Emma Balfour: I blew the whistle on the modelling industry

By Erin O'Dwyer
Updated July 27 2014 - 10:18am, first published 3:00am
Sarah Murdoch, Anneliese Seubert and Emma Balfour at 1996 Australian Fashion Week. Photo: Patrick Riviere
Sarah Murdoch, Anneliese Seubert and Emma Balfour at 1996 Australian Fashion Week. Photo: Patrick Riviere
Emma Balfour Photo: Trevor King
Emma Balfour Photo: Trevor King

Emma Balfour ushers me into her home, steps around the composting toilet in the hallway, and rummages for some good cups to make tea. Her Bondi bungalow is a study in elegant grunge. Outside, it's painted sea green – the same colour as when she bought it 15 years ago – and a round window in the front room is set with purple glass. Inside, the furniture is vintage and mismatched – pieces she picked up in London a lifetime ago. The dining room table is decorated with homemade pottery and a scrap of white fabric is draped across the window, blocking out the new, ultra-modern development next door.

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