At 16 years old, Gemma Ward was the youngest model to be listed by American Vogue as one of the nine "It Girls" in the modeling world. She has modeled for designers such as Versace, Gucci, Chanel, Valentino and Alexander McQueen. Gemma Ward has also graced magazine covers such as Vogue, W, and TIME Magazine's Style and Design issue. In September 2004, at the age of 16, Ward became the youngest fashion model on the cover of the American edition of Vogue and was the first model to appear on the cover of Teen Vogue magazine.