MattC said on 4/Oct/21
SUMMARY:
In the picture provided above, she looks slightly lower (in similar foot-wear) than Mandy Moore, who is 5'9.5-5'9.75....so I think it's fair to say that Erin is anywhere between 5'9 and 5'9.5. Erin belongs to an era of models in the early 2000s (2001-2005....) whose average/median height cumulatively was probably around 5'10". The majority of girls were 5'9-5'11, with outlier runway giants like Oluchi (6'1), Tiiu Kuik (6'2"), Michelle Buswell (6'1.5"), Jade Parfitt (6'1), Erin O'Connor (6'0.5"), Hana Soukupova (6'1"), Julia Stegner (6'0.5"), and Adina Fohlin (6'0") - also ever present on the runways...but balanced with shows where you had "short" anomalies like comeback kid Carolyn Murphy (5'7.5-5'8"...), Anouck Lepere and Audrey Marnay, who I believe are both in the 5'6-5'6.5" range, and even as small as Devon Aoki (5'5"). As for Erin Wasson, she can look the same height as Karen Elson, Liya Kebede, Mariacarla Boscono, and Amanda Moore....who I believe are all listed as 5'9.5" (and even 5'10"....lol) but in actuality are 5'8-5'8.5"(1.73-74) barefoot. IMG lists Erin at a crazily inflated 179 which is laughable because there's no way she's nearing into 5'11" territory...her legs aren't long enough....but she's always historically been listed as 5'10 (or 178 flat....) which is KIND OF (I guess?) believable. Her mother agency (Kim Dawson in Dallas, Texas...) lists her at 5'9.5" (which in the modeling world is code for = 5'8" in reality....) but I don't see Erin being as low as 5'8" (1.73) based on runway evidence [as summarized with the below evidence base]:
TECHNICAL (REAL-WORLD)EXAMPLES:
She's a weird "model height" case; Erin varies...she looks both on the shorter side (comparatively....) to the actually 5'10-5'11" girls and/or the SAME as the 5'9"-ish gals, depending on the runway show. She walked for Luca Luca for F/W 2004-05 collection ("Video-1"), and I can say it definitely solves the confusion to her height. During the show's finale at (3 min, 19 sec, per the below provided video, you can see Erin behind 5'9.5" (177 cm) listed Serbian model Maja Latinovic...who has historically always been listed as 5'10" or 178. Marija Vujuvovic (I believe to be a strong 5'10.5-5'11"), who is in front of Maja, you can see is clearly taller than the both of them...but Erin and Maja are obviously the same height. The towering gorgeous blonde giant in the pink dress directly behind Erin is a lesser-known model of that era named Ekaterina Hlebanova (who is listed as 5'11" or 180 cm but is clearly 6'0" or 1.83). That all being said, I'd say she's 2.5 inches below Ekaterina and the same height as 177-listed Maja (who could very well be 5'9", given the fact that fellow Serbian model Marija is noticeably taller). Ergo, Erin is realistically anywhere from 5'8.5" to 5'9.5"...with 5'9.5" being her absolute MAX, corroborating Kim Dawson Agency's provided listing. From (13 min, 10 sec) of the (below provided...) Michael Kors Spring/Summer 2003 collection ("Video-2"), you can see that in modest footwear with a medium-sized heel, she's JUST as tall as Matt Duffie, who is a "short" outlier for male models at a modest 5'11" flat (I remember him being listed by STORM as 5'11"...so he could actually be 5'10"). But Karolina Kurkova (who I believe to be a strong 5'11" if not just SHY of 6'0"...) is behind Erin and is QUITE noticeably and obviously taller. If Erin were 5'10", she'd be taller than Matt in those heels....and she clearly isn't. And the nearly 6-ft (listed as 5'11, probably 5'11.25/181 cm....) Karolina Kurkova and 5'10.5-5'11" Ai Tominaga (behind Karolina....) have to be at least 2 inches taller in reality. Ergo, Erin is a strong 5'9"...maybe 5'9.25" out of bed, similar to her Kim Dawson Agency listing. Needs a reasonable down-grade on this site to 5'9"-5'9.25" - definitely not 5'9.5 (1.77) and/or inching toward 5'10".
APPENDIX:
Runway Video #1: Luca Luca F/W 2003-04 Show:
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-just as tall as 175-177 (?) Maja Latinovic
-shorter than 179 (by 2 inches?) Marija Vujovic
-shorter than (182/183) Ekaterina H
Runway Video #2: Michael Kors S/S 2003 Show:
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-shorter (in heels!) than 5'11 Matt Duffie
-noticeably shorter than 5'11 Karolina Kurkova (in same footwear...)
Sidenote-A: Per the below (at 2 min, 52 sec), Erin in medium-large sized heels is shorter than male model Chris Walters (who is a strong 6'0"/6'0.5" ft), same as 6'0" Nathan Bogle in front of him, but Erin is clearly the same height as the model, the QUEEN, the living LEGEND, the one and only Naomi Campbell trailing behind her....who is 5'8.5-5'9" (175 cm).
-Runway Video #3: Michael Kors F/W 2003-04 Show:
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Sidnote-B: Per the below(at 16 min, 54 sec), you can also see Erin shorter than the model in front of her (5'10.5" Leticia Birkheuer) and the 3 models trailing behind her, the 5'10-5'10.5" brigade of Raquel Zimmerman, Marcelle Bittar, and Carmen Kass (in order).
-Runway Video #4: Versace S/S 2004 Show:
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Sidenote-C: Per the below (at 12 min, 57 sec), you can see Erin flanked between 5'10.5-5'11" Ai Tominaga and 5'10.5"-5'11" Leticia Birkheuer...making her even look as LOW as 5'8.5" (1.74). Both Ai and Leticia are 1.79 at a very MIN...
-Runway Video #5: Celine F/W 2003:
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