Beauty shines on contest catwalk

Bunbury born and bred Brittany Offer is in the running to win a national modelling competition after being picked as one of seven WA finalists in the Girlfriend Rimmel Model Search last week.

Picture by David Bailey: Bunbury-born Brittany Offer is one of the seven WA finalists in the Girlfriend Rimmel Model Search.

The 14-year-old beauty is represented by Bunbury’s Classique Model Management and splits her time between Karratha and Dalyellup.

Winning the Girlfriend model search would mean ‘‘everything’’ to the keen netballer, who said she counted Jennifer Hawkins and Miranda Kerr as her idols and dreamed of being a swimsuit model.

The former St Mary’s Catholic Primary School student beat out 280 hopefuls at the Perth competition and will join the seven other finalists in a national tour.

‘‘I now get to travel around Australia and meet the other finalists in all the states,’’ Miss Offer said.

The winner of the long-running competition will get a number of opportunities to kickstart their modelling career including a 12-month contract with Chic Management and two Girlfriend magazine shoots.

Now in its 21st year, the Girlfriend model search has helped to launch the career of previous finalists including Abby Lee Kershaw, Ruby Rose and Samantha Harris.