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"Amid all the chaos backstage at a fashion show, you may find model Codie Young quietly nestled in a chair with her sketchbook. That's because the Australia native, who began modeling just two years ago after being scouted in a mall, considers herself an artist at heart. \"Drawing is what I've always loved doing,\" she says. \"I especially love faces\u2014they really fascinate me.\" She never could've imagined that one day her own visage would make an impression on Marc Jacobs, who cast the nineteen-yearold for his latest scent, Dot. \"I just loved her big eyes and their romance,\" the designer has said. Within weeks of landing this dream job (the exclusive club of past MJ faces includes Karlie Kloss and Dakota Fanning), Young jetted off to the sun-soaked Maldives to shoot the campaign. \"We couldn't work early in the day because it was too bright, so we went snorkeling and swimming,\" she says. Smelling the new perfume\u2014a juicy mix of red berries, dragon fruit, and coconut water\u2014for the first time was a bit stressful, she recalls. \"I was worried I wouldn't like it, because fragrance is so personal. But I love its tropical quality.\" Young, who is based in London, is gearing up for the spring runway season, but her thoughts are never far from home. She Skypes with her parents and sisters and blogs about her globe-trotting life (at codie-young.blogspot.com) to keep her friends in the loop. Her booming career allows her to return to Australia only twice a year, but she has zero regrets. Says Young, \"If you're given an opportunity like this, you have to go for it!\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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