Hot young mannequin and Tribeca tenant Ingrid Parewijck is the new face of a sexy men's cologne, but her latest pose is for a mug shot after being busted at JFK with three bags of cocaine.

She's the new face of a sexy French cologne, but that didn't put Kennedy Airport drug inspectors off the scent - they said they found her with three bags of cocaine.
Hot young model Ingrid Parewijck was busted Saturday night after arrival from Paris when a routine customs inspection found her carrying 2.7grams of the drug, Queens prosecutors said.

The Belgian beauty had one plastic package in her right front pants pocket and two more in her brown leather handbag, according to a criminal complaint.

Last month, Parewijck's profile and bare back were featured in advertisements introducing a new men's fragrance, L'Instant de Guerlain Pour Hommes, from the same famous perfumer that produces Shalimar, Samsara and Vetiver.

At the airport, Parewijck, 25, a tall, thin blond who has graced the likes of Vogue, Elle and Photo magazines, was led off in handcuffs to spend most of the night in a dingy holding cell, a Port Authority police spokesman said.

"She was scared ... petrified," said a source who attended Parewijck's arraignment in Queens Criminal Court the next morning.

"This is not a situation ... where this is for sale," her lawyer, Gregory Watts, told the judge, according to a transcript of the proceeding. "It may be just a problem she has regarding drug abuse."

"It's pretty pathetic if it is for personal use," Judge Laura Ward shot back. "I've seen more than my fair share of models convicted on drug charges doing five to 15 years in jail... .

"If you put that stuff up your nose one time, that's one time too many. Do you understand that?"

"Yes," Parewijck replied.

The model, who faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted, was released without bail.

Parewijck shares a fifth-floor loft in a fashionable Tribeca building with a roommate, Fabiana Lutti, who said yesterday she has not seen her high-flying friend in about a month.

Lutti said she was "not happy" to hear of Parewijck's arrest.

Their building is near Next Model Management, the agency that represents Parewijck.

Neither the head of Next Model Management, Faith Kates, nor Parewijck's attorney returned calls seeking comment yesterday.

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