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unexpectedness
July 26, 2012

More on Liberty Ross, Wronged Wife in Kristen Stewart’s Cheating Scandal

By Charlotte Cowles

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Before yesterday, Liberty Ross was known as a successful fashion model and burgeoning actress. Then, Us Weekly broke the news of Kristen Stewart’s “fling” with Ross’s husband, Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders, and Google searches for “Liberty Ross” spiked to five times their normal rate. Her personal website was so overloaded with visitors that it stopped working. Her model profile became the most-viewed page on NYMag.com. Obviously, the world was deeply curious about this wronged woman, who in a matter of hours had become the most mysterious (and arguably most sympathetic) figure in the bizarre love square caused by the Stewart/Sanders affair.

Who is she?
To those in the fashion industry, she’s a distinguished model who has enjoyed a long and successful career; to the general public, she’s a vaguely recognizable face but a relatively unknown name. According to the bio on her website, 33-year-old Ross was born in the U.K. and spotted by photographer Mario Testino when she was a teenager. She has since built a robust portfolio as a high-fashion model, posing for top publications like Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, i-D, Dazed & Confused, and others. She’s also landed some lucrative campaign deals with labels like Burberry, Dior, Jimmy Choo, Ungaro, Jil Sander, H&M, Levi’s, and Solange Azagury’s jewelry. Other milestones include guest-editing British Vogue in 2004, being photographed for the Pirelli calendar by Nick Knight, and appearing on the twentieth-anniversary cover of The Face with Kate Moss in 2000.

She continued working after she had two children, now 5 and 7, with Sanders. In other words, she’s hardly dependent on her husband for money or career help — although his involvement in Snow White probably helped her land a role (their two kids were also extras in the film, which probably seemed cute at the time and now seems creepy and awkward). 

What was her marriage like?
In a recent interview in YOU magazine, now excerpted in the Daily Mail and Us Weekly, Ross talked about the difficulties of moving from London (where she had a thriving social life, according to many photos of her at various glamorous-looking parties) to L.A. for her husband’s work. She says:

I romanticized domesticity for a while, and loved having a shopping list of groceries stuck to the fridge for the first time … But moving here and starting a life all over again was a lot harder than I had anticipated. I just didn’t think it would be as isolating and daunting as it turned out to be … I went from the glamour of working with Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano to living on an isolated hilltop, with my husband gone most of the time … I would never say out loud that I am raising my children alone, but a lot of the time it has felt like that.

What happens next?
Obviously, none of us can even begin to speculate about the state of Ross and Sanders’s marriage, nor do we even know exactly what happened between Stewart and Sanders to begin with. But gauging by his public apology yesterday, Sanders is deeply remorseful and appears to be interested in keeping his family together. (And according to People, he has his dad’s vote of confidence!) In the meantime, Ross appears to be lying low, which makes complete sense — for her own sake, but for her children’s too. 

See our slideshow of Liberty Ross’s career in pictures.

