How Your Favorite Supermodels Got Their Start

Katherine Heigl

At age nine, Katherine was posing for hair care products created by her aunt. Those pictures found their way to modeling agencies and Katherine found herself as a child model with Wilhelmina Models. This became commercials, singing contracts, TV and film roles, and a cover on Seventeen magazine. Her breakout came in 1999 when she appeared in the sci-fi show, Roswell. 

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