top Model, is on track to become our most successful Australia’s Next Top Model contestant yet.

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Quiet achiever: Last year’s Australia’s Next Top Model winner Aleyna FitzGerald is making waves in the fashion world as she walked for Victoria Beckham. Picture: JP Yim/Getty Images
Quiet achiever: Last year’s Australia’s Next Top Model winner Aleyna FitzGerald is making waves in the fashion world as she walked for Victoria Beckham. Picture: JP Yim/Getty Images
Only weeks after trying out for Victoria’s Secret, Chantal Monaghan was back in New York for the Maybelline party. Picture: Instagram
Only weeks after trying out for Victoria’s Secret, Chantal Monaghan was back in New York for the Maybelline party. Picture: Instagram

Making her New York Fashion Week debut, FitzGerald walked for Victoria Beckham on Sunday with David Beckham and eldest son Brooklyn front row, following gigs for designers Jonathan Simkhai and Tadashi Shoji.

Madeline Stuart, the 21-year-old Aussie model with Down syndrome, also walked for six designers including Dexter Simmons, Jessie Liu, and Arzamendi Style.

Fashion stars David Beckham and his son Brooklyn threw their support behind Posh Spice’s fashion show. Picture: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
Fashion stars David Beckham and his son Brooklyn threw their support behind Posh Spice’s fashion show. Picture: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

Off the catwalk, Myer model Chantal Monaghan attended the V x Maybelline party in a sportsluxe outfit — a crop top and track pants.

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