Model agency seeks Euan's pal

A top model agency is trying to track down a hot new catwalk prospect - Euan Blair's mystery girlfriend, who was pictured with the Prime Minister's son at the premiere of the film Iris this weekend.

A senior executive at Storm Model Management, which has Kate Moss, Sophie Dahl and Elle Macpherson on its books, spotted Euan's girl friend - known only as Ali - in The Evening Standard's Monday report on the premiere at the Curzon Cinema in Mayfair.

Euan, 17, and Ali attended the event with his mother Cherie, and rubbed shoulders with stars including Kate Winslet, Dame Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent and Nigella Lawson.

After seeing our report, Storm executives contacted the Evening Standard, saying they were very keen indeed to meet Ali and to explore the possibility of offering her a modelling contract.

A spokeswoman for Storm said: "We are always on the look-out for people with that elusive X factor. Someone you can't take your eyes off.

"I think Ali is clearly very photogenic, there is something very appealing about her - and we would love to hear from her.

"Obviously without meeting her face-to-face it is impossible to tell whether she could make it as a model, but judging from the photograph in your story she certainly has potential."

The Evening Standard has put Storm in contact with the Downing Street press office, and the agency will ask Number 10 to forward its invitation of a meeting to Ali.

Should lightning strike and Ali end up gracing magazine covers as a successful model, the unorthodox way in which she caught the fashion world's eye would rank alongside that of Miss Moss, who was spotted in JFK airport, and Miss Dahl, who was spotted crying in the street after a family argument.

Most people had been concentrating on Ms Winslet rather than Euan's girl friend. She had arrived for the premiere in a black and white Dolce & Gabbana suit with plunging neckline - and no blouse.

The 26-year-old star smiled as she admitted she was "quite nervous" about her daring new outfit.

Iris traces the life of writer Dame Iris Murdoch from her early days through her descent into Alzheimer's disease until her death in 1999.

Miss Winslet, who was nominated for an Oscar in her roles in Titanic and Sense And Sensibility, plays the young novelist. Dame Judi Dench portrays the writer in later years with Mr Broadbent as her husband, John Bayley.

Ms Winslet, Dame Judi Dench and Mr Broadbent have been nominated for Golden Globe awards.

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