Erin O’Connor and Caroline Winberg join The Face

International supermodels Erin O’Connor and Caroline Winberg are to join Naomi Campbell as mentors in The Face, a fashionable entertainment series Sky Living announced in March.

The series will see the three fashion icons compete against each other in the ultimate competition to find The Face – the model who has what it takes to front a world-renowned brand.

Naomi, Erin and Caroline will each choose four girls to mentor and guide as members of their teams. Over eight weeks, the three teams will have to compete in a series of real life fashion industry challenges for some of Britain’s best known brands, which will include photo shoots, catwalk shows and commercials.

“As an English model I’m thrilled to be filming The Face in England where my career began. I’m looking forward to Erin and Caroline joining me on the journey to find the next great face in the modelling world. I have worked with both internationally and they truly understand what’s necessary to make it in the modelling industry. It’s going to be a really inspiring journey and as executive producer on the show I truly believe we will find the face.” says Executive Producer and mentor Naomi Campbell.

The rival supermodels will be battling it out to keep all their girls in the competition but each week one must leave, with the decision of who goes falling to the supermodel whose team is triumphant in the weekly challenge. In the end only one mentor can triumph, seeing one of their elite girls become “The Face” – an ambassador who will represent a major brand in print, on-air and in person at national events.

Erin O’Connor adds, “I’m thrilled to be joining the line-up of The Face – Naomi is a huge inspiration so to be working with her on this project is an enormous privilege. Caroline is one of the modeling world’s most exciting new talents so to have her expertise on board is also a huge bonus – I can’t wait to get started.”

One of the five original 80s ‘supermodels’, Naomi Campbell was born in London and got her big break when she was 15 years old. She has graced the covers of more than 500 magazines during her career, and was the first black model to be on the cover of Time, French Vogue and Vogue Brazil and continues to grace covers of Vogue to this day, most recently Vogue Italia and Brazil.

Erin O’Connor grew up in Brown Hill on the outskirts of Birmingham and dreamt of becoming a ballerina. From an early age her unusual height and striking looks set her apart from the other kids and it wasn’t long before her career path took a turn and she was discovered by a model scout. Finally, Caroline Winberg grew up just outside Stockholm, Sweden and dreamt of becoming a professional soccer player. On the way to a soccer match, she was approached by a scout and decided to give modelling a try.

Caroline Winberg says, “I am delighted to be working with two extremely talented supermodels, the iconic Naomi Campbell and the brilliant Erin O’Connor, as a mentor on The Face. We are all looking for contestants who have the whole package, and I am excited to work with and develop my group of girls so that hopefully one will be crowned as the ultimate model.”

The series will air on Sky Living.