Australian model Jessica Kahawaty has eerie similarities to George Clooney’s wife Amal
DESPITE Jessica Kahawaty’s international success, she’s the Aussie supermodel you’ve never heard of.
JESSICA Kahawaty may have earned the title of Australia’s Amal Clooney, but despite her international success, she’s the Aussie supermodel you’ve never heard of.
Studying for a double degree in international human rights law, and with a huge profile in Dubai thanks to hosting the prime-time reality TV series Project Runway Middle East, Kahawaty has beauty and brains in equal measure.
The 29-year-old says her appearance and career path ensures that she receives comparisons to George’s Clooney’s wife “all the time”.
“Especially because we are both Lebanese,” she told Confidential. “I studied law before Amal became ‘Mrs Clooney’, but as soon as she had all this exposure, people started saying, ‘oh, you’re the next Amal’.
“I really admire her work so any comparison to her is a big compliment.”
Kahawaty opened and closed Kookai’s Spring-Summer 17/18 fashion show on Wednesday night, set against the backdrop of Woolloomooloo Wharf.
The Australian-born model, who splits her time between Dubai, Paris and New York, is here to finish a component of her degree.
“It’s good to start your day with a three-hour lecture and finish it with a fashion show,” she said.
In a huge coup for the Australian arm of Kookai, the Aussie founders of the French brand, Rob Cromb and Danielle Vagner, have recently acquired the global Kookai business, growing immediately overnight from 39 stores in Australia and New Zealand to over 200 retail outlets worldwide.
The brand now employees over 500 people in Australia and 500 in Europe.
Rob Cromb and Danielle Vagner founded Kookai Australia in 1992 with one boutique on Melbourne’s Chapel Street.
They started out by purchasing product from the French operations but quickly saw the need to design specifically for the Australian girl.
Originally published as Australian model Jessica Kahawaty has eerie similarities to George Clooney’s wife Amal