Mariacarla Boscono
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Mariacarla Boscono | |
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 Mariacarla Boscono, September 2009 | |
| Born | Mariacarla Boscono 20 September 1980 Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Children | Marialucas Boscono |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Agency | Women Management Traffic Models |
Mariacarla Boscono (born 20 September 1980) is an Italian Supermodel.
Early life
Boscono was born in Rome, Italy. She spent most of her early life travelling because of her father's work. Her parents lived in Thailand before she was born, but after her mother became pregnant they moved to Rome. She spent a couple of years in Rome until moving to Providence and then Key West. She spent her early school years in the States, but her parents thought it would be better for Boscono to study in Italy and reconnect with her Italian heritage. This did not last very long though: at 9 years old Boscono and her family moved to Kenya, living in a village between Malindi and Mombasa. Boscono described her years in Kenya as "the most fantastic in her life".
Career
Boscono was discovered at 17 during a dinner with a family friend who happened to be a photographer. The friend and Boscono's mother encouraged her to begin a modeling career, but Boscono chose to finish school first. Soon after graduating high school she flew to New York City, signed with DNA Model Management, and became one of the favourite models of Karl Lagerfeld. It did not take long for Boscono to rise as an internationally known model, being featured on the cover of Vogue several times and walking in many high fashion runway shows. Recently she was named spokesperson for Hennes & Mauritz, replacing Kate Moss, and during 2006's Fall Fashion Week she traded in her long dark locks for a short platinum blonde hairstyle reminiscent of Jean Seberg. Boscono is living in New York, and calls it her second home, coming second after her birthplace of Rome.[citation needed]
To date, she has worked for Chanel, Blumarine, Moschino, Etro, Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Escada, Marc Jacobs, DKNY, Diesel, Roberto Cavalli, Alberta Ferretti, Armani Exchange, Dolce & Gabbana, Barneys New York, NARS Cosmetics, H&M, John Galliano, Hermes, Lanvin, Loewe, Prada, Pucci, Missoni, and Salvatore Ferragamo.
During the 2005 season, Boscono walked in over seventy fashion shows between New York, Milan and Paris. In 2005, she earned an estimated $3,500,000 in the past 12 months for a spot on Forbes' list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels.[citation needed] Despite this, Boscono was absent from the runways for both the Fall/Winter 2007 and Spring/Summer 2007 seasons. Boscono made her return to the runways in Paris at the Fall/Winter 2008 Couture collection for the House of Dior. Also back is Boscono's natural black hair.
As of 2008[update], she was the sole face of Emilio Pucci, Hermès, John Galliano, and Moschino ad campaigns and walked for brands like Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Christian Dior, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, and Jean Paul Gaultier.
She posed in Africa for the 2009 Pirelli Calendar by Peter Beard. Boscono has previously appeared in the Pirelli Calendar in 2003 and 2004.
Boscono is now the muse of Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci and has appeared in several campaigns for Givenchy.[1] She is also close friends with fellow top model Natalia Vodianova.
In November 2008, she signed a contract for the new Moschino's fragrance "Glamour", photographed by Patrick Demarchelier and she becomes the new face of the Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2009 advertising campaign with Brazilian model Caroline Trentini and American model Karlie Kloss.
In 2009, she became the face of Dolce & Gabbana and Givenchy Spring/Summer 2009 ad campaigns. In March she appeared on the cover of W Korea. She was the face of the Fall/Winter 2009 Salvatore Ferragamo and Dolce & Gabbana ad campaigns.[citation needed]
Vogue Paris declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.[2]
Theatre
On 18 May 2006, Boscono made her theater debut as "Solange" in Jean Genet's The Maids at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York. Margherita Missoni played the role of her sister.[3][4]
Personal life
In August 2012, Mariacarla announced the birth of her daughter, Marialucas.[5] She is a single mother.[6]
Agencies
- Women Milan
- Women New York
- Women Paris[7]
- Select London
- Place Hamburg
- SeeDS Berlin
- 2 p.m. Copenhagen
- Dominique Brussels
References
- ^ Mariacarla Boscono – Models.com
- ^ Les 30 Mannequins des Années 2000 Retrieved 2010-01-20
- ^ Krentcil, Faran (July 2006). "Maid of Honor". The Daily Mini.
- ^ "Model Profile – Mariacarla Boscono". New York Magazine. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ Alex Rees, And Just Like That, Mariacarla Boscono Gave Birth", New York Magazine, August 2012
- ^ Faran Krentcil, "Mariacarla Boscono on Modeling, Motherhood and Mac n' Cheese", Elle, December 2015
- ^ Women Paris
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