Gemma Ward has become a real discovery in the world of high fashion. This sweet girl with an angelic and slightly alien face has conquered the best catwalks in the world throughout her modeling career, and magazines with her photo on the cover sold out in a matter of minutes.
Her career was incredibly successful, and the model herself was one of the highest paid in the world, however, after the grief that happened, the girl quickly began to gain weight, as a result of which she left the modeling business for six years and devoted herself to cinematography.
Fans were extremely outraged when they learned about this decision. However, now Gemma remains a favorite of Miuccia Prada herself and, to the delight of her fans, has triumphantly returned to the world of fashion. Now she is not only a popular model, but also a wonderful mother.
early years
The gray-eyed beauty was born on November 3, 1987 in the small town of Perth, Australia.
The girl has a large and friendly family. Dad works as an ordinary district doctor, and mom works as a nurse. Not only Gemma, but also her older sister Sophie managed to break into the world of high fashion, but at that time, as a child, she never wanted to become a supermodel following her sister’s example.
In addition to her sister Sophie, the girl has two younger brothers - Oscar and Henry
The beginning of Gemma Ward's career
At the age of 14, the girl was casting for a modeling show as part of a support group. The agent's keen eye immediately singled out the fragile figure in a gray jacket from the crowd of spectators, and Gemma Ward was invited to take part in the competition. Frightened by the unexpected attention to her person, the shy young lady could not win, but received a “pass” for further filming.
Model Gemma Ward Gemma decided not to miss her chance. Over the next year, she signed several contracts to participate in shows of famous couturiers. An important role in this decision was played by her older sister - the beautiful Sophie Ward at that time was also involved in the modeling business and often described the life of a model in bright colors.
Beginning of a modeling career
She began her modeling career at the age of 15, during a casting for the TV show “Searching for a Supermodel.” However, she was not there to fight for a place in the project, but came along with her friends to support them at the audition. But among the thousands of teenagers who dreamed of getting on a TV show, the agency representative noticed Gemma. He was struck by her extraordinary beauty and offered to take part in the project, to which she refused and said that she just came to support her friends.
After some time, the agent managed to persuade Gemma to try her hand at modeling, which ultimately radically changed her life.
Before the project, the girl had completely different plans. She wanted to become a comedy actress; according to the model herself, she always managed to make people laugh with ease. At that time, she could not even imagine that she would have to become a feminine and elegant girl in front of the cameras. No matter how strange it may sound, Gemma never considered herself beautiful.
As soon as the girl appeared at the agency, the director Susie Deveridge liked her from the first minutes, who, without wasting a minute, began to look for a job for the beauty. Her first orders were photos for local publications and even offers to perform at shows. Immediately after filming, her first photos were sent to the best modeling agency in New York - IMG. Gemma impressed all the New York agents, so she was immediately invited to move to America and collaborate with IMG.
Career peak
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Height – 178 cm; Weight – 49 kg; Parameters – 84-61-89 cm.
The girl, with her beauty and unsurpassed charisma, was able to conquer Miuccia Prada herself, so it is not surprising that her first great experience on the catwalks was the fashion show at the shows of “Prada” and “Miu Miu”. Gemma Ward entered this complex industry so quickly that in her very first Fashion Week she walked in shows for more than 50 fashion brands.
This is an astonishing figure considering that many of her runs were show openers or show closers. This very young girl was able to win over the best designers in the world; almost all brands wanted to collaborate with her, including:
- Jill Stuart;
- Balenciaga;
- Yves Saint Laurent;
- Versus.
The girl’s promising model was also noticed by the famous brand Calvin Klein, which appointed her as the face of the “Obsession Night” fragrance instead of the magnificent Kate Moss.
For an advertising campaign for this perfume in 2005, the girl received more than one million dollars
Just 2 years later, the young beauty was ranked 10th in the ranking of the richest models, according to the influential financial magazine Forbes. Gemma's popularity and fame knew no bounds; she became a real discovery in the world of high fashion.
