Kojii Helnwein from "Models of the Runway" is one of the models featured on the Lifetime reality competition series and Season 6 of its companion series, "Project Runway." She currently lives in Los Angeles, Calfornia, but is originally from Dublin, Ireland. She is 5'8" tall.
Kojii Helnwein has worked with clients such as the Gap, Prada and Jimmy Choo and has appeared in Vogue and Elle. Her first modeling job was walking the runway for John Rocha when she was 20 years old. She describes her look as edgy and quirky and says her first walking class was from a homeless transvestite. Once when she was on the runway, fabric wrapped around her legs causing her brooch to snap and leaving her in nothing but a thong. She says she has a nonchalant approach to the drama of the industry and that she just knuckles down and does her job. She would love to do a Vivienne Westwood campaign. She looks to women of the '40s for style, elegance, strength and class.
She currently works as an actress and musician. Her father is also a musician, while her mother is a holistic healer. Kojii studied technical stage in Ireland before becoming a freelance stage manager. She is married to a fine-art photographer whose father is the world-renowned painter Gottfried Helnwein. She has a 3-year-old daughter who has already had an art exhibition and sold some of her paintings. In her free time, Kojii likes riding her motorcycle, riding horses, going to art openings and taking her daughter swimming or to the playground.
Kojii Helnwein has worked with clients such as the Gap, Prada and Jimmy Choo and has appeared in Vogue and Elle. Her first modeling job was walking the runway for John Rocha when she was 20 years old. She describes her look as edgy and quirky and says her first walking class was from a homeless transvestite. Once when she was on the runway, fabric wrapped around her legs causing her brooch to snap and leaving her in nothing but a thong. She says she has a nonchalant approach to the drama of the industry and that she just knuckles down and does her job. She would love to do a Vivienne Westwood campaign. She looks to women of the '40s for style, elegance, strength and class.
She currently works as an actress and musician. Her father is also a musician, while her mother is a holistic healer. Kojii studied technical stage in Ireland before becoming a freelance stage manager. She is married to a fine-art photographer whose father is the world-renowned painter Gottfried Helnwein. She has a 3-year-old daughter who has already had an art exhibition and sold some of her paintings. In her free time, Kojii likes riding her motorcycle, riding horses, going to art openings and taking her daughter swimming or to the playground.