* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Modelling
o 2.2 Music
o 2.3 Acting
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Agencies
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Deyn is from Failsworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester The daughter of a nurse, Lorraine, and second of three children she moved to Rossendale and attended All Saints RC High School, as well as Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School and Sixth Form in Waterfoot, Rossendale.
Deyn's name was apparently coined to further her modelling career after she consulted her mother's friend, a numerology expert who advised her of the most 'fortuitous' way to spell the name 'Agnes It was reported that her mother Lorraine and sister Emily have both changed their surname to Deyn, while Lorraine has changed the I in her first name to Y
Deyn's working life started serving part-time aged 13, at a fish and chip shop in Ramsbottom. Even at an early age she had an eye for style and by 17 she had already had her head shaved. "I’ve had short hair since I was 13, and when I was 17, I had a skinhead In 1999, she won the Rossendale Free Press "Face of '99" competition, aged just 16.She then moved to London, working in a fast-food restaurant during the day and a bar at night but admits: "It didn’t quite work. During this time she says she was also at college in Hull, studying drama and music.
Deyn's biography states that she was spotted while shopping with fashion designer Henry Holland in Kentish Town, London She then signed with SELECT model management. Currently she is signed with Models 1 in the UK.
In May 2007, she was featured on the cover of Vogue from USA, alongside Doutzen Kroes, Caroline Trentini, Raquel Zimmermann, Sasha Pivovarova, Jessica Stam, Coco Rocha, Hilary Rhoda, Chanel Iman, and Lily Donaldson as the new crop of supermodels
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