Alessandra Ambrosio

Alessandra Corine Ambrósio[6] (Brazilian Portuguese: [aleˈsɐ̃dɾɐ ɐ̃ˈbɾɔzju]; born April 11, 1981)[1] is a Brazilian model and television personality. She is known for her work with Victoria's Secret and was chosen as the first spokesmodel for the company's PINK line. Ambrosio was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2004 to 2017 and has modeled for fashion houses such as Christian Dior, Armani, Ralph Lauren, and Next.

Alessandra Ambrosio
Ambrosio in 2007
Born
Alessandra Corine Ambrósio

(1981-04-11) April 11, 1981[1][2]
Erechim, Brazil
OccupationModel, television personality
Years active1999–present
Partner(s)Jamie Mazur (2005–2018)[3]
Children2
Modeling information
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Agency
Websitewww.alessandraambrosio.com.br

Ambrosio was ranked number five on Forbes' list of the highest-paid models, estimated to have earned $6.6 million every year.[7] She is often cited by the popular media as one of the world's sexiest women.[8] As an "Angel", she was chosen as one of People magazine's annual "100 Most Beautiful People in the World" in May 2007.[9] Ambrosio is considered as one of the icons in the fashion industry models.com.[10]

Early life

Ambrosio was born Alessandra Corine Ambrósio in Erechim, Brazil, the daughter of Lucilda and Luiz Ambrósio.[1][11][12][13] She has a younger sister named Aline. She is of Italian and Polish descent.[14] Her paternal grandmother, Joana Eugênia Groch, was an immigrant from Poland, who arrived in Brazil as a child in 1929. She died in 2017, at age 93.[15]

She enrolled at a modeling class at the age of 12, and at the age of 14, she was one of 20 finalists for the 1995 Elite Model Look national competition for Brazil.[11][16] Ambrosio was always insecure about her large ears, and at the age of 11, she had cosmetic surgery to have her ears pinned back, though two years later she suffered complications.[17]

Career

Modeling

When Ambrosio was 12 years old, she partook in modeling classes and then began modeling for Dilson Stein at age 15.[11][18] Competing in Brazil's Elite Model Look competition started her modeling career in earnest.[19] Her first notable modeling job was shooting the cover of Brazilian Elle magazine.[20] Elite passed along some of her Polaroids to Guess which led her booking the Millennium GUESS? campaign.[21]

Ambrosio has since appeared in advertising campaigns for Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Oscar de la Renta, Christian Dior, Escada, Fendi, Giorgio Armani, Guess, Emporio Armani, Moschino, Gap, Hugo Boss, Ralph Lauren, Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy's, Revlon, and the Pirelli Calendar.[11][22] She has walked the catwalks for designers such as Prada, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Christian Lacroix, Bottega Veneta, Escada, Tommy Hilfiger, Christian Dior, Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, Balmain, Ralph Lauren, Halston, Vivienne Westwood, Giles Deacon, and Oscar de la Renta.[11][18] She has appeared in numerous international magazine covers, including Cosmopolitan, Elle, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Ocean Drive, Vogue, and was the only model to appear on the cover of Glamour in the United States in 2006.[1][19]

In 2004, Ambrosio launched her line of swimwear called Alessandra Ambrosio by Sais, a division of Rosa Chá. It sold 10,000 units in its first month on the market.[18][23][24] Ambrosio was the face for the UK company Next[25] and starred in their first television campaign in 12 years.[26]

In 2006, Ambrosio appeared on The Tyra Banks Show and said that the ear surgery she had as a kid was a bad experience and has discouraged her from ever getting plastic surgery again.[27]

On the July 2009 cover of Marie Claire, Ambrosio appeared in a spread with Sacha Baron Cohen to promote Baron Cohen's 2009 film Brüno.[28]

Ambrosio became the face of Brazilian sportswear brand Colcci costarring with Ashton Kutcher in a denim ad.[29] She was ranked No. 5 on Forbes' The World's Top-Earning Models list, with an estimated earnings of $5 million over 2010–2011.[29] In October 2011, Ambrosio became Vogue's blogger, commenting on her wardrobe by posting one photo of herself each day for a month.[30] In 12 August 2012, she appeared in the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony representing the brazilian fashion tradition on the handover segment to Rio de Janeiro City.[31]

Ambrosio at São Paulo Fashion Week in 2011

In spring 2014, Ambrosio launched her own fashion and lifestyle brand named Ále by Alessandra [32] in a collaboration with American retailer Cherokee. The line features casual wear to formal attire and is aimed at females between 18 and 35 years old.[33] The apparel line was first shown by Southern California-based retailer Planet Blue.[34] For this brand, Ambrosio used her intellectual property company, Silver Sunrise LLC, which works with Cherokee as its global licensing agent.[34]

Ambrosio appeared in the February 2016 issue of GQ alongside Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.[35]

Ambrosio was chosen by NBC alongside fellow Brazilian model Adriana Lima as the channel's food and culture correspondents for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[36][37]

