Natasha Esch was the president of

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for five years from 1993. She is now an interior designer and the co-founder owner of a shop in

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. Since 2010, she has lived in the

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and

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, with her husband,

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, and their daughter and son.

Early life

Esch was born in Canada, grew up in Germany, attended a

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in Switzerland and studied business at

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in the USA.

Wilhelmina Modeling Agency

After graduating, at age 21, her father, Horst-Dieter Esch, a German businessman with interests in the construction industry made her president of the

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that he had purchased in 1989 for around 4 million dollars. Over a five-year period, Esch oversaw management of this worldwide $20 million operation with subsidiaries in Los Angeles, Miami, Paris, Munich and Hamburg. Esch wrote the ''Wilhelmina Guide to Modeling'', ''Wilhelmina's Modeling & Acting Dictionary'' and ''Wilhelmina's World of Child Modeling''.

Natasha Esch Design Interiors

In 1997, Esch moved to the West Coast where she started her own Los Angeles-based interior design firm, Natasha Esch Design Interiors in 1999. She has bought, developed and sold six high-end residential homes located in the Hamptons, West Hollywood, Bel Air and Malibu, California. Her designs were featured in ''Elle Décor'', ''

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'', '' House & Garden'' and ''

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''. She was also featured in the book ''Style and Substance: The Best of Elle Decor''.

MONC XIII

In 2010, Esch and her family moved to

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where, in 2012, she opened MONC XIII, a retail store in Sag Harbor that sells goods for the home sourced from around the world.Christine Chang Hanway
"A Hamptons Design Shop via LA"
''Remodelista'', July 20, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2012. MONC XIII has been featured in ''Goop'',"Monc XIII"
''Goop'' ''Remodelista'', ''Martha Stewart Living'', ''Elle Décor'', ''Architectural Digest'', Hamptons ''Cottages & Gardens'', ''Dan's Hamptons'', ''Hamptons Magazine'' and ''Dujour''.Chadner Navarro
"Hamptons Home Design Stars"
''Dujour'', n.d.

References

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