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Models present creations by Burberry during the 2017 Spring / Summer catwalk show at London Fashion Week in London. — AP/AFP photos Kate Moss launches own agency ate Moss is launching her own talent agency after leaving the one that recruited her aged 14 earlier Kthis year, the Business of Fashion website report- ed as London Fashion Week draws to a close yesterday. “I don’t really want pretty people, I want people that want to sing and dance and act. I want to create stars,” the 42-year-old was quoted as saying in a rare interview after her departure from Storm Models. “I want to focus more on managing people’s careers than just a - ing agency,” said Moss, whose agency has a website, Twitter and Instagram presence despite her own well- known avoidance of social media. London-born Moss, the daughter of a barmaid and a travel agent, was recruited in a chance encounter at New York airport and is one of the few from the 1990s who still has a lucrative career. In the interview published on Monday, Business of Fashion said the model’s epony- mously named Kate Moss Agency “could transform her from supermodel to budding businesswoman”. Moss is the 12th highest-paid model globally, earn- ing $4.5 million (four million euros) in the year to June 2015, according to US magazine Forbes. In a sign of her longevity in the industry, Moss recently modeled for -more than two decades after she was first photographed for the company. She shot to fame in the 1990s and was swiftly labelled the epitome of “”-a fashion trend blamed for glamorizing drugs and anorexia. Despite a string of scandals- including photographs allegedly showing her taking cocaine-Moss’s image has survived each episode unscathed. She is adored by fashion bible Vogue, adorning its cover dozens of times and serving as con- tributing editor for in 2014. While model- ing for the world’s major fashion houses such as and Yves Saint Laurent, Moss has also signed up with high street make-up brand Rimmel and collab- orated with clothing store . — AFP

This file photo shows British model Kate Moss as she arrives for the screening of the film ‘Loving’ at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. — AFP Models present creations by Erdem, during the 2017 Spring / Summer catwalk show during London Fashion Week.