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GEENA DAVIS

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	GEENA DAVIS Birth 21 January 1956 (age 52) Birthplace Wareham, Massachusetts Death -- Best Known As The leggy star of Thelma and Louise

Name at birth: Virginia Davis Tall and athletic but inclined towards comedy, Geena Davis won an Oscar as best supporting actress for her 1998 film The Accidental Tourist. Davis had a short-lived career as a model before winning a role in 1982's Tootsie (as Dustin Hoffman's dressing room partner). Davis then appeared in the TV sitcom Buffalo Bill before hitting it big in Hollywood with several popular films, including The Fly (1986, with future husband Jeff Goldblum) and Beetlejuice (1988, directed by Tim Burton). Her buddy movie with Susan Sarandon, Thelma and Louise (1991, directed by Ridley Scott), was a box office smash that earned Davis another Oscar nomination. Her other film credits include A League of Their Own (1992, with Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996, with Samuel L. Jackson) and Stuart Little (1999) and its 2002 sequel Stuart Little 2. Davis has also starred in television series, including The Geena Davis Show (2000, with Mimi Rogers) and Commander-in-Chief (2005, with Donald Sutherland). Extra credit : Davis is a competitive archer who entered the 2000 Olympic Trials but failed to make the team... She has been married four times: to Richard Emmolo (1981-83), actor Jeff Goldblum (1987-90), director Renny Harlin (1993-98) and surgeon Reza Jarrahy (2001- ). Davis and Jarrahy have a daughter, Alizeh, born in 2001, and twin sons, Kian and Kaiis, born in 2004... Davis is six feet tall... Some sources list her birth year as 1957... According to the Bravo show Inside the Actors Studio, "Davis worked as a model for the Victoria's Secret catalogue where she was spotted by [director] Sydney Pollack and cast in Tootsie"... Davis is a member of the high-IQ club Mensa, but told Sports Illustrated in 2002 that "I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings."

ELLE MACPHERSON

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	ELLE MACPHERSON Birth 29 March 1964 (age 44) Birthplace Sydney, Australia Death -- Best Known As Australian Sports Illustrated swimsuit model of the 1990s

Name at birth: Eleanor Gow Mixing a girl-next-door grin with an athletic Aussie body, Elle Macpherson first hit the cover of Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue in 1986. The magazine made her reputation: she appeared on the issue's cover again in 1987 and 1988 and went on to became one of the most acclaimed models of the 1990s. Macpherson supplemented her modelling career with appearances in movies like Sirens (1994, with Hugh Grant) and Batman and Robin (1997, with George Clooney). She also started her own lingerie line, Elle Macpherson Intimates. She joined fellow models Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell as an original partner in the Fashion Cafe restaurant chain. Extra credit : Macpherson was married to photographer Gilles Bensimon from 1985-89. She had a long relationship with financier Arpad Busson, with whom she has two children: Arpad Flynn (b. 1998) and Aurelius Cy (b. 2003)... Macpherson also appeared in group shots on the SI swimsuit issue cover in 1994 and 2006.

YAMILA DIAZ-RAHI

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	YAMILA DIAZ-RAHI Birth c. 1978 (age 30) Birthplace Argentina Death -- Best Known As 2002 Sports Illustrated cover

Yamila Diaz-Rahi has modelled extensively in her native Argentina and also in Europe. In 1999 her career got a further boost when she appeared in the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. In 2002 SI boosted her again, putting her on the cover of that year's swimsuit edition. She also has made several appearances in the Victoria's Secret lingerie catalog. Extra credit : Diaz-Rahi is also known as simply Yamila Diaz... Petra Nemcova succeeded Diaz-Rahi on the Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover for 2003.

FREDERIC VAN DER WAL

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	FREDERIC VAN DER WAL Birth c. 1967 (age 41) Birthplace The Hague, Netherlands Death -- Best Known As Sleepy-eyed model for Victoria's Secret

Born and raised in Holland, Frederique van der Wal started her modelling career in Europe, but soon moved to New York. After appearing on the covers of Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Vogue, the heavy-lidded Frederique began a close association with the lingerie merchant Victoria's Secret, making regular appearances in the company's catalogues throughout the 1990s. She also branched out into her own line of swimsuits, lingerie and fragrances. She played supporting roles in the movies Two Girls and a Guy (1997, with Robert Downey Jr.) and Wild Wild West (1999, with Will Smith). Extra credit : Frederique was the surprise 'mole' on the reality show Celebrity Mole in early 2003; here's a brief report.

