Anya Sweilam (born on 27 August 1994) is an English model, known mainly for her modelling campaign with Gap in 1998 and American Apparel in 2007. Career Modelling With no prior modelling experience, at the age of 4, Anya appeared as the face of Gap Kids for a year and a half, where she appeared on advertisements and billboards, mainly in branches of Gap in London. While her modelling was minimal at this stage, in 2004 she was offered a campaign with H&M, which she turned down in the hope of "concentrating on her studies". In 2007, Anya appeared on a double spread in the January edition of the American Apparel magazine, in which she modelled high-waisted shorts and thigh length socks. Other work Anya made her film debut in the science fiction film Moon as an extra, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, garnering positive reviews. Personal Life Speaking fluent Egyptian, Anya was born in Paddington, London in 1994, to an Irish mother and Egyptian father.
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