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Jessica Hart (born March 26, 1986) is an Australian model who appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
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By some accounts, she was born in Sydney, Australia,while others assert she was born in Melbourne, Australia.She is known for a gap-tooth smile.
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She was discovered in Melbourne and has appeared on the cover of Australian Vogue.Hart shot her Swimsuit Issue photos in Mexico in November 2008.
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Hart attended Sophia Mundi Rudolph Steiner School in Collingwood, Victoria until she was noticed at the age of 15 at a local shopping center.
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Another story of her rise to fame has her entering into a modeling competition hosted by Dolly Magazine in 2000 because her aunt or a friend convinced her to.
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She did enter and win the competition with her mother, Rae, and sister, Ashley, as witnesses at Crown Casino.Her sister is a professional model in Melbourne.
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Jessica has moved to New York City to pursue a career in modeling and has modelled for Guess, Triumph and Esprit.
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Hart and her boyfriend, Tamarama band member Nicolas Potts, purchased a $1 million one-bedroom property in Manhattan's Battery Park during the Summer 2008.
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Hart also purchased her mother, Rae, a Holden car for her birthday.
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She is compared to Brigitte Bardot and is close friends with Gemma Ward and Nicole Trunfio.She is represented by Chadwick Models.She has co-hosted a party at the Gramercy Park Hotel with Entourage star Jeremy Piven,and is considering a role in an Entourage-like drama alongside Alyssa Sutherland.