HEATHER STEWART-WHYTE

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	HEATHER STEWART-WHYTE Birth 25 September 1969 (age 39) Birthplace England Death -- Best Known As Victoria's Secret model

Model Heather Stewart-Whyte was a top model in the late 1980s and early 1990s, known for high cheekbones that gave her an especially British look. That -- and a long, shapely body -- made her a cinch for the Victoria's Secret catalog, where she frequently appeared in the 1990s. The same attributes made her the face of several fashion and cosmetic companies and a pinup favorite on the Internet. In 1995 she married French tennis star Yannick Noah (now a reggae/rock performer) and had two children. The couple divorced in 1999 and little has been heard from Stewart-Whyte since on the fashion front. Instead, there was a bizarre 2004 incident in which her family reported her missing or kidnapped (after ten days officials found her "alive and well" with friends in northern France) and a brief mention of her connection -- half-sister -- to Donald Douglas Stewart-Whyte, arrested in 2006 in connection to a terrorist bombing plot. Extra credit : Stewart-Whyte was formerly married to tennis star Yannick Noah; the two were divorced in 1999.

TRICIA HELFER

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	TRICIA HELFER Birth 11 April 1974 (age 34) Birthplace Donalda, Alberta, Canada Death -- Best Known As Number Six, the alluring cyborg in Battlestar Galactica

Tricia Helfer played Cylon Number Six, the sexy cyborg, in both the 2003 TV miniseries Battlestar Galactica and the TV series that followed. Helfer got her start as a model, winning the 1992 Ford Supermodel of the World contest and then appearing on the covers of Cosmopolitan, Elle, Health and other magazines. She has been featured prominently in advertising for Oil of Olay and Victoria's Secret clothing. Helfer also played Farrah Fawcett in the 2004 TV movie Behind the Camera: the Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels. In Battlestar her character is responsible for the success of the cylon attack on the human planet Caprica, but goes on to become the first cylon to experience human emotions. A regular cast member, she also co-starred in the 2007 TV movie Battlestar Galactica: Razor. Extra credit : The original Battlestar Galactica premiered in 1978; the cast included Lorne Greene and Jane Seymour.

ESTELLA WARREN

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	ESTELLA WARREN Birth 23 December 1978 (age 29) Birthplace Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Death -- Best Known As Chanel No. 5 spokesmodel

Estella Warren was a hit wearing next to nothing for a series of ads for Perry Ellis fashions; later she became the key model for Chanel No. 5 perfume. Warren was a synchronized swimming champion in Canada before moving to New York in 1996 to become a fashion model. She has appeared in the Victoria's Secret catalog and in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, and is sometimes compared with fellow models Kate Moss and James King. In 2001 Warren was Sylvester Stallone's love interest in the auto racing film Driven; the same year she starred as Daena in the remake of Planet of the Apes, directed by Tim Burton and co-starring Mark Wahlberg.

MAGDALENA WROBEL

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	MAGDALENA WROBEL Birth 1975 (age 33) Birthplace Gdansk, Poland Death -- Best Known As Wonderbra pitchwoman

Like Eva Herzigova, Wrobel is best known as a "Wonderbra girl." Wrobel is a native of Gdansk, Poland; after the fall of the Iron Curtain she made her way into modelling in the West, gaining notice at a 1993 Ford Supermodel of the World contest. Later she appeared on the covers of Marie Claire, Vogue and Glamour, worked as a runway model, and posed for the Victoria's Secret catalog. She renewed her popularity when she was named as the primary model for Wonderbra advertisements. She is sometimes known by the single name "Magdalena."

INGRID SEYNHAEVE

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	INGRID SEYNHAEVE Birth ? Birthplace Belgium Death -- Best Known As Belgium's leading supermodel

Ingrid Seynhaeve won the 1991 Elite Look of the Year contest, putting her career on the fast track. She modelled for Guess clothing, Ralph Lauren, and Victoria's Secret, and appeared in the famous annual swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated magazine. In the late 1990s she signed on as a spokesperson for Nivea skin care products.

