Kylie Bax Biography

Kylie Bax is a New Zealand-born fashion model. She was born January 5, 1975 in Thames, New Zealand and was first discovered by local modelling agency Clyne Model Management. She soon went to New York and signed with several other international agencies: Women, Marilyn and Storm. She has been a popular choice for international magazine covers, including Vogue and Marie Claire. Since 1999, Bax has appeared in several movies, including Get Over It (2001), starring Kirsten Dunst.

She grew up on her parents' horse-breeding farm in Thames. Bax was first discovered in a New Zealand shopping mall by an agent from Clyne Model Management. Kylie was a beauty queen before she gave her crown back to start modelling.

After discovering her marketing abilities as a model, she soon boarded a plane bound for New York in order to make it big as a model. Bax became steven Meisels protege. With her new "boyish looks" but still very feminine, she went on to work with countless top photographers such as Karl Largerfeld ,whom treated her like his daughter, to Helmut Newton and Richard Avedon.

Bax - now married-to fashion photographer Spiros Poros and has a daughter named Lito.

Like most models nowadays, Bax is branching out of modeling to pursue an acting career. She appeared in the films The Big Tease and Get Over It with Kirsten Dunst.

Once discovered Bax became an international modeling success, signing with Women in New York, Marilyn in Paris, and Storm in London. She has graced countless international magazine covers, including Vogue, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar & Mode Australia, Maxim, Vanity Fair, ELLE and Sports Illustrated. she has also appeared on more than 20 Vogue covers around the world.

In 2000, Bax joined a list of beauties like Estella Warren, Veronica Varekova and Michelle Behennah in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue of 2000.

She has appeared in campaigns for international products such as Club Monaco, Anna Sui, Clinique, Ann Taylor, DKNY, Escada, Gianfranco Ferre, Giorgio Armani, Louis Vuitton, [[Oscar de la Renta], Sonia Rykiel, Versace, Moschino,Nars, Valentino..

She has walked down catwalks for high fashion houses such as Moschino, Oscar de la Renta, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, and Valentino, Gucci, Galliano, Donna Karan, Cynthis Rowley, Calvin Klein, Joop, Alexander McQueen, Phillip Treacy, Karl Lagerfeld, Chloe, Ralph Lauren,Prada, Miu Miu,.....

Bax has had various roles in film, with appearances in 1999's Storm Catcher and The Big Tease. She also appeared in the 2000 comedy, We Married Margo, as well as, Jill Rips that same year.

She then moved on to teen films, with a role as a Victoria's Secret supermodel in the romantic comedy, Boys and Girls, along with fellow models Ines Rivero and Kristy Hinze. In 2001, Kylie and Carmen Electra appeared in Get Over It, starring Kirsten Dunst.

Tennis, Anyone...? (2005) .... Christy
Get Over It (2001) .... Dora Lynn Tisdale
Perfume (2001) .... Maitre D'
Boys and Girls (2000) .... Supermodel
Jill Rips (2000) .... Serena
We Married Margo (2000) .... Margo
The Big Tease (1999) .... Stig's Hair Model
Storm Catcher (1999) .... Jessica Holloway