Monika Jagaciak

Monika "Jac" Jagaciak (born January 15, 1994) is a Polish model. Since signing with IMG Models in 2007 Jagaciak has been given the nickname "Jac" by the agency.
As of June 2011 Jagaciak currently ranks 10th on the Top 50 Models Women List by Models.com. Jagaciak's modeling career began in 2007 after she was encouraged by her sister to attend an open casting call at a shopping center in Poland. She was then picked up by IMG who signed her and in July 2007 she appeared on the cover of French Jalouse. Her big break came, at age 13, Jagaciak went on to land a Hermes campaign for the Fall/Winter 2007 season alongside Daria Werbowy, beating out 600 other candidates while still in primary school. Jagaciak stated in a later interview that before doing the campaign she had never heard of Hermes, nor had she heard of the photographer of the shoot Peter Lindbergh, "I think not knowing helped me stay relaxed" she said. Though Jagaciak's photos incensed critics, who were upset at the idea of sexualizing girls at such a young age. Soon after, Jagaciak began traveling overseas for her career and in 2008 she traveled to Japan where she landed the cover of Elle. In May 2008 she appeared for the second time on the cover of French Jalouse, and in October 2008 Jagaciak also landed covers for Japanese Harper's Bazaar, and Japanese Spur. Jagaciak was set to appear on the cover of Australian Vogue before the editor decided she was wasn't old enough, and had to sit out fashion shows due to age regulations.
Despite her success Jagaciak's young age and presence in the fashion industry caused huge controversy when, in 2008 at the age of 14, she was deemed inappropriate for Australian Fashion Week. After the public expressed their outrage in the over-sexualization of young models in the fashion industry, organizers of Australian Fashion Week ruled that all children under 16-years-old be banned from walking at the shows in Sydney. Jagaciak, who felt like she was old enough, thought the decision was "stupid". The question was never asked of Gemma Ward, who was 15 when she made her Australian Fashion Week debut in May 2003 or of another Australian model, Tallulah Morton, who was 13 when she made her debut at the event two years later. Her mother Marlena said she accompanied her daughter on assignments and would never put her in danger. Monika's mother believes her daughter has enough support to handle the tough industry and does not resent Australia's ban.