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== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Born '''Marisa Lee Bertetta''' in [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]], [[California]], to parents Marc Miller and Krista Bertetta.<ref name="Aptos" /> Miller attended high school at Aptos High and [[Monte Vista Christian School]]. She considered herself a tomboy growing up, with mostly male friends and little awareness of anything girly.<ref name="Thirteen">{{cite news
Born '''Marisa Lee Bertetta''' in [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]], [[California]], to parents Marc Miller and Krista Bertetta.<ref name="Aptos" /> Miller attended high school at Dulles High and [[Monte Vista Christian School]]. She considered herself a tomboy growing up, with mostly male friends and little awareness of anything girly.<ref name="Thirteen">{{cite news
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Marisa Miller
Blonde woman smiling while sitting in a public lounge.
Marisa Miller signing autographs at The Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
April 24, 2009.
Born
Marisa Lee Bertetta
Spouse(s)Jim Miller (2000–2002)
Griffin Guess (2006–present)
Modeling information
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorHazel
AgencyCartel Management
Websitehttp://www.marisamiller.com

Marisa Lee Miller (born August 6, 1978)[2][3] is an American model best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues, and her work for lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret. After a stint shooting with photographer Mario Testino for fashion magazines like Vogue,[4] Miller began working for both companies in 2002. In 2007, she became a Victoria's Secret Angel, and graced the cover of the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue to record-setting numbers.[5] Her accomplishments have led to her being dubbed the "return of the great American supermodel."[6]

She is also known for contracts with companies like Harley-Davidson and for ranking #1 on Maxim magazine's 2008 "Hot 100" list.[6] Aside from modeling, she is an ambassador for the American Cancer Society.[7]

Early life

Born Marisa Lee Bertetta in Santa Cruz, California, to parents Marc Miller and Krista Bertetta.[8] Miller attended high school at Dulles High and Monte Vista Christian School. She considered herself a tomboy growing up, with mostly male friends and little awareness of anything girly.[9] Out of shyness, she often wore large t-shirts to hide her body and would get fully dressed just to go to the trash-can while at the beach.[10]

Miller was first "discovered" at age sixteen walking through a San Francisco café by two Italian modeling agents.[8] After talking to her mother, she was on a plane to Italy with her mother a few months later, despite her "shy and conservative" personality.[4] Miller gained attention when 1997 she appeared in the first issue of Perfect 10 magazine. Although she came in third behind Ashley Degenford and Monica Hansen in Perfect 10 magazine's first annual model search,[3] she was repeatedly showcased in following issues, including the covers of the Winter 1998 and August/September 1999 editions, as well as a reprint for the Fall 2004 edition cover.

Career

Miller moved from a start as an amateur magazine model to high profile mainstream work after an acquaintance showed a picture of her to famed fashion photographer Mario Testino in 2001. Testino asked to meet Miller, who was running a surf school at the time, and was invited to Manhattan Beach, California, where she would be surfing.[4]

Noticing her, Testino snapped pictures of her and approached her with a job offer. It turned out to be editorials for both the American and Italian editions of Vogue. Within six months,[4] Miller was working for Victoria's Secret and the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, in which she appeared in every issue from 2002 to 2008. In particular, she famously posed wearing only an iPod in the 2007 issue.[11] She has also appeared in a diverse range of magazines, many of them international editions, such as GQ, Maxim, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle, and Vanity Fair,[1]. She has featured in advertisements for Nordstrom, J.Crew, Guess?, Tommy Hilfiger, Pepsi, Panasonic, Bath & Body Works, True Religion jeans, and motorcycle company Harley-Davidson.[1] She first partnered with Harley-Davidson to launch the VRSCF V-Rod Muscle motorcycle in 2008 and rejoined in November 2009 to act as the face and spokesmodel of the company's first "Military Appreciation Month" campaign, featuring Miller as a classic pin-up in military-themed advertisements and online content.[12] In July 2008, Miller took her first step beyond modeling when her shoe line with skateboarder/surfer-oriented company Vans launched.[6]

Miller in a bikini, the top a striped design with a variety of different brown patterns.
Miller backstage at the Fashion for Relief show, a charity event in aid of victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Miller's first work in television was as a judge on the Bravo reality series Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model in 2004,[13] the same year she appeared in Puddle of Mudd's "Spin You Around" music video. 2007 brought appearances in the pilot episode and finale of VH1's reality show The Shot and cameos in HBO's Entourage and the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother,[14] the latter with her fellow Victoria's Secret Angels. In 2009, she had a guest judge role on an episode of America's Next Top Model and a minor role in an episode of Gary Unmarried. It wasn't until 2007 that she filmed her first television commercial for Victoria's Secret, appearing alongside Heidi Klum for the It bra. Miller starred in a 2008 viral video on YouTube with All Star baseball player Ryan Braun for Remington's ShortCut hair clippers[15] and has appeared in commercials for the NFL Network[16] and the California Travel and Tourism Commission's "Visit California" campaign.