TYRA BANKS

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	TYRA BANKS Birth 4 December 1973 (age 34) Birthplace Los Angeles, California Death -- Best Known As Supermodel host of America's Next Top Model

Banks is a former model who created the popular TV reality show America's Next Top Model. Banks was a top supermodel of the 1990s, when she became the first African-American model featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Famously curvy even by supermodel standards, she was a regular on fashion magazine covers and in the Victoria's Secret catalog. Banks also dabbled in acting, with appearances in the movies Higher Learning (1995, with Jennifer Connelly) and Coyote Ugly (2000, with Piper Perabo). In the new century she shifted her focus to television. In 2003 she began producing and hosting the reality series America's Next Top Model. The show was a hit and spawned spinoffs in Germany, Holland, and many other countries. Banks also began hosting her own talk show, The Tyra Banks Show, in 2005. Banks announced her retirement from modelling the same year, saying she would focus on her television career.

HELENA CHRISTENSEN

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	HELENA CHRISTENSEN Birth 25 December 1968 (age 39) Birthplace Copenhagen, Denmark Death -- Best Known As The blank-faced gal in that Chris Isaak video

Christensen is probably best known for playing the mysterious lover on the sand in the 1991 Chris Isaak music video "Wicked Game." Christensen's modelling career took off in the 1990s, when she appeared on catwalks and magazine covers around the world. She has made many appearances for Victoria's Secret, both in their catalog and as one of the "angels" in their television ads.

LAETITIA CASTA

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	LAETITIA CASTA Birth 11 May 1978 (age 30) Birthplace Pont-Audemer, France Death -- Best Known As French supermodel and Guess? clothing symbol

Supermodel Laetita Casta was reportedly spotted by a photographer while lying on a beach with her family at age 15. Modelling work led to a contract with Guess? clothing, and with the internet boom of the 1990s underway, Casta became one of the Web's most popular pinup girls. She also appeared in the Victoria's Secret catalog, in Sports Illustrated, and in the usual top-flight fashion magazines. Her popularity was so great in 1999 that she was chosen by a vote of French mayors as the model for new busts of Marianne, the revolutionary symbol of France who appears in sculpted form in French town halls. Casta has also more than dabbled in acting, debuting in the 1999 French comedy Astérix et Obélix contre César (Astérix and Obélix vs. Caesar, with Roberto Benigni) and starring in Les Ames fortes (Savage Souls, 1991, with John Malkovich) and Errance (2003). Extra credit : Casta has a brown belt in judo... Her daughter Sahteene was born in 2001; the father is photographer Stephane Sednaoui... Other famous Guess? models include Anna Nicole Smith, Eva Herzigova and Claudia Schiffer.

Selita Ebanks

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Selita Ebanks

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Nicknames: Lita / Silly

Height: 5'8"

Righty or Lefty: Righty

Birthdate: February 17

Middle Name: Selita doesn't have a middle name

Hometown: George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Current Home: A waterfront neighborhood just outside the hubbub of NYC

Siblings: Seven brothers

Interests: Basketball, football, tennis, writing, cooking, community service

Secret Indulgence: Massages and watching football. Selita even has a special victory dance to celebrate her team.

Discovered: Walking through the turnstiles at New Jersey's Six Flags Great Adventure at 17 years old.

First VS Fashion Show: 2005

Career Highlight: Auditioning and being cast for the VS IPEX bra commercial, which turned into a Victoria's Secret model contract.

Runway Essentials: A sexy little thong, Secret Garden Body Lotion in Love Spell and a lot of confidence.

VS Faves: "I was honored to be chosen to wear this year's Fantasy Bra. It has almost 9,000 diamonds and gemstones…that's a lot of sparkle! It's just truly spectacular, and I feel like 4.5 million bucks in it!"

Model Behavior: Selita is an active volunteer and supporter of Free Arts NYC, a nonprofit organization that integrates the healing and therapeutic power of the arts into the lives of children and families who face poverty, homelessness and other risk factors.

Sexy Little Tidbits: Selita was a debate team member in middle school. She's a passionate writer and plans to write a book someday. She's recorded music and acted, and names Tyra Banks as a mentor. And her favorite part of being a Victoria's Secret model? Making appearances as a brand spokeswoman to talk about the new products.

