Jess Fox: ‘Let’s throw myself in the deep end here and challenge myself’ | Nicole Jeffery

Australia’s golden girl has enjoyed a break from competition since Paris but her post-Olympics life has been anything but quiet

Jess Fox has forged a dazzling career by pushing herself out of her comfort zone, but she did wonder if she had gone too far as she was about to hit the catwalk at the L’Oréal Paris Walk for Worth runway show at Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal recently.

“I was really nervous about it because I’m not a model,” the triple Olympic gold medallist says. “I’m not confident about that. I’m best in sneakers or even barefoot when I’m kayaking.

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