The stunning supermodel kept up a brave smile until she came off the catwalk.
Elle looked every bit the supermodel strutting down the catwalk. The famous blonde locks were perfectly styled, the smile dazzling and those legendary legs seemed impossibly long – even for Elle. With trademark cheekiness, she seemed to be in her element modelling a new pilot’s uniform for Virgin Blue.
But beneath the perfect façade, Elle, 47, was in terrible pain, still coming to terms with the heartache of seeing her dad, former president of Cronulla Sharks Rugby League Club Peter Gow, in the fight of his life after being diagnosed with cancer.
“It’s wonderful to be home, I miss my family… actually I’m going to get a bit emotional,” a teary Elle admits after losing her composure off the catwalk. “I’m really happy to be back and to see them, particularly my dad.”
With tears in her eyes, this was an Elle the world has rarely seen, the distraught daughter raw with pain and clearly shocked after seeing her “strong” father struggling to recover from a terrifying diagnosis of prostate cancer. Elle and her youngest son, Cy, secretly flew into Sydney from London 10 days ago to spend time with Peter, who underwent an operation at St Vincent’s Hospital on January 28 – before she hit the catwalk.
“I’m sorry [Elle] was upset,” Peter told the media. “We love each other very much and I draw incredible strength from my children. “[It] is a bit of a worry but thankfully, with a lot of help from a skilled surgeon and staff at St Vincent’s Cancer Clinic, I’m on the way to recovery. “They are confident they got it all. It’s been a bit of a shock, actually.
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