JILL GOODACRE

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	JILL GOODACRE Birth 29 March 1965 (age 43) Birthplace Lubbock, Texas Death -- Best Known As Victoria's Secret model and Mrs. Harry Connick, Jr.

Jill Goodacre was the first model to become a celebrity simply by appearing in the Victoria's Secret catalog. Her auburn-haired good looks made her a favorite with readers of the lingerie catalog in the early 1990s. That led to appearances on the David Letterman show and elsewhere, including a 1994 guest spot on the sitcom Friends in which she was trapped with Chandler (Matthew Perry) in an ATM vestibule. She married the singer and actor Harry Connick, Jr. in 1994. Extra credit : She is also known as Jill Connick and Jill Goodacre-Connick... Her mother Glenna Goodacre is the sculptor who created the Vietnam Women's Memorial statue for the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C., as well as the portrait of Sacagawea for the U.S. dollar coin.

KAREN MULDER

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	KAREN MULDER Birth 1 June 1968 (age 40) Birthplace Vlaardingen, Netherlands Death -- Best Known As Former model for Guess? and Victoria's Secret

Karen Mulder is a big blonde with Marlene Dietrich cheekbones. She's modelled around the world; in the United States she's best known for her appearances in Calvin Klein and Guess clothing ads and in the Victoria's Secret catalog. In 2001 Mulder became embroiled in controversy after she filed a rape complaint in France against Prince Albert of Monaco. She made a similar accusation during a taping of a television show, but the producers deemed her emotionally unstable and did not broadcast the interview. Later a rumor spread that Mulder had been committed to a psychiatric clinic, and in January of 2002 Mulder announced that she had been sexually abused as a child. Her father publicly blamed her troubles on drugs. Later in 2002 it was reported that she had attempted suicide from an overdose of sleeping pills.

REBECCA ROMIJN

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	REBECCA ROMIJN Birth 6 November 1972 (age 35) Birthplace Berkeley, California Death -- Best Known As The sleek blue Mystique in the X-Men movies

Rebecca Romijn is the blonde model who starred as the sexy mutant Mystique in the X-Men series of movies. Romijn was a major model in the 1990s, perhaps being one small notch below the extra-super status of models like Claudia Schiffer or Linda Evangelista. She gained early fame for appearing in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and Victoria's Secret catalogs. As the century turned she ventured into the movies, playing the blue-skinned superheroine Mystique in the movie X-Men (co-starring with Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry). She reprised her role in the sequels X2 (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). Romijn's other films include Femme Fatale (2002, with Antonio Banderas) and the sci-fi remake Rollerball (2002, with Chris Klein). She married actor John Stamos, former star of the TV show Full House, in 1998; they separated in 2004 and divorced in 2005. She became engaged to actor Jerry O'Connell in 2005. Romijn starred as a television reporter in the short-lived TV series Pepper Dennis in 2006, and the next year took a regular role in the TV show Ugly Betty (starring America Ferrera). Extra credit : Her name is pronounced roMAINE, like the lettuce... She was known as Rebecca Romijn-Stamos during her marriage to John Stamos, but reverted to Rebecca Romijn after their divorce... On 14 July 2007 she married actor Jerry O'Connell, of TV's Sliders fame.

ANA HICKMANN

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	ANA HICKMANN Birth c. 1982 (age 26) Birthplace Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil Death -- Best Known As Long-legged Brazilian supermodel

Blue-eyed and six feet tall, Ana Hickmann followed Gisele Bundchen and Adriana Lima in the parade of Brazilian supermodels of the early 21st century. Hickmann's long legs are particularly famous. According to legend, she once was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the model with the longest legs in the world: 46 inches. Extra credit : According to her official site, Hickmann is 1.85 meters tall, or just under 6'1".

ANA CLAUDIA MICHELS

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	ANA CLAUDIA MICHELS Birth 31 July 1981 (age 27) Birthplace Santa Catarina, Brazil Death -- Best Known As Frowning Brazilian supermodel

Ana Claudia Michels is revered in Brazil as a top model and proud native daughter, much like fellow model Gisele Bundchen. Michels has appeared internationally as a runway model and in fashion magazines like Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. In America the model is most famous for her appearances in the Victoria's Secret catalogue and in ads for Calvin Klein clothing.

