Model Special: Hot In The Streets (2007 Cover Story & Gallery)

For our third annual model spectacular, Complex hit the bricks with a bevy of stunners. Damn, we love New York.

Jan 25, 2012
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Jessica Gomes / Zoe Duchense

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Interview by Richard "Treats" Dryden / Photography by Matt Doyle / Styling by Sam Spector

For our third annual Model Spectacular, Complex hit the bricks with a bevy of stunners. Damn, we love New York. 

This feature originally appeared in Complex's November 2007 issue. 

Jessica Gomes (Above, Left)

Origin: Sydney, Australia
Claim to Fame: Sean John Unforgivable fragrance commercials. 

Are your boyfriends more afraid of your mother or your father? 
My mother, because she's a crazy Chinese woman. She's fiery, like, "What do you do? Where are you from? Do you smoke? 

What's one thing a woman should never say to another woman? 
The C-U-N-T word. Never. 

What was your best date? 
I went out to Brooklyn to meet this guy on a rooftop. Nice and simple, we put a picnic rug out and smoked, drank wine, talked, and watched the city skies. That was fucking nice. 

What's one thing money can't buy? 
Me. And the sky. 

BRA: Soma / SKIRT AND SHOES: D&G / BELT: Hugo Boss / SUNGLASSES: BCBG Max Azria. 

 

Zoe Duchense (Above, Right)

Origin: Montreal, Canada
Claim to Fame: Chanel -- "It's been seven years, so I've done a lot."

What's one thing a woman should never say to another woman? 
I always say what I want to say. I say the truth, and they can take it the way they take it.

Are your boyfriends more afraid of your mother or your father?
My mother. She can see through men really well.

What's your favorite slow jam?
"She's Only Happy in the Sun," Ben Harper.

What's your favorite guilty pleasure?
I don't feel guilty about anything I do.  

BATHING SUIT: Raynelda / SHOES: D&G / BRACELET: Oro Vi for Gold Expressions

 

Nichole Kent

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Nichole Kent

Origin: Brooklyn, New York
Claim to Fame: "I played a prostitute in an episode of Huff on Showtime."

What was your worst job? 
I was naked on Huff.

What's yoru favorite guilty pleasure?
I love trashy TV, like the Maury Povich paternity-test show. And Snickers bars.

Describe your worst date.
I was set up on a blind date and the guy said to the bartender, "If anybody sends anything back, can you bring it over?" He ate disgusting, throw-back food. I was totally grossed out.

When I'm off-duty...
I like to be hot in my aparment. The first thing I do when I walk in is take my clothes off. I'm a nudist. 

BATHING SUIT: Norma Kamali / SHOES: D&G / GLOVES: La Crasia 

Jennah Anderson

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Jennah Anderson

Origin: Vancouver, Canada
Claim to Fame: Ad campaigns for Me Toi, a Japanese makeup company.

What's your favorite gossip rag?
US Weekly -- this is going to make me look like such an idiot.

What's your favorite slow jam?
P.M. Dawn's "I'd Die Without You." I love hip-hop, R&B, but also a lot of white music too.

Describe your ideal date.
Italian dinner in a romantic spot with great food, great wine, and great conversation with someone that you're really into. That's enough.

What physical traits did you inherit from your mom?
My boobs and my hips.  

DRESS: Diesel / PANTIES: Miss Sixty.

Jessica Hart

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Jessica Hart

Origin: Melbourne, Australia
Claim to Fame: The new Guess? campaign, Bobby Brown, and Ann Taylor

What's your favorite guilty pleasure? 
Smoking weed and shopping. 

If you made your own perfume, what would it smell like?
Something old school. Definitely not sweet. And not musky. I hate musky.

What's the thing you do that's most likely to attract the cops?
Drinking on the street. They're never going to catch me, touch wood. When we go into the convenience stores, they make you take a paper bag. But who drinks out of a paper bag unless you're drinking alcohol? That's flagging the police immediately. YOu might as well have a big sign saying, "I'm drinking alcohol." 

DRESS: Herve Leger / SHOES: Cesare Paciotti

Julia Ryndych

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Julia Ryndych

Origin: Kherson, Ukraine
Claim to Fame: Working with the photographer Ellen Von Herzen. 

What's your favorite gossip rag?
I don't really care about those people's lives.

If you made your own perfume, what would it smell like?
Vanilla, orange flowers, and cinnamon.

What was your worst job?
I'm really afraid of water because I don't know how to hold my breath. I did a shoot in an aquarium and had to stay under water for a while. It was a nightmare.

What's your favorite guilty pleasure?
Godiva dark chocolate.

What's the worst part of your job?
I have a hard time maintaining relationships. I don't have stability living out of suitcases.  

BATHING SUIT: Raynelda / SUNGLASSES AND SHOES: BCBG Max Azria / FUR JACKET: D&G

Zoe & Jess

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Bonus Q&A With Jessica Gomes and Zoe Duchense

What's the last DVD you bought? 
Jessica: The Talented Mr. Ripley. It's really twisted. I love Matt Damon. Jude Law's cute, but I like Matt Damon a lot. Jude Law always plays the perverted, sick character.

Who drinks the most when your family gets together for the holidays? 
Jessica: My dad, then my brother, then me. Three vodka cranberries and I'm done! My mom's Asian. One glass of red wine and she's drunk.

When was the last time you drove significantly over the speed limit?
Zoe: I always do! In Montreal, the speed limit is like 100 km/h, and I go at least 140. I have a red Civic. If it were a Lamborghini, I'd go faster. I've gotten a few tickets, but it's fine. 

What's the worst haircut you've ever gotten? 
Jessica: When I was little, my mom gave me a bowl haircut. Literally, she put a bowl on my head and chopped around it. I looked like a little page boy. 

What's the sexiest sex scene in TV or the movies?
Zoe: In Unfaithful, Diane Lane cheats on her husband with Olivier Martinez. He'd grab her and put her into the wall. You don't see the whole thing because it's American, but it's pretty intense. 

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Complex's November 2007 Cover

Starring Models Jessica Gomes and Zoe Duchense

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