Ariel Meredith is an American model who appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1986,she did some part-time modeling starting in 1998 until she finished her schooling.
She signed with Ford Models in New York, and Elite Model Management in Milan and Paris in 2008.
Based on her September 2008 New York and Milan Fashion week performances she is considered to be a rising star in the modeling industry.
Although she was discovered at age 14 she did not pursue modeling as a full-time career until after she completed her education in 2008.
In 1998, she won a 500-contestant modeling competition in Dallas and signed with Ford Models in New York and Campbell Modeling Agency in Dallas.
She got 32 call-backs from the contest.As a teenager she appeared in Seventeen, Teen Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolitan, and Teen magazines.
She began traveling domestically while still in school.In 2002, she appeared on the MTV show Fashionably Loud.
She started modeling regularly in 2005.When one of her early modeling agencies demanded that she have breast reduction surgery, she refused and was dropped from the agency
She is featured in the 2009 Spring/Summer Dolce & Gabbana advertising campaign,which was shot by Mario Testino.She has also posed for J.Crew, Ann Taylor Loft, H&M, David's Bridal, Fossil, Target, Garnier Fructis, Roca Wear, Victoria's Secret, The Limited, Sephora, Levi's, and Gap.
As of 2009, she is currently represented by Ford Models in New York City and by Elite Model Management in Paris and Milan.Meredith shot the 2009 Swimsuit issue at beaches, lagoons, cantinas and nature preserves near Tulum, Mexico on the Mayan Riviera.
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