• Models
Jan 26, 2012 9:00 AM EST
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1 Girl, 4 Looks: Meet NYC's Hottest New Model, Lily Kwong
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Have you had an "I've made it" moment yet?
"I feel like I haven't really started. I first started modeling when I was 19 and someone just plucked me off of the street and I was still really adamant about going back to school and I was working as an intern at GQ and I was working for Joseph [Altuzarra], so I would blow off all my castings and I just wasn't very interested in participating. And it was only until I lived here a bit longer and met more people that I see there are a lot of opportunities to collaborate with other creatives. What's interesting to me about modeling is when you're on set with people who are really brilliant at their tasks and when you get to be a part of this 'thing'. I just started working with Elite in December, and they're great, so I feel like this whole new chapter is about to begin."

Dyberg/Kern bracelet

Photographed by Sam Horine