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One of Australia's most successful international modelling exports is eyeing a dramatic comeback.
Catherine McNeil, one of the most in-demand models for more than a decade, is set to return to the spotlight three years after stepping off the catwalk for a career break in Perth.
The 33-year-old, Brisbane-born beauty is believed to be planning on a return to modelling's headquarters New York in the coming months.
McNeil walking for Isabel Marant in 2018 at Paris Fashion Week
McNeil has taken to Instagram recently to hint of a return to modelling with a series of striking selfies
Catherine McNeil would grace the cover of Vogue Australia several times
Sources close to McNeil, who exploded on to the international modelling scene in 2007, opted to step away from the industry at the start of the Covid pandemic for personal reasons and has been laying low with beau Miles Plumlee - an ex-NBL and NBA player - in Perth.
More recently it's understood she has relocated to the Sunshine Coast.
'Cat chose to take some time out from what is a very demanding lifestyle,' a friend told Daily Mail Australia.
'But she is back in a place where she is ready to work again and eventually I think will head back to New York where demand for models in their 30s is huge.'
A winner of the Girlfriend Model Search at age 14, McNeil soared to international superstardom in 2007 when she appeared on the cover of French and Australian Vogue and racked up campaigns for fashion giants Versace, D&G, Jean Paul Gaultier and Donna Karan.
McNeil has rarely been seen since the beginning of the pandemic. Seen here in Paris in 2019
In her final appearance for Chanel, 2019, McNeil broke down at what was also tribute for the late Karl Lagerfeld
One of the few models who was sought after for both for editorial and on the runway, McNeil also appeared in many high-profile runway shows during the 2007 season including Balenciaga, Givenchy, Dior, Fendi and YSL.
That year Style.com chose her as one of the top ten models of the season.
Kirstie Clements, who served as editor of Australian Vogue from 2006 to 2012, recalls her first meeting with McNeil aged just 15 -
