Pipar Awahou of Whanganui's Embrace Model Management is modelling at Melbourne Fashion Week.
Pipar Awahou was one of the first young models to sign with Embrace Model Management in Whanganui and now she is heading to a runway in Melbourne.
Pipar 17, has modelled at the Melbourne Fashion Festival for the past two years and says she was looking forward to going again.
From Taranaki, Pipar is a student at Manukura - a special character school based at Massey University in Palmerston North.
"I love my netball and I play centre so I need to keep fit for that and I need to keep in good shape for modelling, too, so it can be quite full on," she says.
Pipar joined Embrace Model Management, founded by Carla Jane Smith in Whanganui, on the advice of a Melbourne designer.
