New York or Nowhere!
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When it comes to the runway, however, Blazy prefers not to lean on the modeling world’s most famous faces. His spring 2026 collection for Chanel had a relatively anonymous line-up, though it did prove a queen-making moment for Awar Odhiang, whose triumphant closing strut and gleaming grin sent her into stardom overnight. And today in New York, Chanel’s runway was filled with exciting debuts.
Unsurprisingly, some of Chanel’s models hail from the Untied States: Mannie Lafan is from Chicago, while Riley Lusher calls Jessup, Georgia home, and Nolie Munn is a true Kansas girl. Maya Anand, a senior in college due to graduate in two weeks, popped down from Boston to walk Chanel. “I actually have my first final exam on Thursday, so what better time to pop into New York to walk my first ever runway show?” she tells Vogue. But Chanel tapped fresh faces from all over the world—Brazil, Canada, Senegal, and South Africa—and their passions reach far and wide, from scrapbooking to collecting vinyl to fishing.
Below, meet some of the models making their runway debuts at Chanel’s 2025 Métiers d’Art show in New York City.
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Amelia Ferland
Age: 22
Hometown: Beaupré, Quebec City, Canada
Agency: Supreme
Fun fact: Is very outdoorsy—her family has a cabin in the remote woods. She rides around in snowmobiles, chops her own firewood, and taps maple trees for syrup.
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Aminata Ndoye
Age: 21
Hometown: Mantes La Joile, France and Dakar, Senegal
Agency: Next
Fun fact: Loves baking, biking, scrapbooking. Used to be a nanny.
Kylee Dixon
Age: 18
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Agency: IMG
Fun fact: She is an avid reader, logging 40-50 books a year.
Lais Hames
Age: 23
Hometown: Blumenau, Brazil
Agency: Supreme
Fun fact: The only ginger in her entire family.
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Mannie Lafan
Age: 23
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Agency: DNA
Fun fact: Plays Just Dance on her limited-edition Nintendo Switch every single day and is currently teaching herself sign language.
Mariane Calazan
Age: 36
Hometown: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Agency: Supreme
Fun fact: Enjoys collecting vinyl records. Her most prized vinyl is the album AOR by Brazilian singer Ed Motta.
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Maya Anand
Age: 22
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Agency: The Lions
Fun fact: She’s a senior in college studying environmental science, and graduates in two weeks (and she has a final exam on Thursday!).
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Nolie Munn
Age: 21
Hometown: Wichita, Kansas
Agency: Women
Fun fact: Works with cattle and rides horses. She loves fishing, the outdoors, and country life.
Riley Lusher
Age: 21
Hometown: Jesup, Georgia
Agency: Next
Fun fact: She loves fishing and football, and used to work the window at a local fried chicken restaurant. She loves dogs and worked part-time at a doggy daycare.
Age: 22
Hometown: Cape Town, South Africa
Agency: Women
Fun fact: Loves skydiving, analog photography, Lagree, and cooking.
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