Model behaviour - honest, up-front

She may have narrowly missed being America's Next Top Model, but Elyse Sewell, a finalist in the first season of the show, has accomplished something arguably more impressive - making herself at home in Hong Kong and largely dodging the paparazzi.

'My Hong Kong agency, Model Genesis, brought me to Hong Kong for the first time in early June 2004,' Sewell told CitySeen. She had planned on a six-week visit but will stay until the end of February.The outspoken Sewell didn't shy away from the tabloid topics du jour for Hong Kong models: boob jobs and fellow model Gaile Lai.

'Gaile Lai Kei-yi is Hong Kong's most beautiful model. I approve of her announcing to the press that she'd had a breast enlargement rather than letting them speculate!' As for herself? 'I loathe wearing a bra and am therefore unlikely to get breast implants anytime soon.'