Lahaina surfer new Guess model
By Zenaida Serrano
Advertiser Staff Writer
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Move over, Paris Hilton. Make way for Lahaina's Tori Praver, 18, the new face of Guess.
Cindy Kauanui, owner of model and talent agency Jet Set Management Group in La Jolla, Calif., discovered the surfer last year while browsing through a magazine.
"She radiated health and beauty," Kauanui, now Praver's agent, said from La Jolla, "and she didn't have a stitch of makeup on."
Kauanui herself is a former Kaua'i resident who relocated to California after losing her home and movie production company to Hurricane Iniki. She started Jet Set in 1995 and now represents talent featured in national and international commercials and print ads.
Praver, already featured in Guess ads worldwide, is following in the footsteps of former Guess girls Claudia Schiffer, Anna Nicole Smith and Drew Barrymore.
Reach Zenaida Serrano at zserrano@honoluluadvertiser.com.