A day in the life of Jennifer Hawkins. Source:
The Daily Telegraph
Joel Christie, The Daily Telegraph, reports
It’s 9.30am on Cockatoo Island, the former
convict establishment and shipyard sitting on the Parramatta River, and
Jennifer Hawkins is on the set of her first major challenge as the new judge on
Australia's Next Top Model.
Sparkling in a Toni Maticevski ensemble, the 1.8m glamazon stands much
taller in Giuseppe Zanotti heels at the edge of a canal before a narrow plywood
plank, which the top 25 contestants are about to attempt in nothing but
bikinis.
Hawkins jokes with the crew, many of whom she knows from her days roving
on The Great Outdoors, and laughs loudly while trading memories ("Remember
that time in Bangkok?").
The alarm went off at 4.45am and hair and make-up knocked on the door of
her North Curl Curl compound about 15 minutes later, at which point she pumped
up music on the speakers throughout the house and breakfasted on a coffee and
half a banana. Yes, half. But later in the morning there is poached eggs and
avocado.
It's her first TV gig since Channel 7's disappointing Make Me A
Supermodel in 2008, so perhaps nerves ate her appetite.
"I'm not that nervous at all actually - it all feels really
comfortable," she says.
"I like being busy and work so much better under pressure, so it's
a really happy and exciting time."
With Hawkins known for her thought-out business strategies, encompassing
real estate, beauty endorsements and modelling and merchandise deals, where
does Top Model fit into the mix?
"I have a greater plan and a bigger picture of what I want to
achieve in the long run.
"The main thing we had to consider (about Top Model) was whether we
could fit it in. I have a really busy year with Myer and the wedding. But the
great thing is that it's so quick. Three months and we're done."
Hawko uses her lunchbreak for a fitting for Myer's autumn/winter fashion
parade - in Melbourne on Thursday - and for the Foxtel programming launch
happening later on, but squeezes in a chicken salad.
After shooting all afternoon, she is rushed to rehearsals for the
night's proceedings.
She squeezes into a hot orange number from French designer Thierry Mugler
in time for the 6.20pm red carpet appearance with Charlotte Dawson and Sam
Worthington.
Hawkins allows herself a glass of red after the show and chats to me
about fiance Jake Wall and their impending nuptials, thought to be taking place
in Bali in July.
"He's great, he's doing really well," she smiles. "We
can't wait to get married."
A hire car comes about 9pm and whisks her back to the northern beaches.
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