modeling agencies in birmingham A nice shot this and my favourite Lothian bus at the moment. Alexander Royale fleet number 281 on service 19 standing on the Queensferry Road with the eloquently tree-lined Learmonth Terrace, designed by John Chesser for Colonel Learmonth in 1873, in the background. See the finely dressed lady here promoting pensions by Scottish Widows. This appeared only late in 2008 and I thought it was a bit odd to use an Alexander Royale for the promotion with the bus itself due to be removed only a few months later. Surely it was chosen because the colour design (background, lettering and especially the dress) match perfectly with Lothian\'s madder red and white livery? But who is she? I caught up with Lindsay Strachan, Scottish Widows\' Brand Consultant who gave this release: \'The ad came about as Lothian Buses have appointed Scottish Widows as their group pensions provider which then opened up opportunities for cost effective ad placement for us. The ad was placed on a vehicle selected by LB, so lucky as it may have been that the colours worked. I\'m afraid I can\'t claim that it was a conscious decision. There are no plans to continue the advertising further than the agreed January/February campaign and therefore it won\'t be transferred to another bus\'. / And from the Scottish Widows magazine here\'s the bit you\'ve all been waiting for....the girl of course! Hayley Hunt is the new face of Scottish Widows and she paid a special visit to a Lothian Bus depot last autumn. Prior to the visit Hayley did a photo shoot on Edinburgh Castle Esplanade with a Lothian bus. I would like to thank Paul Pope, who works with SW, for researching this information. HAYLEY HUNT: How I started out.... I was born and brought up in the pictureseque Cotswolds area of southern England. When I was 16, I was spotted in the crowd by the Boss modelling agency at the BBC Clothes Show in Birmingham. I remember the Clothes Show was pretty big at the time and I went up with my mum and her friends. I was approached by one of the scouts and he asked me if I\'d like to do some modelling. I was very excited. I\'d lived in the country all of my life and hadn\'t even considered anything like modelling. Combining my part-time work with studies I landed my first major job at 17, when I won a contract to model Virgin sportswear and lingerie. After completing three A-levels in English Literature, Graphic Design and Fine Art in Oxford, I then moved up to London and signed with the world-famous Storm Agency, who handle Kate Moss, Eva Herzigova, Cindy Crawford and Lily Cole. What I\'ve been working on Since then, my career has primarily focused on television advertising campaigns, including Kenco coffee and House of Fraser, and music videos, including appearing on a horse in Daniel Bedingfield\'s hit song \'Never Gonna Leave Your Side\'. It was brilliant fun. The agency was asked for someone who could ride a horse. I love horse-riding. We went out to Spain and I got the chance to pick a beautiful horse. Then I was asked to ride around this massive bull ring while Daniel sung. Another great assignment was a trip to Prague, where I made an advert for hair product company Schwarzkopf. I had to dye my hair red. But luckily it was just vegetable oil. We spent five days shooting in Prague, which was amazing. For me, one of the best bits of the job is the travel and meeting people. The advert was shown all over Europe, but unfortunately not in the UK. I\'ve also appeared in a number of fashion spreads in several glossy magazines and national newspapers included Tatler, Elle, Cosmopolitan and the Daily Telegraph. I\'ve done fashion work for Debenhams and Marks & Spencer. I\'ve also done some in-house catwalk shows for design houses such as Ralph Lauren, Escada, Louis Vuitton and Versace. And taken part in charity work. Working with David Bailey I\'ve also worked with David Bailey on the Scottish Widows\' shoot. I was quite apprehensive at first. But he was very cool and friendly. It was a nice shoot with great people. You learn something from each photographer and Bailey was able to show me how I should try and create the Scottish Widows look. I am now signed up as the new face of Scottish Widows. 51/58
