KARLIE KLOSS and Jason Wu are teaming up to participate and raise money for the 2012 AIDS Walk in New York this Sunday. The pair, who are close friends, will complete the 6.2-mile route with the aim of making $50,000 (£31,362) for AIDS organisations, through their donation site.

“The idea came about at the Met Ball with a mutual friend of ours,” Kloss told us today. “We were in a sea of glamour and we looked at each other and said, ‘what do we do next?’ The AIDS Walk became a perfect opportunity to change our ballgown and black tie for sneakers and work-out clothes. Juicy Couture is even donating a bucket of money for me to wear their clothes for the event which is amazing – it’s fantastic to see my friends in the fashion community getting behind us, come on guys!”

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The American model and NY-based designer will head up team Step Forward, a group comprised of their close friends and family. Wu and Kloss were last seen together last week at the Met Ball, with the US beauty wearing a custom-made pink gown of his design. Although naturally sporty with a background in ballet, this is the first time Kloss has undertaken a walk of this nature.

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“I have been training for this walk on many catwalks around the world,” she laughed. “I wanted a day to spend with my friends in NY that was healthy and positive and what a better way to do that than in Central Park and raising awareness for a cause that I am passionate about. It’s about raising awareness and making a difference.

“I sat at the Glamour Women Of The Year Awards one year and was inspired by a woman called Elizabeth Glaser and her son Jake and their story. It was through this I became involved in awareness for Paediatric AIDS. My father is a doctor so I understand the fight as well.”

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Magazines > Editorials > 2012 > Vogue US June
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Magazine: Vogue US (June 2012)
Title: “Country Strong”
Photographed by: Annie Leibovitz

Karlie Kloss is an American model, muse, and fashion’s ruling runway queen. VFILES.COM. See this spread in the new issue of V, on sale now

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Public Appearances > 2012 > MET Gala 2012

NEW YORK, NY – MAY 07: Karlie Kloss and Jason Wu attends the ‘Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations’ Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2012 in New York City.

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Public Appearances > 2012 > Balmain Dinner – May 3, 2012 in NYC

NEW YORK, NY – MAY 03: Model Karlie Kloss attends the BALMAIN Dinner with Olivier Rousteing at Hotel Americano on May 03, 2012 in New York City.

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Public Appearances > 2012 > Burberry and W Magazine dinner – May 06, 2012 in NYC

NEW YORK, NY – MAY 06: Model Karlie Kloss attends the W MAGAZINE, BURBERRY AND THE NEW MUSEUM HOST Exclusive Dinner During First Annual FRIEZE NEW YORK In Honor of New Museum Artists at Bowery Hotel on May 06, 2012 in New York City.

FashionTV counts down the top 10 First Face models. A First Face is a model who represents a designer’s image as the first girl on the runway to open the show. Karlie Kloss is #7 on our First Face countdown for Fall/Winter 2012-2013. She was #9 on the list for Spring 2012. Her modeling agency is NEXT. Kloss was born in Chicago, Illinois but grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where she studied ballet. That may have helped her become known for her signature walk and theatrical style. This season, due to a prior engagement which is rumored to have been a commercial, Kloss was absent for New York, London, and Milan Fashion Week. Still, she was a fixture in Paris, walking in 15 shows and opening Anthony Vaccarello, Elie Saab, Kenzo, and Paul & Joe. She also walked in shows like Balmain and Christian Dior. She’s only been modeling for 5 years.

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Public Appearances > 2012 > 7th Annual Chanel Tribeca Film Festival – April 24, 2012 in NYC

NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 24: Model Karlie Kloss attends the 7th Annual Chanel Tribeca Film Festival Artists Dinner at The Odeon on April 24, 2012 in New York City.

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Magazines > Editorials > 2012 > V Magazine Summer 2012

Magazine: V Magazine #77 (Summer 2012)
Title: “American Idols”
Photographed by: Sharif Hamza