New York state of mind

Kazza Walker seems irked about something, and not just the fact she is evidently pigeon-toed.

As she lifts her nose into the air and slouches her hands in her pockets, the Queen of Self-Promotion peers through her long bangs and poses nonchalantly for a snapper backstage at her Spring 2011 show in New York this week. "This is, like, torture," she appears to be mulling, while perhaps secretly planning how she will flog this opportunity for maximum self exposure.

Meanwhile, also in Manhattan, a quiet, unassuming young Kiwi was deftly racking up major brownie points in the world of high fashion.

Grace Hollows, 18, hails from Grey Lynn and is taking the international modelling world by storm. She's signed to Red 11 and Elite Model Management on Park Ave and appeared in a whopping 11 shows at New York Fashion Week.

She also modelled at Donna Karan's flagship DKNY store during Fashion Night Out last Friday, which was part of Anna Wintour's brainchild to bring spending dollars back to the Big Apple's retailers.

Hollows, who is Paris Hilton's Kiwi cousin (her aunt Jo Hilton is married to Paris' uncle Ronnie), is now heading to Paris, the city, where she will be shooting campaigns and editorials for the following six weeks.