The 18-year old Australian has won a local Perth-based model competition and has almost ruined her chances with Karl Lagerfeld (who had booked her for several shows) having run into him on the street, and not knowing who he was. Nicole, the star of recent Australian Fashion Week, who has originally refused modeling, believing that her Italian father would never allow it, is thought to have earned $ 40.000 for the event, having opened no less than 11 shows and landed ad campaigns for the likes of D&G, and Sonia Rykiel.

Trunfio is determined to act as a figurehead for fashion in her home country. "Elle [Macpherson] was the last Australian they saw on the catwalks, so Gemma [Ward] and I have been received really well", she said. "I feel like it's part of what I am about, to be an ambassador for us overseas".