Suvi Koponen

Suvi Koponen
Born	Suvi Maria Koponen
Modeling information
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Hair color	Blond
Eye color	Hazel
Agency	Supreme New York, Paparazzi Helsinki, Premier London, Women Milan, Women Paris

Suvi Maria Koponen (born March 26, 1988 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish fashion model who rose to fame after winning the 2005 Mallikoulu (Model School in English) contest in Finland, which can be compared with America's Next Top Model.

Koponen has established a credible modeling career. She has worked for numerous designers including Anna Sui, Vera Wang, Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Anne Klein, Blumarine, Miu Miu, BCBG Max Azria, Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton, Nina Ricci and Prada. Koponen has also had an editorial in the French Vogue shot by David Sims. Koponen has also appeared in the American Vogue and made the cover of Vogue Portugal in March 2008.

Career

In 2005 Koponen won the televised Mallikoulu ("Model School") contest. She got a model contract with Finnish Paparazzi agency. Koponen made her runway debut at the major Fashion Weeks during the Fall/Winter 06/07 runway season, but it was not until the following season that she truly broke out, walking exclusively for Prada and Miu Miu. She was on the cover of Finnish magazine Pàp in November 2005 and also in 2006.

She appeared on the cover of Amica magazine (Germany) in May 2006. Since 2006 Koponen has been recognised internationally. In the same year she appeared in print ads for Anteprime.

In 2007 Koponen appeared in five editorials for French, British, Italian, and American Vogue. She became the face of Balenciaga fall campaign and replaced Natalia Vodianova as the face of the Calvin Klein collection. In February 2007 she walked the runways for Chanel, Hermès, Jil Sander, and Nina Ricci, among others. She appeared on cover of French Vogue Beaute and opened the Jill Stuart, Marc by Marc Jacobs, and Marni fashion shows and closed the Nina Ricci show in Paris. She appeared on cover of Dazed & Confused in April 2007. In fall 2007 she became the face of Blumarine spring ad-campaign alongside Bette Franke and starred in the Mulberry fall ad-campaign alongside Caroline Trentini.

In August 2007 New York Magazine chose "The Top Ten Models to Watch This Fashion Week" and placed Koponen on third.

Koponen hasn't made a lot model work in her home country Finland because she has been busy with work in abroad, but in March 2007 she appeared in Finnish Trendi magazine and told about her experiences.

In September 2007 she was named one of British Vogue's “Head Girls,” a model to watch out for in the upcoming season. She also opened the Reem Acra spring show in New York and closed the Carolina Herrera, Jill Stuart and DKNY spring shows in New York. Later that month she opened the Alberta Ferretti, Anna Molinari, Fendi and Just Cavalli shows in Milan and closed the Alberta Ferretti, Alessandro Dell’Acqua and Roberto Cavalli shows also in Milan.

She is signed with the model agencies Supreme (New York), Women (Milan and Paris), Premier (London), Paparazzi (Helsinki), Stockholmsgruppen Models 2pm management (Copenhagen) and IMM - International Model Management.

Finnish professionals Outi Broux and Riku Campo ranked her number one on their Finland's most successful models list. "Since 70-80's no one haven't been as successful as Suvi," Outi said simply.

In Feburary 2008 mtv3 aired a documentary about her and Suvi said that she doesn't "care about weight things, but it's more important to me that I'm happy and I feel good. What happens to my body is going to happen and people have to live with that or I'll quit this job." Suvi also became the face of Bluemarine again.

Personal life

She is friends with well-known models Behati Prinsloo, Irina Kulikova, Catherine McNeil, Alana Zimmer and Alyona Osmanova.

Koponen is interested in shopping for novelty T-shirts.

External links

• Suvi Koponen at IMDb
• AskMen Profile
• Suvi Koponen on Style.com
• Suvi Koponen on MODELS.com's "Top 50 Models"
• Suvi Koponen on supermodels.nl

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