Shivaruby is everywhere all at once - Armani, Saks and ‘EE72’ call on J'can model star
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Shivaruby wears a silk dress and leather boots by McQueen for her ‘EE72’ editorial.
(Photo by Gabrel Moses)
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Shot in the Moroccan desert by acclaimed photographer Alasdair McLellan, Shivaruby co-stars in the recently dropped Emporio Armani Spring/Summer 2026 global ad campaign alongside English model Jack Wardill. (Photo by Alasdair McLellan)
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Shivaruby (right), rocking a Carolina Herrera criss-cross halter neckline rose-print midi dress, is featured in Saks Fifth Avenue's Summer 2026 campaign with Burundian model Divine Mugisha, who wears a carnation-embroidered cocktail dress, also by Carolina Herrera. The new campaign, titled 'City Icons', was captured in New York earlier this year. (Photo by Nadine Ijewere)
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The London-based beauty stuns in a fibreglass jacket and silk skirt from Bottega Veneta creative director Louise Trotter’s Spring/Summer 2026 ready-to-wear collection for her ‘EE72’ shoot. (Photo by Gabrel Moses)
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The Jamaican-Sri Lankan model vamps it up in a Givenchy nylon dress for her latest magazine fashion story. (Photo by Gabrel Moses)
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Shivaruby in a cotton crepe dress and a resin necklace, both by Chanel. (Photo by Gabrel Moses)
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Styled by Julia Saar-Jamois for the Spring 2026 issue of ‘EE72’, Premkanthan stuns in a cotton coat and skirt and polyurethane shoes, all by Chloe. (Photo by Gabrel Moses)
Stunning shots are all in a day's work for Shivaruby Premkanthan. The Jamaican-Sri Lankan beauty's mixed heritage features and lissome frame have made her a go-to model for photographers and luxury fashion's gatekeepers.
As testament to her demand, she appears in Emporio Armani's Spring/Summer 2026 global advertising campaign shot last year in the Moroccan desert by Alasdair McLellan and styled by Alice Goddard.
The co-ed collection from the Italian luxury house is pure European elegance with ivory drawstring trouser suits, chunky cream knitted vests, check print satin blouses, and gingham jacquard jackets.
Elsewhere, Premkanthan, who was born in London and grew up in Waterford, St Catherine, before returning Across the Pond at 13, serves serious sass in visuals for a just-out EE72 editorial.
Wearing the latest womenswear collection pieces from Chanel, Saint Laurent, Chloe, Simone Rocha, Bottega Veneta and more, the model strikes glam postures for her lensman beau Gabriel Moses.
EE72 is a quarterly fashion magazine launched last September by former British Vogue editor and global fashion powerbroker Edward Enninful.
Also on Premkanthan’s current client list is Saks Fifth Avenue. The luxury retailer recruited her for its ‘City Icons’ summer campaign, which was shot on the streets of New York City by British-Jamaican photographer Nadine Ijewere.
Of her love for the job, Premkanthan told The Gleaner in an interview back in 2025 that, "The thing about modelling that keeps me interested is definitely how fast things can change. The ups and downs get you addicted sometimes. But I feel it is more positive than negative," she said.
"The opportunities I get to meet people, the places I am positioned in, it's just this intrigue and this constant growth into the person I have become," she added.
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