Amelia Gray Hamlin wanted to model from age of five

Amelia Gray Hamlin has known she wanted a career in modelling from a very early age.

Amelia Gray Hamlin knew she wanted to be a model from the age of five.

The 23-year-old beauty – who is the daughter of Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin – believes her career journey is “completely opposite” to a typical path in fashion because she went out of her way to find the people who could create opportunities for her.

Speaking on Vogue’s ‘The Run-Through’ podcast, she said: “Almost every girl’s story is, ‘I was walking on the street and someone scouted me,’ but that’s completely opposite to my story.

“I scouted everyone else. I had already known that this is what I wanted to do since I was five years old. I have no idea why.

“[I had to] find everyone. And so my story’s different, but also my passion is different.

“And I think that I don’t really understand how a lot of the girls don’t feel the same way that I do because to me it’s so exciting and it’s my dream and it’s what I love to do and I could not imagine doing anything really else.

“I mean, I feel really lucky that I love what I do. My dad always said, if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.”

Amelia is “well aware” that she is seen as a “nepo baby” but insisted she is “extremely grateful” for that opening doors for her, though she never expected she’d be accepted into the world of haute couture as a result.

Referencing her attendance at Jean Paul Haultier’s Paris Fashion Week show in January, she said: “I’m aware of everything that I am, but couture was just never something I thought I would be accepted into.

“So, Jean Paul Gaultier was actually my first ever couture show.”

Amelia has attempted to be cast in Tom Ford’s shows multiple times but so far she hasn’t been given the opportunity to walk for the designer.

She said: “I have been to the Tom Ford casting every single time I land in Milan since my career started, and I have gotten so close to getting it.

“They fit me in clothes, this and that, nah, nah, nah. And I’ve never gotten it because it’s always just been one person doesn’t support me, which is fine. I love a challenge.

“Like, make it harder for me because it’s so boring if you get everything all at once. Like that, you know, careful what I wish for. I need to, like, careful what I put out there. But, you know, you have to work for things.”