Kusumi Koharu who graduated from Morning Musume and Hello!Project back in December of 2009 will be a model for popular fashion magazine "CanCam". �Kusumi showed a strong interest to become a model ever since she graduated from Morning Musume. CanCam has produced top models such as Yonekura Ryoko, Ito Misaki and Hasegawa Kyoko, and Kusumi commented on becoming an official CanCam model, "I still can't believe this" and added, "I will do my best as a 'CanCam model Kusumi Koharu' with thanks to everyone who supported me for my dream to come true. As a model, I'm still inexperienced, but I will work hard�until everyone recognize me as a�full?fledged model."

Kusumi appeared on the August issue of CanCam for the first time this past summer, and she was featured in a special 10 page pictorial.�Those pages�created a sensation and that was the decisive point where Kusumi officially became a CanCam model.

She will continue a stage of Dream Morning Musume, and she will officially become a CanCam model starting on the next issue (November issue) which will be released on September 23rd.

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