Magazine falls for schoolgirl charm

They are more used to getting up for lessons than preparing for the catwalk. But five schoolgirls could become familiar faces after being chosen to star as models in a top magazine.

The girls, all friends and pupils of the girls boarding school The Beneden in Kent, were brought to London for a makeover and photo shoot for the magazine Elle Girl, after they were spotted by talent scouts.

Their lucky break came after they starred in a school fashion show, which they invited Elle Girl to attend - an offer taken up because the magazine was on the lookout for some "real" girls to model in their February issue.

Sarra Manning, the magazine's features director, said the girls were all "naturals".

The five include Sophie Woollaston, 16, Lucy Arthur, 18, Cara Robinson, 17, and Irma Kamaruddin, 17.

Elle Girl fashion director Steph Stevens said the youngest member of the group, 12-year-old Delilah Majstorovice, stood out at the fashion shoot, adding: "Delilah was amazing, she made it look easy - jumping all over the place and twirling. But they were all naturals."