Sara Grace Wallerstedt
American fashion model (born 1999)
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Sara Grace Wallerstedt is an American fashion model. Her beauty has been described as "ethereal".[2] As of March 2018, she was ranked on Models.com's Top 50 Models list.[3]
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| Born | Bedford, Texas, U.S. |
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| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Hair color | Strawberry blonde |
| Eye color | Blue-green |
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Early life
Sara Grace Wallerstedt was born in the Dallas suburb of Bedford to Darren and Karen Wallerstedt.[4] She attended Trinity High School, where she played clarinet in the marching band, and she volunteered at the Euless Animal Shelter; before modeling, she hoped to become a veterinarian.[4] She described herself as a "nerd" who didn't know what high fashion was,[4] but she told The New York Times it was her way of getting out of Bedford, Texas.[5]
Career
Wallerstedt was signed at 16 after attending an open call at Wallflower Management, a Dallas-area modeling agency, and debuted as a Proenza Schouler exclusive at New York Fashion Week in September 2016.[2][4] In 2017, she signed a year-long exclusive contract with Calvin Klein under its new creative director Raf Simons, walking only in the brand's shows and appearing only in its advertising until early 2018.[4][6] In April 2017, she appeared on the cover of Vogue Italia and in Prada's spring advertising campaign, photographed on the California coast.[4] She closed Prada's Fall/Winter 2017 show.[7] She has walked the runway for Fendi, Burberry, Chanel, Tory Burch, Dior, Michael Kors, Louis Vuitton, Tom Ford, Salvatore Ferragamo, Versace, Valentino, and Anna Sui, among others.[6][8] In the Fall/Winter 2018 season alone, she walked 26 shows, closing Simone Rocha's London show.[6]
Wallerstedt has appeared in American Vogue,[9][10] including a 2017 editorial photographed in her home state of Texas.[11] She has also appeared in W and Harper's Bazaar.[12][13]
In addition to Vogue Italia, she appeared on the May 2018 covers of Vogue Korea and Vogue China.[14][15]
In 2020, Vogue documented her pre-show routine ahead of Missoni's Fall/Winter 2020 show in Milan.[16] She has since appeared on the cover of Vogue Singapore's May 2024 "Escape" issue, photographed by Txema Yeste,[17] and on Vogue Korea's June 2025 cover.[18] In 2025, she appeared in a Swarovski advertising campaign.[1]