Model Gemma Ward Leaps Around and Gets Naked

Photograph by Patrick McMullan

Name: Gemma Ward

Age: 19

Job: Model-actress

Neighborhood: East Village, but on the move …

Bob Dylan.

What's the best meal you've eaten in New York?


Where do you get your coffee?

What's the last thing you saw on Broadway?
The Producers. Very funny.

Do you give money to panhandlers?

What's your drink?
Vodka anything or rosé at lunch.

How often do you prepare your own meals?
Not often enough.

What's your favorite medication?
Tylenol PM.

What's hanging above your sofa?
A collection of antique mirrors and pictures.

How much is too much to spend on a haircut?

When's bedtime?

Brunch: pro or con?
Major pro! There's nothing better than a New York Sunday brunch …

What's your thread count?
I don't know. I don't count my threads.

What do you hate most about living in New York?
Sirens and rubbish trucks at five o'clock in the morning.

What's your brand of jeans?

When's the last time you drove a car?
When I was 16 on a friend's vineyard in Australia, but I nearly drove the thing into a dam so I've given up. I love that I don't need to drive in New York — it's all about walking, cabs, and the subway.

Who should be the next president?
Al Gore.

Times, Post, or Daily News?

Yankees or Mets?
No answer. It’s too political.

What makes someone a New Yorker?