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60 BAL HARBOUR British model du jour, Edie Campbell, 23, is fast becoming one of the most recognizable faces in fashion. While she's been around for several seasons, the last two years have seen the blue-eyed beauty rise from posh schoolgirl to fashion's most popular muse, dethroning queen bee Cara Delevingne as Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards last December. Fashion tastemakers have been seduced by Campbell's brand of edginess, which channels a tomboy chic with a quirky twist, making her one of the coolest girls both on and off the catwalk. The 5-foot-10 stunner began modeling at 15 years old, when Lucinda Chambers, fashion director of British Vogue, cast her in a "Young London" story shot by Mario Testino. Campbell has since worked with some of the most celebrated photographers in the industry and has strutted down the runway for top brands such as Burberry, Chanel, Saint Laurent and Christian Dior. But perhaps her most famous runway strut was for Louis Vuitton, when she walked in Marc Jacobs' final show for the house wearing a jeweled thong, a large headdress and strategically placed Vuitton- monogram body paint. This season, Campbell is the star of many high-profile campaigns from Alexander McQueen to Bottega Veneta. Her new campaign for Lanvin features her entire family, including her mother, Sophie Hicks, a fashion editor-turned- architect; her grandmother, Joan Hicks, a model from the 1950s; her boyfriend, Otis Ferry, son of musician Bryan Ferry; her younger sister, Olympia, an aspiring model; and her beloved horse, Dolly. Until recently, Campbell was seen sporting a jet-black punk- inspired mullet, the handiwork of hair master Guido Paulo. He refashioned Campbell's long blond locks into something more irreverent for a Vogue shoot by Steven Meisel, transforming her from ingénue to dark romantic beauty. She has since gone back to blonde, but her striking good looks are not her only assets. In 2013, she graduated from the Courtauld Institute of Art, one of the U.K.'s premier universities for art history. She is also a competitive equestrian and an ambassador for the charity The Reading Agency, which runs literacy programs in the UK. Since modeling for Vogue at age 15, EDIE CAMPBELL has been on a steady rise to the top. Writer Samantha Tse finds out who this BRITISH BEAUTY is and what makes her so alluring. COOL BRITANNIA Campbell appears in this season's Bottega Veneta (left) and Alexander McQueen campaigns and has on numerous covers including Tatler, March 2012 and Vogue Italia, April 2013. IMAGE COURTESY OF BOTTEGA VENETA