GISELE BUNDCHEN

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	GISELE BUNDCHEN Birth 20 July 1980 (age 28) Birthplace Horizontina, Brazil Death -- Best Known As Breakout Brazilian model of 1999

Gisele Bündchen appeared four times on the cover of Vogue in 1999, becoming one of the year's most celebrated models in the process. The next year Rolling Stone magazine labelled her "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World." Bündchen has been featured in high-profile campaigns for Guess and Victoria's Secret, among other products. In 2006 Forbes called her the highest paid model in the business and put her at the top of a list of a new breed of entrepreneur/supermodels. Extra credit : Bündchen was allegedly discovered by talent scouts in Brazil while eating at a McDonald's restaurant... She is also known for her romance with actor Leonardo DiCaprio (2001-05).

YASMEEN GHAURI

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	YASMEEN GHAURI Birth 23 March 1971 (age 37) Birthplace Montreal, Canada Death -- Best Known As Dark-haired Victoria's Secret model

Raven-haired and aristocratic, Yasmeen Ghauri has appeared in ad campaigns for Givenchy, Hermes, Versace and other high-end fashion houses. (In modeling circles she is known by the single name of Yasmeen.) She was a regular in Victoria's Secret catalogs in the 1990s, and also appeared in the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Ghauri's father is Pakistani and her mother German; the family emigrated from Germany to Canada shortly before Ghauri's birth.

VERONICA VAREKOVA

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	VERONICA VAREKOVA Birth 1977 (age 31) Birthplace Olomouc, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) Death -- Best Known As Cover model of the 2004 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

A model since 1996, Veronica Varekova is best known for her repeat appearances in the Victoria's Secret lingerie catalog and the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. (She appeared on the cover of SI's 2004 edition.) She is also an ambassador for Nivea beauty products, and has appeared on the covers of Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and other top magazines. According to a 2001 article in Sports Illustrated, Varekova "speaks three languages and has degrees in psychology and education." Extra credit : Varekova married National Hockey League star (and fellow Czech) Petr Nedved in 2004... Varekova's Sports Illustrated cover appearance was the second in a row by a Czech; Petra Nemcova was the cover girl in 2003

EVA HERZIGOVA

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	EVA HERZIGOVA Birth 10 March 1973 (age 35) Birthplace Litvinov, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) Death -- Best Known As That Wonderbra woman

Eva Herzigova succeeded Claudia Schiffer as the key model for Guess? Jeans in the early 1990s. She's better known for starring in a famous series of va-va-voom Wonderbra ads, including one with the tag line, "Look me in the eyes." Herzigova has also been featured in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and the Victoria's Secret lingerie catalog. Herzigova has acted in a few films, including Guardian Angels (1998) and Just For the Time Being (2000). Extra credit : Herzigova married Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres in 1996.

DANIELA PESTOVA

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	DANIELA PESTOVA Birth 14 October 1970 (age 38) Birthplace Teplice, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) Death -- Best Known As Blonde Czech 1990's Sports Illustrated model

A lanky blonde from Czechoslovakia, Daniela Pestova has gotten her greatest American exposure as a regular in the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. She has also modelled for the Victoria's Secret catalog and under contract for the cosmetics and perfume company L'Oreal.

VENDELA

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	VENDELA Birth 12 January 1967 (age 41) Birthplace Stockholm, Sweden Death -- Best Known As Swedish 1993 Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model

A multi-talented Swede, Vendela Kirsebom joined the Ford modelling agency while still a teenager. She modelled in Europe and the United States for Revlon, Elizabeth Arden and many other products, gaining extra fame in 1993 by appearing on the cover of the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. As her fame grew she branched out into TV, guest-starring on Murphy Brown and Muppets Tonight! On film she made brief appearances in Batman and Robin (1997, as the wife of villainous Mr. Freeze, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) and in The Parent Trap (1998, as a bridal gown model). Her 2002 book Model Mommy is a guide to nutrition and exercise for new mothers. Extra credit : As a model, she is known simply as "Vendela"; on-screen she is sometimes billed as Vendela Kirsebom or under her married name, Vendela Thommessen... She married Norwegian marketing consultant Olaf Thommessen in 1996; they have two daughters, Julie (b. 1998) and Hannah (b. 2000)... Vendela's mother is Norwegian, her father Swedish.