Victoria's Secret

By 2006, Ambrosio was selected as the first spokesmodel for the Victoria's Secret "PINK" line.[1] In 2005, she walked the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show runway wearing lingerie made entirely out of candy.[38] In the 2008 edition of the Fashion Show, she walked the runway three months after giving birth to her first child,[39] and opened the show the following year in 2009. The 2011 show saw her wearing the heaviest wings (30 lb, 14 kg) ever made for the show while pregnant with her second child.[40][41]

In 2012, Ambrosio was chosen to wear the "Fantasy Bra". The Floral Fantasy Bra, crafted by London Jewellers featured amethysts, rubies, sapphires and diamonds all set in rose and yellow gold and adorned with more than 5,200 precious stones.[42] In 2014, she wore the Dream Fantasy Bra, alongside fellow model Adriana Lima. Both of the bras cost $2.5 million each.[43]

After the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2017, Alessandra posted on her Instagram that she will be retiring after "17 Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows".[44]

Television and film appearances

Ambrosio has made several television appearances, notably a cameo as herself on HBO's Entourage;[45] The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn;[46] Late Night with Conan O'Brien;[47] A guest judge on Project Runway Season 2: Team Lingerie and twice on The Tyra Banks Show.[48] She also appeared on America's Next Top Model in the series' 20th cycle.

In 2006, she had a cameo in the box-office hit film Casino Royale, appearing briefly as Tennis Girl #1.[19][49] Ambrosio guest-starred on the How I Met Your Mother episode "The Yips" on November 26, 2007 with her fellow Victoria's Secret Angels Adriana Lima, Selita Ebanks, Marisa Miller, Miranda Kerr, and Heidi Klum.[50] She also made a cameo appearance during the New Girl episode "Prince".[51]

Ambrosio made her acting debut in the Brazilian telenovela Verdades Secretas, which premiered on Rede Globo on June 8, 2015, playing the role of former top model Samia. She appeared as herself in the 2016 film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.[52]

Personal life

Ambrosio became engaged to American businessman Jamie Mazur, founder of RE/DONE jeans, in 2008.[53][54] They had two children: a daughter (b. 2008)[55] and a son (b. 2012).[56] Ambrosio announced on March 17, 2018 that she and Mazur had split.[3]

Ambrosio serves as an ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.[57]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Casino Royale Tennis girl #1
2015 Daddy's Home Karen Mayron
2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Herself Cameo
2017 Double Dutchess Herself (segment "M.I.L.F. $")
2017 Daddy's Home 2 Karen Mayron

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2004 The Late Late Show Herself Episode dated January 20, 2004
2005–2006 The Tyra Banks Show Herself 2 episodes
2005 Project Runway Herself Guest judge; episode: "Team Lingerie"
2006 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Herself Season 14, episode 23
2007 Entourage Victoria's Secret Angel #1 Episode: "Less Than 30"
2007 How I Met Your Mother Herself Episode: "The Yips"
2010 Gossip Girl Top model Episode: "The Undergraduates"
2013 America's Next Top Model Herself Episode: "The Guy Who Gets a Weave"
2014 New Girl Herself Episode: "Prince"
2015 Australia's Next Top Model Herself Guest judge; cycle 9, episode 1
2015 Verdades Secretas Samia 10 chapters
2018 Germany's Next Topmodel Herself Guest judge; episode: "Drag Edition"
2018 The Final Table Herself Guest judge; episode: "Brazil"
2019 MasterChef Herself Episode: "Hot & Spicy"
2020 Germany's Next Topmodel Herself Guest judge; episode: "Everybody comes to Hollywood"

Music videos
Year Title Artist
2016 "M.I.L.F. $" Fergie
2016 "Wolves" Kanye West
gollark: We recommend adding it to your browsers.
gollark: Yes, that is correct.
gollark: osmarks.net™ even has osmarksnetnet™ (internal wireguard network) and osmarksCA™.
gollark: No. However, I reserve the right to arbitrarily break anything at random.
gollark: Yes, this is how hosting cuboids™ work.

