Amanda Ware (born 1 June 1992) is an Australian model, best known for being the winner of cycle 6 of ''

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''.

Career

As winner of ''Australia's Next Top Model'', Cycle 6, Ware was due to appear on the cover of ''

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'', but the magazine editor decided to publish half the November issue with Ware and half with the runner-up, Kelsey Martinovich, who was incorrectly announced as the winner by host

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. During the course of the show Ware won a campaign with Bonds as well as a campaign with Levi's that was included in her prize. In 2010 she signed a three-year contract with

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after a successful one week visit. In August 2011 Ware ended her contract with Elite and signed with S Models. For her runway debut at

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Fall 2011, Ware walked for a total of 6 shows that included

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. In her first full season, Ware walked for a total of 17 shows. At

Spring/Summer 2012, she walked for BCBG by

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, Carlos Miele,

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Spring/Summer 2012, she walked at

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, Marios Schwab and

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. At

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Spring/Summer 2012, she walked at Luis Buchinho, Lie Sang Bong, Andrew Gn,

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, Leonard and Atsuro Tayama.

Early life

Ware was Captain of

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, and finished

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in 2009. She then worked as a waitress in Mermaid Surf Club and studied exercise science and education at

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. Ware's hobbies include

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tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

and touch football.

References

External links

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on

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