CARMEN KASS

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	CARMEN KASS Birth 14 September 1978 (age 30) Birthplace Tallinn, Estonia Death -- Best Known As Estonian model for Gap and Christian Dior

Carmen Kass was born in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia (formerly in the Soviet Union). After the fall of the USSR she began modelling in Italy as a teenager and eventually reached international stardom. Like Gisele Bundchen before her, Kass was named the VH1/Vogue model of the year (in 2000) and has posed for Victoria's Secret. She has appeared in high-profile campaigns for The Gap and Christian Dior, among other fashion lines. (One popular Dior ad featured Kass starred wading through a pool of golden water.) Kass stands 5'11" and is sometimes considered part of the "big model" movement which followed the popularity of waiflike models such as Kate Moss and James King.

MEGAN EWING

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	MEGAN EWING Birth 30 September 1984 (age 24) Birthplace Abilene, Texas Death -- Best Known As Hazel-eyed teen Guess model

Megan Ewing's youth, raven hair and hazel eyes made her a breakout model in 2001. She was in eighth grade when she made her first modelling trip to Tokyo, and within a few years she had made appearances in Harper's Bazaar, Maxim, Gear, and Elle magazines. In 2001 she became a regular model for Guess clothing, and the next year she appeared in the popular Victoria's Secret catalog.

MOLLY SIMS

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	MOLLY SIMS Birth 25 May 1973 (age 35) Birthplace Murray, Kentucky Death -- Best Known As Delinda Deline on NBC's Las Vegas

Supermodel Molly Sims was first known for her saucy TV ads for Old Navy clothing, in which she delivered the tag line "You gotta get this look!" She then became one of the most-seen American models of the early 2000's. Sims gave up law school at Vanderbilt University to try modelling in Europe, where she made the covers of Spanish Vogue and French Cosmopolitan. In 2001 she began hosting MTV's House of Style, following in the footsteps of models Cindy Crawford and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. She also appeared in ads for Victoria's Secret and in the 2001 and 2002 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues, sharing space with cover models Elsa Benitez and Yamila Diaz. In 2003 she joined the cast of the NBC drama Las Vegas in the role of Delinda Deline. Extra credit : Sims is 5'10" tall... Sims posed in a 150-carat diamond bikini reportedly worth $30 million for the 2006 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

AURELIE CLAUDEL

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	AURELIE CLAUDEL Birth 7 August 1980 (age 28) Birthplace Saint-Mars-d'Autille, France Death -- Best Known As Wide-eyed French model of the 2000's

Aurelie Claudel's wide eyes and and long tresses are photographed sometimes for girl-next-door innocence, sometimes for wild-child weirdness. A supermodel from France -- something of a rarity -- she has appeared in Vogue, Cosmopolitan and many other magazines, as well as in the Victoria's Secret catalog. She also was featured in the "Private Emotion" music video of singer Ricky Martin and in ads for the Calvin Klein perfume Truth.

ADRIANA KAREMBEU

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	ADRIANA KAREMBEU Birth 17 September 1971 (age 37) Birthplace Brezno, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) Death -- Best Known As Long-legged Wonderbra model

Name at birth: Adriana Sklenarikova Model Adriana Karembeu is a superstar in Europe, where she's best known for her ads for Peroni Beer and for Wonderbra. Also famous is her length: she is reportedly 6'1" tall, and her legs (at 49.5 inches/126 centimeters) once were listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest supermodel legs in the world. (Brazilian model Ana Hickmann has been listed by Guinness for the same trait.) She married the French football (soccer) player Christian Karembeu in December of 1998. Since then she has been known both by her original name of Sklenarikova and as Adriana Karembeu.

STEPHANIE SEYMOUR

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	STEPHANIE SEYMOUR Birth 23 July 1968 (age 40) Birthplace San Diego, California Death -- Best Known As Victoria's Secret model and former girlfriend of Axl Rose

Stephanie Seymour was a leading supermodel of the 1990s, a classical brunette of the pensive, look-of-longing school. She has appeared in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, on the cover of Vogue and other high-fashion magazines, and perhaps most famously in the Victoria's Secret catalogs. Seymour dated rock star Axl Rose of the band Guns 'N Roses for several years; the two became engaged before breaking up. In 1995 she married businessman Peter Brant. Extra credit : Seymour formerly dated rock star Axl Rose. In 1995 she married businessman Peter Brant.

