Supermodel Kirsty Hume joins M&S dream team!

Posted by mija on Jan 31, 2007 in Insider, News, Various | 0 comments

Stunning Kirsty Hume is set to make her Mark on the high street …as the new face of M&S. She’s joining the store’s model dream team – which includes Twiggy, Laura Bailey, Elizabeth Jagger, Erin O’Connor and Noemie Lenoir – in a big-money deal.
They have starred in a series of high profile TV and newspaper ads, credited with turning round the ailing company’s fortunes. And M&S believe signing lovely Kirsty, 31, is another major coup for the retail giant.
Last night, her agent Jeanna Ridout said: “Kirsty is absolutely delighted to join their team as she grew up with M&S. She travelled to Majorca for the fashion shoot. She’s very excited about the clothes and hopes everyone will love them as much as she does.”
Kirsty, of Ayr, shot to fame as a 17-year-old schoolgirl after a top model agency spotted her potential. She went on to become one of the most sought-after catwalk models in the world, earning more than ?3.5million a year – even more than Kate Moss. She now lives on a farm in Woodstock, New York, with actor husband Donovan Leitch – son of 60s pop star Donovan – and two-year-old daughter Violet Jean.
Kirsty has cut back on work commitments since becoming a mum but she is still hair giant Pantene’s main model in the US and the face of designer make-up brand Bobbi Brown. And she was named model of the year at the Scottish Fashion Awards.
Jeanna said: “Violet Jean comes first and foremost with Kirsty. She’s a very devoted mum and works jobs around her daughter.
“Although Kirsty lives in the US, she gets home as much as she can because she loves being with her family in Scotland.
“She does get quite homesick.” She plans to visit her dad Russ and brother Elliot, 40, in Ayrshire in the spring.