Education
Keon-Cohen was educated at Lauriston Girls School in Melbourne, Australia class of 2003.
Keon-Cohen was educated at Lauriston Girls School in Melbourne, Australia class of 2003.
Keon-Cohen started her modelling career at 15 in Australia upon winning the Girlfriend magazine model search competition in 2002 (under the stage name Victoria Boston). She has walked the runway for designers such as Chanel, Vogue, Dior, Replay and Armani and appeared in advertising for brands including Levis, David Jones. In December 2007, Keon-Cohen approached Actors Equity in the United Kingdom to represent models for Union protection.
Keon-Cohen became a spokesperson for models" rights on behalf of Equity.
She was the founding chair of the Equity Models" Committee from 2007 to 2012. The Guardian named her in the top 30 names to watch as a new radical and Marie Claire magazine described her work as a "pioneering campaign".
Working with Equity, the Model Programme was formed, an alliance between the British Fashion Council, Association of Model agencies, the Equity models committee and the Greater London Authority to address the fashion industries health issues and wellbeing of models, including the first Code of Conduct for London Fashion Week. In 2013 Equity announced the first agreement signed with British Vogue.
She continues as an active member of the Equity Models Committee and representative in the media.