JULIE ORDON

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	JULIE ORDON Birth 27 June 1984 (age 24) Birthplace Geneva, Switzerland Death -- Best Known As Baby-faced Swiss Victoria's Secret model of the early 2000's

Wide-mouthed, pensive, and somewhat baby-faced, Julie Ordon became a familiar face to Victoria's Secret catalog readers early in the 21st century. She has appeared in ads for L'Oreal, DeBeers and many other products, especially in Europe. Off-camera she has dated actors Stephen Dorff and Mark Wahlberg.

ISABELI FONTANA

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	ISABELI FONTANA Birth 7 April 1983 (age 25) Birthplace Parana, Brazil Death -- Best Known As Teenaged Victoria's Secret model

Isabeli Fontana began appearing in the Victoria's Secret catalog in 1999 -- reportedly having led the company to breach its usual policy of hiring only models aged 21 or older. She has modelled commercially for Ralph Lauren and Valentino, among many others, and appeared on the covers of Vogue, Marie Claire and Elle. She was part of the 'Brazilian model invasion' of the late 1990s, in a group including Gisele Bundchen, Ana Claudia Michels and Adriana Lima. Extra credit : She sometimes goes by the one-name moniker 'Isabeli.'

MARIA INES RIVERO

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	MARIA INES RIVERO Birth 1976 (age 32) Birthplace Cordoba, Argentina Death -- Best Known As Argentinian "angel" for Victoria's Secret

Maria Ines Rivero was 17 when she won an Elite modelling contest in her home country of Argentina. She went on to become an international model known for her glowing Latin looks. She has appeared on the covers of Marie Claire and Mirabella magazines and modelled extensively for Cover Girl cosmetics. She's also known as one of the "angels" in the advertising campaigns for the Victoria's Secret clothing line.

Heidi Klum (The Body, Schiffer's successor)

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Heidi Klum

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Nicknames: The Body

Height: 5'9.5"

Righty or Lefty: Righty

Birthdate: June 1

Middle Name: Heidi doesn't have a middle name

Hometown: Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Current Home: Los Angeles, California

Siblings: One brother

Interests: Family, friends, dancing, travel, skiing, painting, fashion design, flea markets

Secret Indulgence: Mom's sauerkraut soup and black licorice

Discovered: At 18, Heidi saw an ad for a competition called "Model '92" so she traveled to Munich to compete on Gottschalk, a top German TV Show. Out of 25,000 contestants, Heidi won, landing a modeling contract worth $300,000. She passed it up to complete school, but the model bug had bitten.

First VS Fashion Show: 1997

Career Highlight: Collaborating with Victoria's Secret on Very Sexy® Makeup Limited Edition Heidi Collection.

Runway Essentials: Very Sexy® Makeup Perfect Lipstick, in Heidi, of course, and Natural Hold Hairspray from So Sexy Hair.

VS Faves: "I could never narrow it down to just one! But I do love the Very Sexy® Makeup collection. The beautiful lip, bronzer and shadow palettes...even the packaging is very sexy! I especially love the Mosaic Eye Shadow in Beautiful. I designed the color palate from my collection."

Model Behavior: In 2002, Heidi dedicated a sculpture she painted called "Dog with Butterflies" to commemorate the role of rescue dogs in the aftermath of September 11.

Sexy Little Tidbits: Heidi has logged numerous TV and film appearances, and has received three Emmy nominations for the reality series "Project Runway." She studied fashion design and has created clothing, shoe, jewelry and swimsuit collections, as well as two fragrances. But perhaps her greatest accomplishment is her three beautiful children. Supermodel, Supermom!

Claudia Schiffer (German, the classic big blonde)

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	CLAUDIA SCHIFFER Birth 25 August 1970 (age 38) Birthplace Dusseldorf, Germany Death -- Best Known As Teutonic supermodel for Guess Jeans

Claudia Schiffer was the best-known blonde model in the world for a time in the 1990s. Like Anna Nicole Smith, Schiffer got her first American exposure as a Big Blonde in glossy print ads for Guess Jeans. Unlike Smith, Schiffer parlayed her appearances into a career as a top print model. Her classic German looks and classic German business savvy made her an international star, and in 2006 Schiffer began as the public face of a national economic campaign called Germany -- Land of Ideas. Extra credit : Schiffer was the longtime girlfriend and fiancee of glam magician David Copperfield; the two broke up in 1999. She married film producer Matthew Vaughn in 2002; their son Caspar was born in 2003, and daughter Clementine was born in 2004.

