Fernanda TavaresBiographyFernanda Tavares was born September 22, 1980, in Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil. It was clear early on that the budding brown-eyed brunette would become a certified beauty, and by the age of 9, she was doing smaller gigs in her hometown.Apparently, she won the Elite Look of the Year contest at 13, and was invited by agents to go to Sao Paulo to pursue modeling a year later. Suffice it to say, she hasn't stopped working since.look of the centurySigned with Marilyn in New York and Paris, Fernanda has posed for editorials in a slew of magazines on an international level, including Marie Claire US, Italy and Brazil; Elle France, Brazil and UK; Vogue US, France, Germany, and Italy; L'Officiel France; Cosmopolitan US and Brazil; Capricho Brazil; Harper's Bazaar US; and Allure US. In brief, Fernanda has surely been seen in one of the top fashion magazines around the world.And you didn't have to open certain magazines to see her, as Fernanda has graced the covers of L'Officiel, Vogue, Marie Claire, Capricho, Compolitan, Elle, and Biba, equally on the international editions of the magazines. After all her posing, Fernanda can say that her favorite photographer is Mario Testino.Fernanda has been walking down catwalks since 1998 for the world's biggest designers, including Chanel, Emanuel Ungaro, Herve Leger, Gianni Versace, Blumarine, Chloe, Christian Lacroix, Missoni, Prada, Salvatore Ferragamo, Valentino, John Galliano, Sonia Rykiel, Kenzo, and Yohji Yamamoto.selling like hot cakesWhat would a model be without her work in advertising campaigns? Fernanda has helped promote brands like Atelier Versace, Chloe, Giorgio Armani, Louis Vuitton, Mano, Nine West, Elite, Zoomp (Brazilian), and she was a big figure in the Ralph Lauren Spring 2000 collection, as well as the infectious, colorful Gap Jeans ads, also in the spring of 2000.Fernanda's sheer beauty was signed to represent the fragrance Guerlain, for which she was paid one million dollars to pose nude for the ad. And she was chosen as the face of Beauty Jungle, which has since ceased operations.victoria's secret powersBut no other ad campaign could elevate her like Victoria's Secret did. Fernanda was selected to be a Victoria's Secret model, and was one of the models at the renowned 2000 fashion show in Cannes, along with fellow Brazilian models Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima and Gisele Bundchen (Fernanda's best friend), and models Carmen Kass and Angela Lindvall. She also modeled for the company's Swimsuit Edition catalogue in 2000.Although her job takes her all around the world and back, Fernanda has been with the same lucky man for the past 4 years, and when she's not striking a pose or two, she enjoys swimming, jogging and doing what all young Brazilian women do.
Miranda Kerr
BiographyBorn in Sydney and raised in Brisbane, Australia, Miranda Kerr kick-started her modeling career in her early teens. Spurred on by the encouragement of her family and friends, Miranda fortuitously decided to enter the Dolly/Impulse Modeling Competition in 1997 when she was just 13 years old. She shocked everyone, including herself, when she won the competition, but she was completely surprised by the backlash that immediately followed her appearance in the Australian teen magazine Dolly.The media quickly turned Miranda Kerr’s winter-clothing pictorial into a debate regarding pedophilia and the acceptable age at which girls should start modeling. Nonetheless, Miranda gracefully handled the controversy and parlayed her newfound notoriety into a burgeoning career.miranda kerr gets work as a modelMiranda Kerr spent the next several years working nonstop, appearing in advertisements for companies such as Levi's and Baby Phat. She became a fixture within the pages of such illustrious publications as Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, and she built a reputation as one of the most reliable and hardworking models on the scene.miranda kerr models for victoria's secretWhen she landed a coveted gig as one of the faces of Maybelline, Miranda Kerr's profile was given a significant boost. Her star only continued to rise when she was chosen as the first Australian to model on the runway for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, and when she appeared opposite Kanye West and Pharrell Williams in the music video for “Number One."miranda kerr is named no.19 in 2008 top 99In 2007, Miranda Kerr became the face of fashion retailer Arden B. and Clinique Happy. She also made a small-screen appearance in the comedy How I Met Your Mother, and ranked at No. 19 on AskMen.com's list of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2008. 
Esti GinzburgBIOGRAPHYWhen we first saw the words "born," "Esti Ginzburg" and "1990" in the same sentence, we immediately pictured our future selves as those creepy old men who take up precious bench space in the park just so they can shamelessly stare at girls who weren't even born before their first heart attack. Fortunately, we have grade five math under our belts, and we were relieved to find out Ginzburg is a totally acceptable 19 years old. According to people like Mel Gibson, that age difference isn't gross at all.Born in Tel Aviv, Esti Ginzburg landed her first modeling gig at the age of 8 for Tnuva dairy farms. It wasn't exactly as big bucks as our "Got Milk?" campaign in the U.S., but it was a start. Ginzburg moved on to greener pastures six years later when she signed with Elite Models and began working for high-profile fashion houses like Tommy Hilfiger and Burberry.ESTI GINZBURG POSES FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S SWIMSUIT ISSUEHeidi Klum, Cindy Crawford and Elle MacPherson have all given us a reason to think of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Edition as the real Christmas, a time to remember the goodness in people, especially if said people are hot women in bikinis. Sure, there are times we have to listen to the rantings of a regular woman who futilely tries to convince us that the magazine edition is misogynistic and demeaning, but then we just remind ourselves that said woman is regular, prone to such human emotions as envy and, worse, jealousy. She's no (Victoria's Secret) angel.Any model knows that landing a spot in the Swimsuit Edition is career-changing. Esti Ginzburg knew that when she got the phone call. "I was shocked," she said. "I was standing in the streets of New York, and I got a call from my booker, and I was screaming, and I called my mom and sister and everyone to tell them. This was something I wanted for a while. It's a dream for a lot of models, and it's a big deal. I didn't even think I would get it. I went into casting and hoped it would happen, but I never thought I would get it."ESTI GINZBURG AND BIKINISShot by photographer Ricardo Tinelli in Naples, Italy, Esti Ginzburg's swimsuit shoot features her in the kind of bikinis that make you wonder just how sturdy the strings holding them together really are. Throw in the fact that she's draped across ancient monuments, and staring at them feels like you and Ginzburg are committing some wonderful sin together. Trust us, you'll want buy a vineyard in Northern Italy where the two of you could crush grapes with your feet in the nude, happily ever after.ESTI GINZBURG STARS IN TWELVELike many a model past, Esti Ginzburg wants you to know she can also act. But unlike Gisele Bundchen who decided that debuting her acting skills in a Jim Fallon-headlined movie would be a good idea, Ginzburg is starting in the big leagues. Her first film role in the Joel Schumacher-directed drama Twelve, which also stars Kiefer Sutherland, Emma Roberts, Ellen Barkin, and Chace Crawford. We'll have to wait until its 2010 release to see if Ms. Ginzburg is a little more Brooke Shields and a little less Shalom Harlow when it comes to making the transition from model to actress. Hopefully by then she'll have broken things off with her costar Chace Crawford, who she's rumored to currently be dating. And at least then she'll be 20 years old -- a little too old for Mel Gibson but no longer a teenager, and that's fine with us.
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