SAINT International is celebrating yet another achievement of its rapidly rising supermodel, Shena Moulton. The April issue of Teen Vogue features the Penwood High student in a colourful eight-page story called Sugar Rush shot by photography wunderkind Jason Kibbler and styled by David Vandewal. The shoot is a celebration of the fashionable colours of spring.

Shena was joined by two other models but it’s the number of individual pages she earned that had fashion pundits declaring that she was the star of the shoot.

Shena has been garnering international success since her debut on the world fashion scene just under six months ago. She created history as a Caribbean first when she walked two consecutive seasons in Paris Fashion Week for some of the world’s top designer names at the age of 15. These include Louis Vuitton, Anne Valerie Hash (she opened the show in Paris), Kenzo, Gaspard Yurkievich, Chapurin, AF Vandervost, Shatze Shen and many others.

Top designers such as Ricardo Tischi (Givenchy), Stefano Pilati (Yves St Laurent), Karl Lagerfeld (Chanel) have all expressed interest in meeting with Shena next season. According to Saint CEO Deiwght Peters, “Shena would have had a more stunning show season this past season but the French laws prevents her from working after 7:00 pm and on Sundays when many of the top shows are held. It goes to show how strong a model she is as she did 11 of the top shows still,” he proudly stated.

Shena was discovered by Peters at Penwood High School while visiting as a guest for RJR Radiocation. She was a finalist and winner on the Fashionface of the Caribbean 2008. She was offered a contract on the spot by Muse Models.

Supermodel ambition

Shena notes she would like to be the first Caribbean model to make the cover of all the major international editions of Vogue-American, British, Italian and French. Except for supermodel Naomi Campbell (who is of Jamaican heritage), no Jamaican model has ever graced them all. Former Yves St Laurent Muse Giorgianna Robertson (who was spokes-model for Styleweek Jamaica 2008 is the only Jamaican model who has graced the cover of French Vogue.

Shena is now represented by a group of fashion powerhouses Muse (New York) Models 1(London), Elite Milan and Elite Paris, Uno (Barcelona).

Since her international debut and development by Muse Models, Shena has been on an upward path booking international assignments with Gap Japan, Russian Vogue and Britain’s Pop Magazine.

Shena will be leading the cadre of Saint model for Styleweek Jamaica/Fashionblock which is scheduled from May 27-30 around Kingston.