On the covers of magazines
In addition to designers, she managed to fall in love with the best publications in the world, among which was Chinese Vogue. This is not surprising considering that 300,000 copies of the magazine with her photo on the cover were sold out in just 3 hours.
Her photos graced the covers of this publication 20 times, and the beauty herself became the youngest model whose photo appeared on its title page. It was Gemma who brought the fashion for girls with strange alien appearance into the modeling business. Photographers adored her for her ability to embody any images that came into their heads.
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The model managed to transform herself into anyone, be it a romantic person or a daring lady, but regardless of the image, all the photos with her participation turned out great and could exceed any expectations.
Long-term career break
Gemma spent 2006 in Los Angeles filming the thriller “The Stranger.” Because of this, she missed Milan Fashion Week for the first time. For most designers, critics and fans, this caused a storm of emotions and gave rise to a lot of gossip, some of which claimed that the model had gained several extra pounds.
And even though she later appeared at New York and Paris Fashion Week, many still noticed her slightly rounded face. Throughout the year, conversations about the model and her figure did not stop, and at Paris Fashion Week she appeared in only a couple of shows. One fashion editor even said about this:
I thought that Gemma doesn't participate in a lot of fashion shows because she already makes good money from various advertising campaigns, however, I was horrified by her curves when I saw her parading at the Chanel show.
She was different from other girls and compared to them she seemed very plump, not meeting model standards.
Got fat
However, the real collapse of her modeling career happened in 2007, after her lover Heath Ledger passed away. Gemma stopped appearing at shows altogether, and her photos were no longer adorned in modern glossies. The model gained a few more extra pounds and became completely self-absorbed.
!!!Some believed that the girl gained weight due to depression, which occurred due to Heath’s death. Others think that the young model’s body was simply being rebuilt, because when she began building a modeling career, she was only 14 years old, and a woman’s metabolism begins to change at the age of 20.
Despite the fact that Gemma was quite plump, she rarely received job offers.
However, the agency with which the girl was working at that time rejected them each time, arguing that Gemma would appear on the pages of magazines only if she lost weight and returned to her previous shape.
Many claim that if Ward wanted, she would definitely lose weight and return to the world of fashion, but at that time she was passionate about something else - cinematography. In her blog, the girl promises her fans that she will return to the modeling industry.
The end of Gemma Ward's modeling career
Rumors that Gemma Ward had weight problems began to spread back in 2006. Milan Fashion Week gave rise to rumors about the girl gaining as much as 5 pounds in the media. From that moment on, critics no longer ignored the topic of Gemma’s excess weight. Paris Fashion Week in 2008 was fatal for the model. Her figure and clothing size were harshly condemned.
Gemma Ward gained weight The collapse of her modeling career came as a surprise to Ward. She was stunned by how fate could change in one day. Deciding to take a little time out, she stopped participating in all fashion shows.
By the age of twenty, Gemma Ward's teenage body had changed beyond recognition. Thinness and angularity were replaced by femininity and grace, roundness of shapes and softness of lines. But such changes were not to the taste of representatives of the fashion world.
Filmography
1The girl had a big break in her modeling career partly due to her participation in various films. Her first cinematic experience was the film “Pink Pajamas,” which was released in 2001.
2For the sake of the film “Strangers,” the model sacrificed Milan Fashion Week in 2006.
3After which Gemma appeared in episodic roles in such films as “The Black Ball” (2008), “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” (2011), in which the model played a mermaid, as well as “The Great Gatsby” (2013).
Gemma Ward now
After leaving the podium and psychological problems associated with the loss of a loved one, Gemma gradually returns to life. She devotes herself to her favorite activity - filming.
Gemma Ward in the film “The Great Gatsby” In 2011, the world saw Ward in the role of the charming mermaid Tamara in the next episode of “Pirates of the Caribbean”. In 2012, the second series of “Strangers” was released with her participation, and in 2013, Gemma got a role in the film “The Great Gatsby” from Francis Scott Fitzgerald.