Marisa Miller (The Bombshell, strawberry blonde)

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Marisa Miller

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Nicknames: The Bombshell

Height: 5'8"

Righty or Lefty: Righty

Birthdate: August 6

Middle Name: Lee

Hometown: Santa Cruz, California

Current Home: Santa Cruz, California

Siblings: Two sisters

Interests: Volleyball, surfing, muscle cars, cooking, and alternative/rock/hip hop music

Secret Indulgence: Doing domestic things like cooking, laundry and grocery shopping

Discovered: Walking through a San Francisco café by two Italian modeling agents when she was only 16.

First VS Fashion Show: This year marks her first fashion show 2007

Career Highlight: Starring alongside Heidi Klum in her first television commercial for the Body By Victoria® "It" Bra. Also getting the call to be in this year's fashion show

Runway Essentials: Beauty Rush™ Lip Gloss in Butter-Scotcha

VS Faves: "The Body by Victoria 'It' Bra. I just love the way it lifts up without pushing out. It's so natural. It's so me."

Model Behavior: Marisa is an ambassador for the American Cancer Society. Her mission is to bring awareness to young women in their 20s, and she recently showed her support for the American Cancer Society by walking in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in NYC. Marisa is also a spokesperson for The Surfrider Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and preserving the world's oceans and beaches.

Sexy Little Tidbits: Marisa showcased her surfing skills in 2004, coming in second at the celebrity edition of the Kelly Slater Invitational in Fiji. She was a star volleyball player in high school. And not surprisingly, if she had to pick an alternate profession, she'd be a sportscaster.

Ana Beatriz Barros (Brazilian, plush-lipped)

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	ANA BEATRIZ BARROS Birth 29 May 1982 (age 26) Birthplace Itabira, Brazil Death -- Best Known As Heavy-lipped Brazilian model for Victoria's Secret

Known for her plush lips and sultry dark green eyes, Ana Beatriz Barros was "discovered by a scout on a beach in Rio," according to Sports Illustrated. She kicked off her career by placing second in the Elite modelling agency's International Look of the Year contest in 1996. She has modelled extensively for Guess? clothing (following in the footsteps of fellow Brazilians Adriana Lima and Allesandra Ambrosio) and Victoria's Secret as well as many major magazines worldwide.

Extra credit : Her sister, Patricia Barros, is also a model.

Petra Nemcova (Czech, also 2003 SI cover model)

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Models of the Victoria's Secret

	PETRA NEMCOVA Birth c. 1979 (age 29) Birthplace Karvina, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) Death -- Best Known As Cover model for the 2003 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

Nicknamed the "Czech Chick," Petra Nemcova graced the cover of the 2003 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. (She also appeared in the magazine's 2002 swimsuit edition.) Nemcova has been a cover model for Elle, Harper's Bazaar and other magazines, and has appeared in ads for Cartier and Victoria's Secret. She made a brief appearance in the French film Absolument fabuleux (2001, starring Marie Gillain and based loosely on the British TV show Absolutely Fabulous). Extra credit : Nemcova suffered a broken pelvis and other injuries in the December 2004 tsunami which killed tens of thousands of people in the coastal regions of Asia and Africa. She had been vacationing in Phuket, Thailand with her boyfriend, photographer Simon Atlee. Atlee was killed in the disaster... Nemcova founded the Happy Hearts Fund to give aid to disaster-affected children in Asia... Other Czech models: Eva Herzigova, Karolina Kurkova and Daniela Pestova.

Michelle Alves (Brazilian, skinny)

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	MICHELLE ALVES Birth 19 September 1978 (age 30) Birthplace Londrina, Brazil Death -- Best Known As Extra-slender Brazilian model for Victoria's Secret

Tall, rangy and sometimes regal, Michelle Alves is also unusually slender, even for a supermodel. Like Ana Beatriz Barros, Gisele Bundchen and Adriana Lima, she hails from Brazil. She has appeared internationally on the covers of Vogue, Marie Claire, and Esquire, among other fashion magazines, and is a regular in ads for Valentino fashions. Alves has also appeared on the annual televised Victoria's Secret fashion show.