August 13, 2021 • rose ceremony ready
Chelsea Vaughn Reflects on Her Incredible Career as a Runway Model
Chelsea Vaughn reflected on her incredible career as a runway model in an Instagram Reel posted on Friday.
In the clip, Chelsea shares stunning images from her time strutting down a series of catwalks in high-end designer looks. “When it’s been over a year since you [walked the runway],” the “Bachelor” Season 25 alum wrote in her caption, adding, “I miss. the. runway. Is it fashion week yet??”
During a March appearance on the “Talking It Out” podcast, the New York City-based franchise star told co-hosts Mike Johnson and Bryan Abasolo about her accomplishments in the industry after leaving her day job in corporate fashion in 2018 to pursue her modeling dreams.
“I’ve done New York Fashion Week a bunch of times. A lot of bridal fashion shows. I did Paris Fashion Week for the first time last year,” she said, listing off impressive lines from her jam-packed résumé. “I was on a billboard in Times Square last year. I was in British Vogue last year. Those are just a few of the things.”
Chelsea — who is set to appear on “Bachelor in Paradise” Season 7, premiering Monday on ABC at 8 p.m. ET — said she reached the apex of her modeling career just as the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020.
“It was kind of at the peak of my career, honestly, when COVID started. It was last March that I was actually in Paris for Fashion Week. We got back just in time before they closed the borders. It got really slow,” she recalled. “One of my agencies closed for a while.”
She added, “There was no work. Fashion Week’s not been anywhere near close to the same since then. Even [this February], everything [was] virtual. I’d usually be running around to a bunch of castings in February, which is the busiest time for me.”
Check out Chelsea’s entire post below.
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