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Alessandra Ambrosio
File:Alessandra1.jpg
Born
Alessandra Ambrósio
Modeling information
Height1m78 (5 ft 9.5 in)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
AgencyElite Model Management
Websitewww.alessandraambrosio.com.br

Alessandra Ambrosio (born April 11, 1981), is a Brazilian supermodel. She was described as "The future of the modeling world", by retired supermodel Tyra Banks, and is considered by some as the most beautiful woman in the world. Her last name is spelled Ambrósio, but the diacritic mark is omitted in her modeling work. She's the eldest of two children. Ambrosio is a prominent model for Guess?, Victoria's Secret and the UK company Next.[1]

Alessandra Ambrosio is one of several Brazilian models that became known in the late 1990s along with Gisele Bündchen, Adriana Lima and Ambrosio's best friend Ana Beatriz Barros. Born in Erexim, a small town in southern Brazil, Ambrosio enrolled in a modeling class as a teen. She subsequently entered the Elite modeling agency's 1996 "Look of the Year" modeling competition. Though she did not win, one year later she was offered an Elite modeling contract.[1]

Her first big modeling job was the cover of the Brazilian Elle magazine, and then Ambrosio followed with other "editorial" work. It was not long after that the Guess? company signed her for their fall 2000 campaign. Ambrosio's print career began as a Guess? model and continued with Revlon and Victoria's Secret. She modeled on the Victoria's Secret runway for the first time in 2000, and she continued to be a participant in the subsequent shows. In 2004 Ambrosio was selected as the first spokesmodel for Victoria's Secret Pink line.[1]

Alessandra Ambrosio is currently part of Elite plus in NYC.

Trivia

  • On a 2005 Supermodel episode of The Tyra Banks Show, she admitted that she had plastic surgery on her ears at age 11, saying that they were too large. Because the surgery had been a bad experience for her, she said she is self-discouraged from having plastic surgery again.[citation needed]
  • She appeared in the MTV show Slater Celebrity Surfer Invitational recently, earning a small award.
  • She appeared on the Bravo show Project Runway (Season 2) as a guest judge on the episode "Team Lingerie".
  • She had a cameo in the new James Bond film Casino Royale as a tennis player who eyes Bond as he walks by her.
  • Alessandra Ambrosio was described as "The future of the modeling world" by retired Supermodel Tyra Banks on her talk show, "The Tyra Banks Show".

Notable work

Editorial

Runway

Print

Cameo

References

  1. ^ a b c "Profile of Alessandra Ambrosio". Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
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