Kylie Bax (born 5 January 1975, pronounced
/'ka?li?/) is a
New Zealand-born
model and
actress. She has appeared on international magazine covers, including
Vogue and Marie Claire. Since 1999, Bax has appeared in several movies, including
Get Over It (2001).Having been a beauty queen, Bax was first discovered in a
New Zealand shopping mall by an agent from
modelling agency Clyne Model Management. After discovering her marketing abilities as a fashion model, she soon moved to
New York to work as a model. Bax became
Steven Meisel's protege. She went on to work with top photographers such as
Karl Lagerfeld,
Helmut Newton and
Richard Avedon. Once discovered Bax became an international modeling success, signing with Women in
New York, Marilyn in
Paris, and Storm in
London. She has appeared on numerous international magazine covers, including Vogue,
Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar & Mode
Australia,
Maxim,
Vanity Fair,
ELLE and
Sports Illustrated. She has also appeared on more than twenty Vogue covers around the world. In 2000, Bax joined
Estella Warren,
Veronica Varekov� and
Michelle Behennah in the annual
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She has appeared in campaigns for international products such as Club Monaco,
Anna Sui,
Clinique,
Ann Taylor,
DKNY,
Escada, Gianfranco Ferre,
Giorgio Armani,
Louis Vuitton,
Oscar de la Renta,
Sonia Rykiel,
Versace, Moschino,Nars, Valentino.. She has walked down catwalks for high fashion houses such as Moschino,
Oscar de la Renta,
Chanel,
Christian Dior,
Christian Lacroix, and
Valentino, Glistening Examples, Gucci, Galliano, Donna Karan, Cynthis Rowley, Calvin Klein, Joop, Alexander McQueen, Phillip Treacy, Karl Lagerfeld, Chloe, Ralph Lauren, Prada, and Miu Miu. In 2009 she sued French men's magazine Max Magazine for using bare-breasted images of her on its wrapper, no photos were inside the publication. Her lawsuit cited that the "'sexualised nature of the photographs' was inconsistent with the image she sought to develop". The images were taken about six years prior, and she was not compensated for their use by Max Magazine and the photographer was assured they would not run without her consent.Bax is married-to Greek fashion photographer Spiros Poros and has two daughters, Lito and Dione Nefeli. Bax also has a stepson named Aris. They moved to Athens in 2009. The couple hope to launch a clothing line for children called "Moromoro" ("Babybaby" in Greek) in 2010.
Bax's Lexington, Kentucky farm-house was featured in a 2003 episode of the
MTV television show,
Cribs. She is part owner of Blandford Lodge horse stud.