Friday, June 6, 2008

Victoria's Secret Models!

Posted by skiwitrue at 5:18 PM

Info taken from http://www.who2.com/victoriassecret.html

Karolina Kurkova
Birth: 28 February 1984
Birthplace: Decin, Czechoslovakia (not the Czech Republic)
Karolina Kurkova became famous in America when she appeared on the cover of Vogue in February 2001 at the tender age of 17. The daughter of a Czech basketball player, Kurkova stood out at 5' 11" with a golden-blonde head of hair. By 2002 she had become the newest "hot" face, winning the Model of the Year at the Vogue Fashion Awards. She has modelled extensively for Victoria's Secret (appearing in the company's annual television specials from 2001-2007) and for Chanel, Rolex, Christian Dior, Versace and many other brands.
Extra credit: Kurkova is 5' 11" tall and her nicknames are Kinka, KK, and Koka Kola, according to the CBS website for the 2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Petra Nemcova
Birth: c. 1979 (age 29)
Birthplace: Karvina, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic)
Nicknamed the "Czech Chick," Petra Nemcova graced the cover of the 2003 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. (She also appeared in the magazine's 2002 swimsuit edition.) Nemcova has been a cover model for Elle, Harper's Bazaar and other magazines, and has appeared in ads for Cartier and Victoria's Secret. She made a brief appearance in the French film Absolument fabuleux (2001, starring Marie Gillain and based loosely on the British TV show Absolutely Fabulous).
Extra credit: Nemcova suffered a broken pelvis and other injuries in the December 2004 tsunami which killed tens of thousands of people in the coastal regions of Asia and Africa. She had been vacationing in Phuket, Thailand with her boyfriend, photographer Simon Atlee. Atlee was killed in the disaster... Nemcova founded the Happy Hearts Fund to give aid to disaster-affected children in Asia... Other Czech models: Eva Herzigova, Karolina Kurkova and Daniela Pestova.

Izabel Goulart

Birth: 23 October 1984
Birthplace: San Carlos, Brazil
Slender, dark-haired and just a little severe, Izabel Goulart had a breakthrough year in 2005 when she made her first appearance on the popular annual Victoria's Secret Fashion TV special. (She also starred on the show in 2006 and 2007.) Goulart followed in the footsteps of a long line of Brazilian models associated with the clothing catalog, including Gisele Bundchen, Adriana Lima, Michelle Alves and Alessandra Ambrosio. She has appeared on the covers of Marie Claire, Numero, Vogue Nippon, among other fashion magazines.
Extra credit: "The daughter of a house painter and a stay-at-home mom, Izabel is one of seven children," according to the Victoria's Secret website. Victoria's Secret also reports that "A model scout discovered Goulart while she was shopping for fruit in Sao Paolo, Brazil"... Some sites list her birthdate as 23 October 1984; Who2 has been unable to find a source for this date.


Adriana Lima
Birth : 12 June 1981
Birthplace: Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
Skinny and sultry, Adriana Lima has been modelling since 1994, first in Brazil and later in New York City and Europe. Like her countrywoman Gisele Bundchen, Lima gained fame after posing in Guess clothing ads; also like Bundchen, Lima is perhaps most famous for her appearances with Victoria's Secret. (She appeared dressed as an angel in the company's 2000 fashion show and has been a featured regular ever since). Lima had a role in The Follow, one of the popular online short films created by BMW in 2001; she played the beautiful young wife tailed by BMW driver Clive Owen.
Extra credit: Lima is 5'10" tall and of "French, Portuguese, Native American and Caribbean descent," according to the CBS website for the 2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show... Other models who have posed for Guess include Anna Nicole Smith, James King and Ingrid Seynhaeve.



Alessandra Ambrosio
Birth: 11 April 1981
Birthplace: Erechim, Brazil
A lithe brunette with a signature navel piercing, Alessandra Ambrosio was one of the many Brazilian models to hit it big internationally in the late 1990s. She began taking modelling classes at age 14, was a finalist in the Elite Look of the Year competition in 1996, and went from there to advertisements for Guess clothing (the same line which helped launch the careers of Anna Nicole Smith and Laetitia Casta). She became one of the Victoria's Secret lingerie "angels" and has also appeared in ads for Revlon, Giorgio Armani and many other companies. She made a very brief appearance as "Tennis Girl" in the 2007 James Bond film Casino Royale (starring Daniel Craig).
Extra credit: Ambrosio is 5' 10" tall, according to her official site... Her hometown is sometimes spelled Erexim.

These are the five tops victoria's secret models on my list. Hope u guys enjoy reading about them...... ;P

 

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