Name	Summer Rayne Oakes
Height	5'10
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	June 3, 1984
Place of Birth	Pennsylvania, USA
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Her work today as a model is exclusively tied to socio-environmental issues, sustainability, equitable trade and education.

Her fusion of values-based modeling, business, and activism has garnered much international interest. Her first full-paged interview came in 2004 for Lucire:

"Summer Rayne Oakes may be the archetype of the twenty-first century supermodel. While the "s" word has not been applied by the media yet, she has all the ingredients that make one in the modern context: an active involvement in environmental causes, an intelligence quotient that hovers in the 180 mark, and a sexy, smouldering look. However, what makes Oakes tick? This is a Cornell graduate with degrees in entomology and natural resources, the winner of numerous academic awards - certainly not the twentieth century's idea of the model. If she has a fault, it may be that she is ahead of her time, and the world is catching up.

Since then, Oakes' work has been featured on CNN,NPR,Fox News, HGTV,Sirius Satellite Radio,NY1,MTV News,Discovery Channel News,Video Fashion News, the Fashion & Beauty Channel, and LinkTV. Recent interviews and articles have appeared in French Vogue, Shape magazine, Elle magazine, Allure magazine,GQ magazine, YRB, Experience Life, Artist Interviews, Entertainment World, GQ, Healthy Living, E, The Fader, Yogi Times, Outside Magazine, The Lazy Environmentalist,Sustainable Industries Journal, Neue Zürcher Zeitung , and Grist Magazine.She has modeled for Levi Strauss & Co., Nicole Miller, Replay Jeans, Zimmerli Lingerie, and others.

On September 5, 2005, Oakes launched "Behind the Label", a monthly sustainable style editorial produced for Lucire, which became the first international editorial completely devoted to ethical and eco-conscious fashion designers. On October 23, 2006, Oakes took over as acting editor for the magazine.In September 2006, she also launched the S4 Newsletter, reporting on sustainability trends in fashion. She writes the "Ask Summer Rayne" column for PlanetGreen.com,writes personal musings for Treehugger.com, and Huffington Post.

Oakes educational curriculum entitled ECOFASHION 101 links pop culture, fashion, and mainstream media into traditional subject topics and was launched in Philadelphia schools in September 2005.

Oakes was represented by Boss Model Management in New York City from September 2004 to July 2005. That same month, she founded SRO, a consulting and production firm focused on sustainable business.In 2007, Oakes was named a Lifestyle Ambassador of the Sustainable Style Foundation.

In early 2008, Oakes was named spokesperson, resident expert, host, and board adviser for Discovery Channel's Planet Green Channel, a 24-7 hour network devoted to the environment launching in the United States in June 2008.She also previously co-hosted Eco 4 the World with Andrew Patterson created by Big Durian Productions in Singapore.

In December 2008, she is launching her first book entitled, "Style, Naturally: The Global Guide to Sustainable Fashion and Beauty" published by Chronicle Books.

Summer Rayne Oakes is under private management with SJR Brand Management and NEXT Models exclusively focusing on her environmentally- and socially-relevant modeling.