The second daughter has a new role.
Ella Emhoff, the 21-year-old stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala Harris and the daughter of Doug Emhoff, signed with IMG Models.
Following the announcement that inaugural poet Amanda Gorman has reached an agreement with the same agency, IMG has revealed that Emhoff will join the ranks of Gigi Hadid, Karlie Kloss and many of the other top models in the industry.
“It’s not about shape, size or gender,” Ivan Bart, president of IMG Models, told the New York Times. “Ella communicates this moment in time. There is a naughtiness and a joy that emanates. ”
He added that when he saw Ella wearing a bright Miu Miu coat at the swearing-in of her stepmother and President Biden last week, he thought, “Wow, she’s communicating fashion.”
Emhoff has a clear affinity for clothing; She is currently a senior at the Parsons School of Design in New York, studying fine arts with a focus on textiles. Also in recent years, she has modeled “on and off” with a smaller agency, according to the Times.
“Because someone who, like many young girls out there, has had problems with self-confidence, it’s intimidating and scary to go into this world hyper-focused on you and your body,” she said, pledging to be “part of it.” of this change ”as someone with“ really weird tattoos and some kind of funky haircut ”.