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Missé was approached by agents while working a weekend job in a Copenhagen clothing store. Within months she was shooting in Milan, South Africa, and New York. The mole that some told her to remove became her signature.
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The first nudge came from a television show approaching Missé on the street for Sweden's Next Top Model — she made it close to the final cut but didn't get through. What mattered more was the door the experience cracked open. Working weekends at a clothing store in Copenhagen — accessible via the famous Öresund Bridge that her own father helped build — she caught the eye of Jackie, owner of Unique Models, one of Copenhagen's biggest agencies. Jackie walked into the store, looked at her, and essentially said: this isn't where you belong. Missé was nearly 19, older than the industry's typical starting age of around 14, and had no experience beyond family comparisons to Julia Roberts. Yet bookings came quickly — swimwear in Milan, shoots in South Africa, campaigns in New York and Germany. Her mole, the feature some told her to 'laser off', became her signature and sparked endless comparisons to Cindy Crawford that Missé found both flattering and, over time, a little reductive.
Missé began modelling professionally at nearly 19, considered older than the industry norm of starting around 14.
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