Ashley Smith

Here at Idol we’ve found our new best friend; model and girl of the moment, Ashley Smith. The 19 year old has risen to fame after being compared to supermodel Lara Stone, who sports the same gapped-toothed grin which is bang on trend right now. Speaking about her famous gap, the model says she didn’t have the money growing up to get it fixed, but now she’s very glad she kept it. So are we Ashley!

After being scouted at the music festival SXSW in her hometown of Austin, Texas, Ashley has already starred in shoots for Harpers Bazaar, i-D, Russian Vogue and Lula magazine, as well as being the face of Levi’s and more recently Alexander Wang. Despite this Ashley hasn’t lost her fun-loving attitude and doesn’t take herself too seriously, preferring a cosy BBQ to a showbiz party. Cool or what?

Ashley is set to star in both New York and Paris Fashion Week this month, and we predict she is going to be even bigger in 2011.