Ali Stephens

Alison F. Stephens (born May 10, 1991) is an American model.

Early life Stephens was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.

She participated in cross country running at East High School, placing second in her region in 2006.

Personal life Stephens had no prior experience or interest in the modeling industry. Stephens became friends with fellow model Toni Garrn during bookings with Calvin Klein in fall 2008.

Stephens says she practices Transcendental Meditation and supports the programs of the David Lynch Foundation. She is interested in environmentalism and works with the non-profit group Oceana to preserve the world's oceans.

Career Stephens was discovered while shopping with her family in Salt Lake City and signed a three-year contract with Elite Model Management in August 2007 after submitting Polaroid photos of herself. On September 25, 2007, she made her runway debut at the Prada spring/summer fashion show in Milan.

During 2007, her first year as a fashion model, Stephens was an exclusive for the spring Prada runway show in Milan and opened for the spring Chloé show in Paris.