Ali Stephens, Utah Sensation

Ali Stephens for Woman (Hunter & Gatti).

Alison F. "Ali" Stephens (May 10, 1991), known as Ali Stephens, is an American model.

L'Officiel Russia July 2010.

Ali Stephens was born in Salt Lake City. Stephens has a sister and four brothers. Ali went to East High School and did very well on the cross-country running team.

Ali Stephens for Italian Marie Claire, December 2012 (Nagi Sakai).

Ali was out shopping with her family in Utah when a talent scout from a local agency approached her. He said that Ali and her sister could model. Ali blew it off as a come-on, but, a few months later, the agency asked for pictures. Ali signed with the local agency and also with Elite Model Management in New York and "a week later, I went to Milan." And that, as they say, is that.

Ali signed with her agencies in August 2007. She made her debut on 25 September 2007 in the S/S show in Milan for Prada.

Ali Stephens on the Numéro Korea cover for March 2009.

Stephens was an immediate success. Before the year was out, she was walking for the S/S Chloé show in Paris as well as for Chanel, Dries van Noten, Givenchy, and Louis Vuitton. She also soon did advertisements for Victoria's Secret.

Ali Stephens for Blanco's Fall 2010 campaign (Hunter & Gatti).

After that, Ali's success was assured. In 2008, she became the face of Chloé and M Missoni and appeared in ads for Calvin Klein. Her shoot for Calvin Klein led to a billboard of her in New York City at the corner of Houston and Lafayette Street - an area heavily frequented by members of the modeling and artistic community.

Ali says that she is "very religious." She is a Mormon and says:

With me, that is a big thing. And then, also meditating, and like, I've been doing that for ten years now.

Stephens is a big supporter of the David Lynch Foundation, which promotes transcendental meditation.

Ali Stephens by Hunter & Gatti for Woman.

Ali has said that she always travels with her mom or another family member. She maintains a studio apartment in New York City.

Ali Stephens by Terry Richardson.

I'm not one of the girls willing to starve themselves for fashion, so I do what shows I can but I don’t pressure myself to fit into the sample sizes.

Ali Stephens for Georges Rech F/W 2010 (Greg Kadel).

Ali married Nicholas Lund on 3 August 2012 and, outside of her professional life, goes by Ali Lund. She maintains a fun Instagram account, als.lund, on which she posts a lot of family, dog, and horse pictures.






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