Via the Sydney Morning Herald, “Barely three months after James Packer ended his six-year marriage to the  mother of his three children, former model Erica, the billionaire casino mogul  has reportedly embarked on a new relationship with another beauty who also hails  from the same country town as his ex wife: supermodel Miranda Kerr.

On Monday morning Woman’s Day magazine, which was once owned by the  Packer family, is set to publish claims Packer, 46, and Kerr, 30, are now in a  serious romantic relationship.

On the magazine’s cover are images of Packer and Kerr, digitally manipulated  to appear together, with a headline boldly proclaiming ‘‘Head over Heels:  The Billionaire, The Supermodel and Their Red Hot Romance’’.

PS understands Woman’s Day editor Fiona Connolly is ‘‘standing  behind the story 100 per cent’’, while neither Packer nor Kerr have denied the  report nearly a week after first being approached by reporters.

Packer and Kerr, who was married for three years to the actor Orlando Bloom  and with whom she has a 2-year-old son Flynn, announced their marriages had come  to an end just 45 days apart.

Both the Packers are long term friends of Kerr and Bloom, their respective  families holidaying together at luxury resorts in Tahiti last year, just months  before their marriages broke down.

They were also known to mix in the same circles in Los Angeles in more recent  months.

Kerr and Erica Packer both grew up in Gunnedah, in north-west NSW. James  Packer provided Kerr with business advice when she launched a range of beauty  products several years ago.

Both women follow a long line of brunette beauties who Packer has courted  over the years, including model Jennifer Flavin, former fiancee Kate Fischer and  his first wife, bikini model Jodhi Meares.

Last month his now second ex-wife, Erica, featured on the cover of Vogue  Australia.

She returned briefly to Sydney from Los Angeles, where she has been living  for the past six months, to launch the issue.

While she discussed her marriage breakdown she did not divulge the specific  reasons why it had come to such an abrupt end, just weeks before the first  birthday of their youngest child, daughter Emmanuelle.”

(Photo 1: Janie Barrett
Photo 2: Women’s Day
Photo 3: Getty Images
Photo 4: AFR)