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April 2001 At the U.K. premiere of Bridget Jones's Diary in London. Photo: Dave Benett/2001 Getty Images
Spring 2002 With Kate Moss in the Burberry spring 2002 ad campaign.
Spring 2002 With Kate Moss in the Burberry spring 2002 ad campaign.
2002 In an ad for Ghost Deep Night fragrance.
February 2002 Walking in a fashion show for Topshop in London. Photo: Dave Benett
March 2002 With Sophie Dahl at a Vogue pre-Oscar cocktail party. Photo: Dave Benett
May 2002 At a party for Alexandra Shulman's tenth anniversary at British Vogue in London. Photo: Dave Benett
July 2002 With Zac Posen at Harvey Nichols in London. Photo: Dave Benett
September 2002 Celebrating the relaunch of the Sunday Times Style Magazine in London. Photo: Dave Benett/2002 Getty Images
2003 In an ad for Dior Addict fragrance.
2003 Appears in ads for Jimmy Choo.
February 2003 With Mario Testino at the Frost French Fashion Tea Party in London. Photo: Dave Benett
February 2003 At a party for Y3 Yamamoto in London. Photo: Dave Benett
April 2003 At the Swarovski jewelry fashion show in London. Photo: Dave Benett
May 2003 At the opening of Stella McCartney's first store in London. Photo: Dave Benett
June 2003 At a Reebok press launch in London. Photo: Bruno Vincent/2003 Getty Images
February 2004 Walking in the Ghost fashion show at fall 2004 Fashion Week in London. Photo: Bruno Vincent/2004 Getty Images
September 2005 Walking in the Issa fashion show at summer 2006 Fashion Week in London. Photo: Nick Harvey
October 2005 At a party for Topshop in Monaco. Photo: Dave Benett/2005 Dave Benett
October 2005 At the Stella McCartney for H&M Launch Party in London. Photo: Dave M. Benett/2005 Dave M. Benett
November 2005 At a party hosted by Harpers & Queen in the Maldives. Photo: Dave M. Benett/Dave M. Benett
November 2005 At the British Fashion Awards in London. Photo: Dave M. Benett/2005 Dave M. Benett
November 2005 At the Lancôme Colour Design Awards in London. Photo: Nick Harvey
November 2005 At a party for sass & bide in London. Photo: Nick Harvey
December 2005 At a party for Elizabeth Hurley's "Project Catwalk" in London. Photo: Dave Hogan/2005 Getty Images
February 2006 At a Harper's Bazaar launch party in London. Photo: Photoshot/2012 Photoshot
July 2007 At a party hosted by the Westfield London & British Fashion Council in London. Photo: Nick Harvey/2007 Nick Harvey
June 2008 At a private viewing party for Lucian Freud's exhibit in London. Photo: Dave M. Benett/2008 Dave M. Benett
June 2008 At the Serpentine Gallery Council Dinner in London. Photo: Dave M. Benett/2008 Dave M. Benett
February 2009 Walking in the Qasimi show at fall 2009 London Fashion Week. Photo: Samir Hussein/2009 Samir Hussein
June 2009 At a dinner hosted by designer Pauric Sweeney and Browns in London. Photo: Dave M. Benett/2009 Dave M. Benett
September 2009 At a party for emerging British talent hosted by Sarah Brown in London. Photo: Dave M. Benett/2009 Dave M. Benett
September 2009 In the front row of the Unique spring 2010 show at London Fashion Week. Photo: Dave M. Benett/2009 Dave M. Benett
November 2009 At a dinner hosted by AnOther Magazine and Hudson Jeans. Photo: Rabbani and Solimene Photography/2009 Rabbani and Solimene Photog... November 2009 At a dinner hosted by AnOther Magazine and Hudson Jeans. Photo: Rabbani and Solimene Photography/2009 Rabbani and Solimene Photography
2010 Appears in ads for Temperley London.
July 2010 At a launch party for Issa in L.A. Photo: Jordan Strauss/2010 WireImage
February 2011 At Vogue.com's fifteenth-anniversary party in London. Photo: Nick Harvey/2011 Nick Harvey
February 2011 At the launch of Dame Vivienne Westwood's Get a Life Palladium jewellery collection in London. Photo: Dave M. Benett/2011 Da... February 2011 At the launch of Dame Vivienne Westwood's Get a Life Palladium jewellery collection in London. Photo: Dave M. Benett/2011 Dave M. Benett
February 2011 At the Temperley London fall 2011 show at London Fashion Week. Photo: Nick Harvey/2011 Nick Harvey
February 2011 At London Fashion Week. Photo: Nick Harvey/2011 Nick Harvey
March 2011 At the Vivienne Westwood U.S. flagship store opening in L.A. Photo: Jason LaVeris/2011 Jason LaVeris
June 2011 At a dinner hosted by Katie Grand and Sara Ferrero in London. Photo: Dave M. Benett/2011 Dave M. Benett
September 2011 Appears in the Solange Azagury-Partridge fall ad campaign
November 2011 At the Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards in London. Photo: Eamonn McCormack/2011 Getty Images
November 2011 At the launch of Winter Wonderland with her two children in London. Photo: Ben Pruchnie/2011 Getty Images
February 2012 At a pre-Oscar dinner hosted by Chanel in L.A. Photo: Jason LaVeris/2012 Jason LaVeris
April 2012 At the premiere of My Valentine in West Hollywood. Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/2012 Getty Images
May 2012 At the world premiere of Snow White and the Huntsman in London. Photo: Mike Marsland/2012 Mike Marsland
May 2012 At the premiere of Snow White and the Huntsman in L.A. Photo: Jason LaVeris/2012 Jason LaVeris
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