Dale Noelle

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Dale Noelle is an American model, founder and CEO of True Model Management. She is also an educator, health coach, philanthropist and entrepreneur.

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Early life and modeling career

Dale Noelle's interest in fashion began in childhood while spending time at her father's clothing factories. She later attended California State Polytechnic University and the University of South Florida, earning a business degree. She worked as a clothing production manager, as well as a sales representative, designer, and owner of a fashion clothing license before becoming a fitting model. [1]

During her 20-year career as a professional model, Noelle worked for fashion brands and designers including Oscar de la Renta, Oleg Cassini, Michael Kors, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger, and Nicole Miller. [2]

Noelle worked directly with the late Oleg Cassini to fit his final collection for David's Bridal, did fitting in Europe and Asia with Michael Kors, worked with Tommy Hilfiger and his financiers Lawrence Stroll and Silas Chou in Hong Kong for Tommy Hilfiger's first women's collection, and was Calvin Klein and Oscar de la Renta's fit model for many years. [3]

After her career with Ford Models, Inc., Noelle began to manage her own modeling career in 2008. In December 2011 she started a full-service management company,TRUE Model Management, to represent fit, show, and print models worldwide. [4]

Philanthropy

Noelle is a board member for Miss New York and Sugar Loaf Film Festival, a volunteer with Solving Kids' Cancer, and on the committee for TEDxYouth@HCCS. She has also sat on the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation, Blatantly Honest Foundation, and the TEDxFultonStreet Board of Advisors.

She has been a member of The President's Circle for Fred Hutchinson, a group of donors providing funding towards cancer research and solutions. [5] Additionally,

In addition to the above, Noelle also serves as an Honorary Committee member or host for various charities and event fundraisers including Women's Entrepreneurship Day at the United Nations, [6] The Women Helping Women New York Luncheon [7] and H.O.P.E. Foundation. [8]

In 2013, Noelle launched TRUECares, the philanthropic arm of the company. TRUECares models donate a percentage of their earnings through TRUE to numerous organizations, and TRUE Model Management matches the donation percentage of each model.

Personal life

Noelle's primary residence is in New York City, although she travels frequently and lives part-time in California. [9]

Media recognition

Noelle has been featured in multiple television, print, and online publications, including Bloomberg, [10] Forbes, [11] WWD, [12] Fashionista, [13] Morning Honey, [14] Fashion Mingle, [15] citybiz, [16] Fox Business News, The Huffington Post, [17] New York Times, [18] New York Daily News, [19] Worldwide Business with kathy ireland, [20] New York Post, [21] ABC News, "News 8" on WJLA-TV, [22] "You & Me This Morning" on WCIU-TV, "San Antonio Living" on WOAI-TV, [23] and "Let's Talk Live" on WTNH-TV.

Other projects

Noelle holds a certification in Health Coaching and is an advocate for positive body image. She has experience in teaching yoga/fitness training and supports the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA). [24]

Noelle has been an instructor at Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) - State University of New York, a board member of the Women and Fashion Filmfest, and creator of the organization's Girls' Empowerment Fashion Runway show. She also works with New York organizations to bring more clothing manufacturing to America. [25]

Noelle was a panelist in the discussion with filmmaker James Belzer and Dennita Sewell, curator of fashion design at Phoenix Art Museum, at the 16th Annual Fashion Conference hosted by IAC (Initiatives in Art & Culture) at CUNY. Dale Noelle highlighted the significant drop in domestic production and jobs as well as the importance of Education to train American workers to gain skills needed to produce more USA-made products. [26]


References

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  2. "TRUE Model Managements Fearless CEO". Resident.com. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
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  4. "Dale Noelle by Mariana Silva-Buck". BWI Magazine. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  5. "Fred Hutch, Membership Roster". fredhutch.org. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  6. "Nasdaq, Women's Entrepreneurship Day". blacktiemagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  7. "Seventh Annual Women Helping Women New York". vossfoundation.org. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  8. "[https://hopefoundation.us/ H.O.P.E Foundation]". hopefoundation.us. Retrieved 2013-11-22.{{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  9. "Dale Noelle". Women to Watch Media, LLC Radio. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  10. "Meet the Fitting Model Who Delivers forDesigners". Bloomberg TV. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  11. "How This Successful Model Is Challenging The Industry To Focus on Health and Give Back". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  12. Talwar, Kanika (11 February 2025). "Dale Noelle and Fashinnovation Spearhead Industry-wide Collaboration for the Fashion Workers Act" . Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  13. Ilyashov, Alexandra (20 July 2018). "The Untold Tales of Fashion's Invaluable Fit Models: Dale Noelle". Breaking Media, Inc. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  14. Roth, Jaclyn (10 March 2025). "morninghoney.com" . Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  15. Shea, Melissa. "Meet Dale Noelle, Founder of TRUE Model Management & NYFW Mingle Mentor". fashionmingle.com. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  16. "Q&A with Dale Noelle, Founder of TRUE Model Management in Celebration and in Honor of National Women's Month (March)". citybiz. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  17. "Women in Business Q&A: Dale Noelle, Founder of TRUE Model Management". Huffingtonpost.com. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  18. Sullivan, Paul (22 May 2015). "Paying the Price for a Personal Drill Sergeant". NewYorkTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
  19. "This Modeling School is Open to Kids as Young as 8". NewYorkDailyNews.com. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  20. Noelle, Dale. "TRUE Model Management featured on Worldwide Business with kathy ireland" . Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  21. "Heres how to Survive the Holidays with Social Anxiety". NewYorkPost.com. December 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  22. "Connecticut Model Discusses Eating Disorder Awareness". "News 8" on WJLA-TV. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  23. "A Celebration of Curves". "San Antonio Living" on WOAI-TV. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  24. "Dale Noelle". LetsJustTalkRadio.com. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  25. "My Career Choice Dale Noelle TRUE Model Management". WomanAroundTown.com. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
  26. "16th Annual Fashion Conference". Runwayfashion.org. Retrieved 2014-11-04.