


Throughout Salwa's career, she has been photographed for the cover of a number of Vogue magazines worldwide, including Vogue China, Vogue Nippon, Vogue Germany, and Vogue Mexico. Although the move limited her ability to work, she still managed to shoot advertising campaigns including Stefanel shot by Mario Testino, Calvin Klein shot by Alasdair McLellan, The Limited shot by Patrick Demarchelier, Etro, and Diane von Fürstenberg. Shortly afterwards, she moved back to Seattle to complete her degree at University of Washington. įor the Fall 2009 season, Salwa was photographed by Steven Meisel as one of the faces of Prada.

The covers were followed by a Dazed & Confused editorial featuring new faces of the season as well as editorials for V and Vogue Italia. Shortly after the show season ended in October, Salwa appeared on a succession of covers of the Danish fashion magazine Cover and the Italian magazine Amica.

After success in New York, Salwa went on to walk for the most prestigious designers in Milan and Paris, including Gucci, Christian Lacroix, Lanvin, Hermès, and Valentino. After the competition ended, she gained a contract with Ford Models of New York and debuted at New York Fashion Week in September 2008. In January 2008, Salwa participated in the Ford Models Supermodel of the World competition, after winning a modeling contest via MySpace. In January 2008, Salwa began her modeling career in New York City and went on to become a successful fashion model. She then attended Portland State University to study Sociology, and obtained a BA in sociology from the University of Washington. She graduated from South Kitsap High School with an Associate's Degree acquired through a dual-credit high school and college program (Running Start). Kendra Irene Spears was born on August 5, 1988, in Seattle, Washington.
