Michelle de Swarte
Michelle De Swarte is a model and TV presenter. She was born in Lewisham, London, and was spotted by a model scout when she was 19 and soon after moved to New York City. She now travels between New York and London.
Michelle’s beauty product campaigns include Make-up Art Cosmetics, Sephora and Neutrogena. She has also been photographed for Burberry, Tommy Hilfiger, Cartier, Betsey Johnson, Michael Kors, Baby Phat, H&M, Gap and Levis, by photographers such as Mario Testino, Peter Lindbergh, Patrick Demarchelier and Steven Meisel, and featured in fashion spreads for Harper's Bazaar, Italian Vanity Fair and V. She modeled for Copperwheat Blundell ), Luella, Missoni, and during the Ready-to-Wear Fall/Winter 2002 fashion week she modeled for Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, John Galliano and Versus Versace. But her career as a runway model stopped abruptly after she fell down repeatedly and removed her shoes while walking for the Gucci Fall/Winter 2002 Ready-to-Wear fashion show, where the catwalk was covered in faux sheepskin.
She then turned to television, her TV credits include presenting celebrity gossip show, Dirty Digest, for E4, The Fashion Show, a 10-episode mini-series with George Lamb and Abbey Clancy aired on ITV2 from September to November 2008, hosting the live broadcast of Arthur's Day celebrations and being a on BBC's The Noughties.. Was That It? in 2009. She also appeared on a number of panel shows for Channel 4, BBC, ITV and Comedy Central.
In 2015, she began reporting for Vice America doing a range of documentaries covering issues from FGM to female magicians, including the Emmy nominated series Woman produced by Gloria Steinem for Viceland USA.TV productions