On December 4, 2007, Miller made her debut in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show,[2] and opened a segment in the following year's edition. Other runway credits of Miller's include 2007's Fashion for Relief show, benefiting victims of Hurricane Katrina,[2] as well as MTV's Fashionably Loud, Imitation of Christ, Inca, and Amir Slama's Rosa Cha, for which she was one of the most anticipated models.[17]

On the February 12, 2008 episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, it a three-story billboard in New York City was revealed to show that Miller would grace the cover of that year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The tandem online launch of the issue drew record page views to the SI website: 228 million, a 41% increase over 2007.[5] In September 2008, Sports Illustrated released a "Best of Marisa Miller" swimsuit calendar for the 2009 year.[2]

Victoria's Secret also put her to work in 2008, with a five-city tour to promote the 2008 Swim collection's release in stores; the April-May tour included stops in New York City, Miami, Chicago (where she threw the opening pitch at a Chicago Cubs baseball game), Boston, and Minneapolis. The relaunch of Victoria Secret's sports line, VSX, soon followed, along with her first official campaign as an Angel:[18] promoting the company's fragrance Very Sexy Dare.

For the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Miller was chosen to wear the year's "Fantasy Bra," a harlequin design featuring 2,300 white, champagne, and cognac diamonds, and a 16-carat heart-shaped brown-yellow diamond pendant for a $3-million value and 150 total carats.[19][20]

In response to claims that Miller had parted with Victoria's Secret in January 2010, the Chief Marketing Officer for Limited Brands responded, saying the claims were "unfounded and untrue" while adding "we adore Marisa and we will continue to work with her in the future."[21]

Media recognition

The swell in publicity resulting from her 2008 work served to land Miller in the number one spot on Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" rankings for 2008, beating out list regulars such as Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, and Eva Longoria-Parker. This marked the first time anyone has debuted on the list in the number one position.[6] In her subsequent cover story for the July issue, Maxim proclaimed her as the "return of the great American supermodel." Of such acclaim, Miller admits, "I get a kick out of it, but it would be stupid to let it go to my head. It’s modeling—I didn’t find the cure for cancer."[22]

She also finished first place in The Best Damn Sports Show Period "Smokin' Sixteen" competition in 2008,[23] repeating her 2007 win over competitors such as Gisele Bündchen and Adriana Lima. Miller ranked second in AskMen.com's "Top 99" for 2010, after ranking third in 2009, ninth in 2008, twelfth in 2007, and fourteenth in 2006. She added to her popular accolades with the "Hot N' Fresh" award at the second annual Spike Guys' Choice Awards.[24]

Personal life

She married Jim Miller,[25] a Los Angeles surfing contest promoter and lifeguard from California in 2000. The couple separated in 2002,[26][27] they divorced soon after. She married music producer Griffin Guess on April 15, 2006.[2]

From an early age she loved surfing[8] and her aunt was on the pro tour.[28][11] In 2004, she placed second in the celebrity division of the Kelly Slater Surf Invitational[2] and says of the sport, "I feel my absolute best—physically, mentally and spiritually—when I'm surfing every day."[9] She also won the most valuable player award at the 4th annual Celebrity Beach Bowl.[29] She was a standout volleyball player in high school[2] and has taken up boxing.[7][27] After signing with Harley Davidson, Miller received her motorcycle license[30] and rides a Harley Nightster. She has said that she would like to be a sportscaster.[31] Miller comes from a family of nurses, her mother went back to college late in life to become a pediatrics nurse and her sisters are also nurses, and she has previously expressed an interest in following the same career path if she stops modeling.[32][33]

As of 2009, Miller is an ambassador for the American Cancer Society.[7][34] Proceeds from her online store are donated to the charity. She also supports the Young Survival Coalition, which raises awareness of breast cancer in women under 40,[6] as well as environmental organization the Surfrider Foundation, which aims to preserve the world's oceans and beaches.[34] In October 2009, Miller hosted the Monte Foundation music festival, an annual fundraiser for schools in the Aptos area, where she and Guess own a home.[11]

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  5. ^ a b "SI Digital Launch of Swimsuit 2008 Experiences Unprecedented Traffic and Engagement Levels". Retrieved 2008-02-22.
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  18. ^ "Supermodel Marisa Miller Getting 'Angel' Wings". Fox News. Retrieved 2008-09-20. I'd love to design my own swim collection for them (VS)," Miller recently told Pop Tarts. "Heidi (Klum) does the lipsticks, I would love to one day do the bikinis.
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  30. ^ Ramos, Patricia (2009-11-24). "Marisa Miller: "I Was Always Shy About My Body"". OK! Magazine. Retrieved 2010-03-29. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
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  32. ^ {Juba, Scott (2006-02-01). "Interview: Marisa Miller: The Girl Behind the Pretty Face".
  33. ^ Connors, Claire (Summer, 2009). "5 minutes to a prettier, healthier you: surfer and supermodel Marisa Miller shares some very down-to-earth insider tricks that work for every woman". Shape. Everyone in my family is a nurse except me {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  34. ^ a b Coyte, Matt. "A Model Citizen" (Faces of Change inset), Rolling Stone Magazine, July 2009.
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