References
  1. "Alessandra Ambrosio - Fashion Model". The Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  2. Garcia, Kelsey (April 10, 2013). "Alessandra Ambrosio Birthday". Elle. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  3. Logan, Elizabeth (March 17, 2018). "Alessandra Ambrosio And Fiancé Jamie Mazur Are Splitting Up After 10 Years". W Magazine. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  4. "Alessandra Amborsio". clynemodels.com. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  5. "Alessandra Ambrosio". models.com. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  6. "Alessandra Ambrosio". Ajoure.de.
  7. Solomon, Brian (June 14, 2012). "The World's Highest Paid Models". Forbes. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  8. "No.5 Alessandra Ambrosio – FHM 100 Sexiest 2007 Archived June 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine", FHM. Retrieved May 11, 2007.
  9. "The Models of Victoria's Secret Archived October 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine", People. Retrieved May 11, 2007.
  10. "Alessandra Ambrosio - Model". MODELS.com. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  11. "Alessandra Ambrosio interview with Hello Magazine" Hello Magazine. Retrieved May 11, 2007.
  12. "Alessandra Ambrósio". Elite model.com. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  13. http://m.caras.uol.com.br/mobilesite/noticia/alessandra-ambrosio-comemorou-os-2-anos-de-anja-louise
  14. How Alessandra Ambrosio Went From Small Town Brazil To Become One Of The Wealthiest Models In The World
  15. "Município decreta luto oficial de três dias" (in Portuguese). auonline.com.br. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  16. "Success Stories: Alessandra Ambrósio". Elite Model Look. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  17. "Alessandra Ambrosio Facts Archived February 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine". TV.com. Retrieved May 11, 2007.
  18. "Alessandra Ambrósio – AskMen Archived May 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine". AskMen. Retrieved May 14, 2007.
  19. elite spotlight: Alessandra Ambrósio Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 7, 2007.source: elite clips.
  20. "Alessandra Ambrósio Official Site Profile". Official site. Retrieved February 11, 2005.
  21. "Yahoo! Model of the month by Guess? Archived December 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine". Yahoo!!. Retrieved June 14, 2007.
  22. Pirelli Calendar 2003 Archived January 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
  23. "Top 25 Sexiest Models". Archived from the original on October 23, 2007. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
  24. "Of The Minute Industry Report: Elite Plus". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved October 5, 2007.
  25. "Alessandra Ambrosio – Next Archived February 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine" Next. Retrieved May 17, 2007.
  26. "Next launches TV campaign". Mad.co.uk | Author: Nikki Preston. Retrieved September 13, 2007.
  27. Sun, Drunk, Love Archived November 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  28. "See our cover star, Brüno, a.k.a. Sacha Baron Cohen work it for the camera". Marie Claire.co.uk. June 4, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
  29. and Steven Bertoni, Keren Blankfeld (May 5, 2011). "The World's Top-Earning Models". Forbes. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  30. "Today I'm Wearing". Vogue. UK. October 5, 2011. Archived from the original on October 24, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  31. Degun, Tom (August 12, 2012). "Pelé surprises London 2012 Closing Ceremony crowd with Rio 2016 handover performance". Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  32. http://www.alebyalessandra.com/
  33. Karmali, Sarah (February 5, 2013). "Alessandra Ambrosio To Launch Fashion And Lifestyle Brand". Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  34. Medina, Marcy (March 4, 2014). "Alessandra Ambrosio Launching Apparel". WWD. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  35. "Revealed: Cristiano Ronaldo Has the Greatest Body in the Universe". January 16, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  36. "Brazilian Models Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima Will Be Olympic Cultural Contributors: 'Sports Run in Our Blood!'". Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  37. "Brazilian supermodels Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima join NBC Olympics' coverage in Rio". NBC Sports Pressbox. July 19, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  38. "Alessandra Ambrosio No.6". Askmen.com. Archived from the original on June 20, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  39. "A second Victoria Secret's model has admitted it is 'stressful' maintaining her body". The Telegraph. April 8, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  40. Weisman, Aly (December 11, 2013). "How Alessandra Ambrosio Went From Small Town Brazil To Become One Of The Wealthiest Models In The World". Business Insider. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  41. "Alessandra Ambrósio was pregnant on the Victoria's Secret runway". The Telegraph. December 28, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  42. Clott Kanter, Sharon (November 8, 2012). "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show: Alessandra Ambrosio on Modeling the $2.5 Million Fantasy Bra". InStyle. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  43. "Through the years: Alessandra Ambrosio's 17-year Victoria's Secret runway reign in pictures". Vogue. October 29, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  44. Ward, Maria (November 21, 2017). "Alessandra Ambrosio Is Retiring From the Victoria's Secret Runway After 17 Years". Vogue. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  45. "Alessandra Ambrosio and Izabel Goulart on Entourage". YouTube.
  46. "Alessandra Ambrosio on Craig Kilborn - May 20, 2003". YouTube.
  47. "Alessandra Ambrosio on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien"". YouTube. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  48. "Secrets of the Supermodels (TV episode 2005)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  49. Alessandra Ambrosio Filmography. Retrieved June 14, 2007.
  50. "How I Met Your Mother: Victoria's Secret Supermodels to Appear on Tonight's Episode". Buddytv. November 26, 2007. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  51. Bueno, Antoinette (January 31, 2014). "'New Girl' Super Bowl Ep Gets Two Supermodels!". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  52. Siegel, Tatiana (March 27, 2015). "Supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio Joins 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  53. "Are These The Perfect Jeans?". Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  54. Friedman, Kate (December 2, 2015). "Alessandra Ambrosio Reveals Why She Hasn't Set a Wedding Date 8 Years Into Her Engagement". Glamour.
  55. Triggs, Charlotte (August 25, 2008). "Model Alessandra Ambrosio Has a Girl". People. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  56. InStyle
  57. "Alessandra Ambrosio, Official Spokesperson of National Multiple Sclerosis Society Archived October 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine". National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Retrieved May 11, 2007.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.