As you all know by now, we are big fans of local models who break through in the tough fashion world and land up shooting Vogue, opening Valentino couture and being the face of Prada. Within months of starting out. We are cool like that. And so it is with Cape Town schoolgirl, Katryn Kruger.

But what did she look like before she was famous? Well, pretty much the same. Last year, just before she blew up internationally, photographer Ulrich Knoblauch shot these images of Katryn. That (now) signature jaw profile. The strong brow. This was how she started out. Amazing.
Clothes are by David West.
Headpiece is by Ida Elsje.