Sunday Territorian

Supermodel Kerr now nowhere to be seen

- BRIANA DOMJEN

EXCLUSIVE

FROM obliging Gunnedah girl to the invisible woman. If ever there was proof that money – really serious money – changes everything, it’s Aussie supermodel Miranda Kerr.

Even after hitting the big time as the first $1 million model in Australia’s department star wars or on the catwalk for Victoria’s Secret in America, she would jet into the country on a commercial airline, camera-ready, posing for airport snaps, her son Flynn on her hip and not a security guard in sight.

The local paparazzi, who documented every trip home from start to finish, lauded the country-born model as “accessible and accommodat­ing”. Then she became a billionair­e’s wife.

With her husband Evan Spiegel worth $3.2 billion on the back of his role in founding the social media site Snapchat, the stakes are much higher.

Between their arrival in Sydney via private jet on December 30 and their exit on January 2, not even the most seasoned paparazzi was able to get a picture of the celebrity couple.

That was despite the fact the pair dined at celebrity haunt and paparazzi hotspot Catalina.

Kerr and Spiegel’s people made a 6pm reservatio­n at the waterfront venue and arrived right on time.

The visit was on the heels of a full security sweep having been done earlier.

They were reportedly flanked by bodyguards and had security standing at every door. They were out by 7.45pm.

“Miranda has virtually become the invisible woman in terms of public appearance­s and certainly opportunit­ies to photograph her,” one wellknown paparazzi, who did not want to be named, said.

“Certainly since Evan Spiegel has been involved, everything that they do appears to be with a great deal of control and with security nearby.

“Such to the point that it’s almost like he’s the president, with premises and restaurant­s being swept before their arrival. Everything involving them is conducted with the utmost secrecy.”

Spiegel, who according to company records spent $890,339 on personal security in 2017, is nicknamed Evan Svengali by paparazzi, thanks to his almost bizarre obsession with his family not being photograph­ed.

When Spiegel, 28, joined Kerr, 35, for a 48-hour press trip to Sydney in October, not a single unauthoris­ed image of them was captured thanks to decoy cars, heightened security and cloak-and-dagger tactics.

“There were numerous decoy cars and even Evan was observed later popping up in a car we thought was empty after it had travelled some distance from the hotel,” one photograph­er said. “He must have been laying down in the back seat.

“It does border on paranoia. I can’t imagine what he has to fear. Maybe he doesn’t like being photograph­ed.”

There are also rumours of an unofficial deal with news website The Daily Mail.

 ??  ?? Miranda Kerr at Times Square in New York City. Picture: ASTRID STAWIARZ/ GETTY IMAGES FOR KORA ORGANICS
Miranda Kerr at Times Square in New York City. Picture: ASTRID STAWIARZ/ GETTY IMAGES FOR KORA ORGANICS
 ??  ?? Miranda Kerr and her husband Evan Spiegel
Miranda Kerr and her husband Evan Spiegel

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