Why 2013 is the year of Jessica Hart

YES, we know she criticised Taylor Swift, but it's time to move on. If you ever doubted Aussie model Jessica Hart's star power, just wait until you see her Vogue cover.

Jessica Hart at a Victoria's Secret fashion shoot in NYC. Picture by: Jackson Lee

IF YOU ever doubted Aussie model Jessica Hart's star power, just wait until you see her latest Vogue cover.

Photographed by Will Davidson on the banks of the Seine in Paris, Hart was adorned in Chanel and all-too-ready to talk about her modelling success.

"Ninety-nine per cent of the girls (in the industry) are pretty, but it's also personality," she says. "It's the strength to not care what people think.

"It's so surreal... Everything you do always becomes normal, so I always have to remind myself to take a step back," she said.

Sounds pretty grounded, doesn't she? And okay, so she criticised Taylor Swift after her Victoria's Secret performance - something she says "was taken out of context, but I have certainly learnt my lesson" - but what's not to love about a girl who grew up in Collingwood, went to a Steiner school, was discovered at her local shopping centre, and is now walking for Victoria's Secret and dating multi-millionaire Stavros Niarchos III?

Here are some of Jess's best looks from 2013:

Jess sizzling on the runway for the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

She looks HOT in a boyfriend shirt. Picture by: Christopher Peterson/Splash News

...So hot that GQ Australia put her on their cover in one.

Jess masters leather AND fur.

Jess working a swimsuit while shooting the Next Directory catalogue.

She pulls off punk at the Costume Institute Gala for the "PUNK: Chaos to Couture" MOMA exhibition.

Oh, you want high fashion? No worries. Styling: Jillian Davison, Christine Centenera. Photography: Will Davidson

Looking like a picture of health after the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Nailing her signature pose at the 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards on June 3.