How Your Favorite Supermodels Got Their Start

Karlie Kloss

Before she was featured at Fashion Week, she was hosting fashion shows in her hometown. "I was discovered at 13 in a mall in St. Louis. I had never been on an airplane, actually," said Kloss. At age 15, she was debuted at New York Fashion Week with the brand Calvin Klein. Since then, she has started a scholarship foundation that teaches girls how to code, called Kode with Klossy.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.