Elite Model Management
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Elite Model Management (Elite) is a modeling agency founded in Paris, France, in 1972 by John Casablancas and Alain Kittler.[1] Elite today manages over 800 models from five continents. It offers international coverage with 36 agencies in its network. Its contest, the Elite Model Look, is a model scouting organisation with over 350,000 contestants in more than 55 countries annually.
Elite represents, or has represented such notable models as Tyra Banks, Gisele Bundchen, Adriana Lima, Naomi Campbell, Karen Elson, Carol Alt, Liya Kibede, Cindy Crawford, Heidi Klum, Paulina Porizkova, Alessandra Ambrosio, Coco Rocha, Stephanie Seymour, Nadja Auermann.[2]
All the high-demand models at Elite Model Management are placed in the Elite+-division.
Elite World S.A. is the parent company of Elite Model Management.
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[edit] Clients (past and present)
[edit] Celebrities represented by Elite (past and present)
[edit] Elite international locations
Elite's headquarters are in Paris, with a large network of international offices. Australia is the only continent without an Elite Model Management branch (besides Antarctica), the reason being that the Australian equivalent is Chic Management.[citation needed] Aside from U.S. offices in New York City, Miami, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Chicago, there are Elite Model Managements in the following locations:[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Elite Model Management Lux. S.A. - Investment Research page 4 - August 25, 2006
- ^ http://models.com/agency/Elite-New-York
- ^ Elite Model Management
[edit] External links
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- Elite Model Look 25th World Final / Sanya, China
- Elite World
- Elite Model Mgmt in the Fashion Model Directory
- Seoul Times article about Elite contest
- Vietnam News Agency article about contest in Vietnam
- Elite Model Contest 2007 in Switzerland
- Casting held for "Miss Krasnoyarsk Territory" beauty contest on September 22, 2007
- BusinessWeek article about Elite's bankruptcy amid charges of price fixing
- Complaint of class action filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
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