Only 6 years later, the girl returned to the modeling business again, delighting fans and shocking the public with her sudden appearance. In September 2014, she appeared on the catwalk at the Prada show. And then her photographs graced the cover of the December issue of Vogue Australia, by the way the 55th anniversary issue.
Gemma Ward returned to modeling in 2014. At the beginning of 2020, Gemma Ward took part in the advertising campaign for the Prada spring-summer 2020 collection along with Julia Nobis and Ine Neefs.
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Personal life
While actively working as a model, the girl did not even think about building any kind of relationship. However, during her time out, she finally had time for relationships and true romance.
So, in 2007, during a party in Australia, Gemma met successful actor Heath Ledger. There was an immediate spark between them, despite the age difference. They tried their best to avoid the media and devote all their free time to each other, and even spend holidays together. However, a few weeks after this, a turning point in everyone’s life happened - the death of Heath Ledger. Then the model completely withdrew into herself, and for a long time she was not heard from either on social networks or in the press.
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Gemma Ward is currently dating photographer and model David Latt, with whom she has a beautiful daughter. The girl was born in December 2013 in Hawaii, where the young parents went to avoid the annoying paparazzi. The baby was named Naya, and the mother posts many pictures of them together, and most importantly, happy ones, on her Instagram page.
Star love stories with tragic endings
Scott Eastwood and Jewel Brangman
In 2014, Scott Eastwood, heir to actor and director Clint Eastwood, lost his beloved - the girl died in a car due to a faulty airbag. Jewel did not keep her distance and drove into the car from the front. Of course, this would not have led to a car accident, but metal parts flew out of the defective airbag and literally shot the girl to death. Jewel was one of 11 drivers killed due to faulty airbags, after which cars with airbags from an unscrupulous manufacturer were recalled from sale.
It is still difficult for the actor to remember the tragedy. Scott said he had lost friends before, but never someone he was so close to.
Jim Carrey and Catriona White
In September 2015, the actor's girlfriend, 28-year-old Catriona White, a makeup artist whom Kerry had been dating for several months, committed suicide.
The body was found in her home in Los Angeles. Catriona had not been in touch for some time, so the friends of the deceased decided to check if everything was okay. The cause of death was a drug overdose - pills were found near White's body. Five days before her death, the girl broke up with Jim Carrey for the second time, and the breakup is called one of the reasons for her death. Another version is a quarrel with his mother, as well as the influence of the Church of Scientology. It turned out that shortly before her death, White underwent an intensive course of “objectification” as part of the special Scientology program Survival Rundown. Prolonged depression forced Catriona to join the flow, and it was precisely because of her serious condition that the girl reacted so sharply to failures. For the actor, Catriona's suicide was a blow and a shock - he learned about his friend's diagnosis too late. “She was kind and gentle, too sensitive for this earth,” the actor wrote in his condolences. Jim Carrey paid for the funeral in full and carried the coffin during the farewell ceremony.
Meryl Streep and John Cazale
Actor John Cazale, star of “The Godfather” and “The Deer Hunter,” became Meryl’s first serious man.
The novel was not hampered by the difference in age or popularity (the 40-year-old actor was already actively filming, and the 27-year-old Broadway actress was only dreaming of the big screen). Casale helped promote his girlfriend in Hollywood by casting her in the film “Julia.” The lovers also starred together in the drama The Deer Hunter, which brought Streep her first Oscar nomination. The artist’s career quickly took off, and when she decided to go to Australia to film the series “Holocaust,” John did not interfere with her, keeping silent about his diagnosis: doctors found the actor had cancer. A few months later, Meryl returned to New York and found her fiancé in terrible condition: due to illness, he could no longer get out of bed. For the last three months of Casale's life, she never left his side.
After the death of her beloved man in 1978, Meryl firmly decided to put her personal life first. And with the next chosen one - sculptor Don Gummer - everything turned out that way. The couple raised four children away from camera flashes, in a northern American village. The couple tries to manage without the help of housekeepers and nannies and divides household chores equally.
Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Syme
Keanu's nomadic lifestyle (the actor prefers to live in hotels) and his isolation from the public made him one of the most mysterious and saddest Hollywood actors.
The reason lies in the evil fate that haunts the artist all his life. In 1999, his girlfriend, actress Jennifer Syme, became pregnant, but a week before the birth, problems began with the baby’s health, and he was born dead. And two years later, Jennifer died in a car accident.
While fans are coming up with ways to cheer up their favorite (they even made June 15 the unofficial Keanu Reeves Cheer Up Day), the artist himself avoids any communication. He does not seek support from his loved ones, but kills time by walking the streets alone or hanging out with tramps.
Petra Nemkova and Simon Utley
The tsunami in South Asia killed more than 280 thousand people.
Among them was photographer Simon Utley, with whom Czech top model Petra Nemkova dated for two years before traveling to the Thai island of Phuket. A huge wave covered the island when the couple was already going back. Simon choked in the water, but the girl managed to escape: she miraculously clung to a palm tree and stayed there for 8 hours until rescuers arrived. The doctors were not sure whether Petra would be able to walk again - the girl’s pelvis was broken in four places, but Nemkova decided to get back on her feet no matter what. Three months later she was cured, and a year later she even took part in the show “Dancing with the Stars.”
In memory of her lover, Petra founded The Happy Hearts Fund, which she managed with her friend. Later, her organization helped victims of disasters in Haiti and the Philippines.
The celebrity’s personal life never worked out. Her short affairs with musician James Blunt, actor Sean Penn and director Peter Berg came to nothing. The girl planned a wedding with actor Jamie Belman in 2011, but two months before the celebration she broke off the engagement.
Gemma Ward and Heath Ledger
The press knew little about Heath Ledger's latest novel.
The model only spoke about her relationship with the actor in 2011, when she finally came to her senses. The fact is that Ledger's death coincided with her departure from the modeling business. In the early 2000s, Gemma enjoyed incredible success and earned $3 million a year, but by 2007 her popularity began to wane due to excess weight and fatigue. Ward understood that she could no longer live by the strict laws of the modeling world. When the whole world turned against her because of the weight she had gained, Heath was one of the few people who helped the girl cope with the attacks of the press. Alas, their relationship lasted only a few months. In January 2008, the artist’s heart stopped due to a fatal mixture of painkillers, sleeping pills and tranquilizers.
It took years to restore mental strength. Gemma hid in Australia and acted in films (in the fourth part of “Pirates of the Caribbean” and in “The Great Gatsby”). In 2013, the model gave birth to a daughter with her boyfriend, fashion model David Letts. And last year, the girl managed to return to the modeling business - she starred on the cover of Vogue and walked at the Prada show.
Lea Michele and Cory Monteith
Lea and Corey met on the set of the TV series Glee and, following their characters, fell in love with each other.
At first, the press considered their romance a publicity stunt, but soon Lea and Corey became one of the most touching couples in Hollywood. But besides Michelle, Monteith had another serious addiction - heroin. The guy struggled with a bad habit, constantly undergoing rehabilitation courses. The artist never managed to get rid of his addiction: in the summer of 2013, Corey was found dead in a hotel room.
Michelle accepted the death of her loved one stoically. A month later, she appeared at the Teen Choice Awards and thanked fans for their support. And in 2014, the artist released her debut album Louder, from which she dedicated several songs to Corey.
Teona Dolnikova and Nikita Bychenkov
The star of the musicals “Metro” and “Count Orlov” dated actor Nikita Bychenkov for just over a year before his sudden death from a broken heart in 2014.
“I know everything, I know that you are nearby... I know that you see everything. You yourself said that we have a cosmic connection. But I really want to kiss and hug you. It’s just that the world has disappeared without you, my love... It doesn’t exist for me...” the actress admitted.
The actress is having a hard time with the death of her loved one, but finds the strength to go on stage and communicate with loved ones. Based on materials from cosmo.ru.
