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Supermodel Izabel Goulart For Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Magazine – Brazilian Beauty Explains How She Became A Model

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Maria Izabel Goulart Dourado, better known as Izabel Goulart, is a Brazilian supermodel. She is best known as one of the Victoria’s Secret Angels and for her work with Armani Exchange.

Izabel Goulart was born in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. She is of Italian descent and has several brothers and one sister. Izabel Goulart once said “the hardest part about being an Angel is I spend time away from my mom’s food and away from my home with my brothers and sister.” According to sources, school was a particularly rough time for Izabel Goulart, as she was made fun of for her skinny build. Little did they realize that she would eventually become a Victoria’s Secret supermodel earning millions of United States dollars.

The moment that changed her life came while shopping for groceries with her mother at the age of 14 when a hairstylist suggested that she should become a model. She soon moved to the state’s capital Sao Paulo and started modeling. The rest is history.

Modeling Career

During one of Izabel Goulart’s first ever fashion show appearances, she experienced a wardrobe malfunction when her top fell open. The unfortunate incident made many Brazilian newspapers and remains her most embarrassing moment. She was able to put her rocky start behind her and returned to the runway to model collections for A-list designers such as Bill Blass, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Oscar de la Renta, Valentino, Chanel, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, and Stella McCartney, among many others. Izabel Goulart has also modeled for H&M, Express, and Neiman Marcus.

Izabel Goulart first appeared in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 2005, the year she was contracted as a Victoria’s Secret Angel. Izabel Goulart also walked in the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Runway Shows. She has shot for top photographers such as Terry Richardson, David Sims, Greg Kadel, and Vincent Peters for such publications as French and Japanese Vogue, French magazine, and Numero. Izabel Goulart was also seen in the fall 2009 H&M campaign. In 2011, Izabel Goulart appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

Izabel Goulart, whose brother has type 1 diabetes, does charitable work helping hospitals in her native Brazil to raise money to provide free insulin for diabetic children in need. She also has taken an active role with the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami, a recognized leader in cure-focused research.

Finally, Izabel Goulart appeared in an episode of Two And A Half Men and has also made a guest appearance in the thirteenth episode of season 3 of Entourage alongside fellow Angel Alessandra Ambrosio.

ZARZAR MODELS is one of the top female modeling agencies in the United  States representing women in print editorials, high fashion runway,  film, television commercials, and promotions. The agency has as partners  fashion modeling agencies in major fashion cities such as Los Angeles,  Beverly Hills, San Diego, San Francisco, Miami, New York, London, Paris,  Milan, and Sao Paulo and recruits and represents models throughout the  world through its global fashion and modeling network.

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Michael Kors Fall Winter Fashion Runway Show Backstage For New York Fashion Week

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Go backstage at Michael Kors Fall 2010 with makeup artist Dick Page and hair stylist Orlando Pita. The look is inspired by one of Michael’s favorite photos taken by American photographer Arthur Elgort for American Vogue in the 70’s. It’s fresh, young and aspirational. Featuring Estee Lauder supermodel Constance Jablonski.

Michael Kors is an American fashion designer. He is best known for designing classic American sportswear for women. Michael Kors began his career in fashion at the age of 19, designing and merchandising a collection for the renowned boutique Lothar’s in New York city. The success of these clothes caught the attention of the fashion press, prompting Michael Kors to strike out on his own. In 1981 The Michael Kors label was formed. Since his collection was established, it has never strayed from Kors’ intial vision of chic, luxurious American sportswear.

Michael Kors began designing clothes at the age of 19 and studied fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. In 1981, Michael Kors launched the Michael Kors womens wear line at Bloomingdales, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Building on his success, Kors was named the first ever women’s ready-to-wear designer and creative director for the French fashion house Celine in 1997. In his tenure at Celine, Michael Kors turned the fashion house around with blockbuster accessories and a critically acclaimed ready-to-wear line. In 2001, Michael Kors launched accessories under his collection LABEL. Today, the line includes a full range of women’s handbags, shoes, belts, and eyewear. Michael Kors left Celine in October 2003 to concentrate on his own brand. Michael Kors launched his mens wear line in 2002.

In addition to the Michael Kors runway collection, the MICHAEL Michael Kors and KORS Michael Kors lines were launched in 2004. KORS is considered the mid-tier line, between the runway and MICHAEL collections. The MICHAEL line includes women’s handbags and shoes as well as women’s ready-to-wear apparel. The KORS line contains footwear and Jeans. Currently, Kors has full collection boutiques in New York, Beverly Hills, Palm Beach, Chicago, London, and Milan.

Among the celebrities who have worn Michael Kors’ designs are Jennifer Lopez, Natalie Portman, supermodel Heidi Klum and Catherine Zeta-Jones. As Creative Director of Celine, Michael Kors designed many outfits for actresses to wear on screen. Gwyneth Paltrow wore Kors’ designs in the movie Possession. In addition, Michael Kors outfitted Rene Russo’s character in the 1999 hit remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. The advertising campaigns for Michael Kors often reflects the jet-set sportswear that Kors fans are fond of and enjoy. Previous campaigns include model Carmen Kass on the tarmac of an airport, on a safari in Africa, and relaxing on a multi-million dollar yacht for the super rich.

Michael Kors has also been a judge on the Emmy-nominated reality television program Project Runway.

ZARZAR MODELS is one of the top female modeling agencies in the United  States representing women in print editorials, high fashion runway,  film, television commercials, and promotions. The agency has as partners  fashion modeling agencies in major fashion cities such as Los Angeles,  Beverly Hills, San Diego, San Francisco, Miami, New York, London, Paris,  Milan, and Sao Paulo and recruits and represents models throughout the  world through its global fashion and modeling network.

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Blonde Supermodel Brooklyn Decker Magazine Covers, Fashion Campaigns, And Shopping For The Latest Fashion Styles

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Trend Watch – Top model Brooklyn Decker in her favorite NYC shopping spots shares her list of fall essentials.

Brooklyn Danielle Decker is an American fashion model and actress best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue including the cover of the 2010 Sports Illustrated issue. In addition to working for Victoria’s Secret for the 2010 “Swim” collection, she has ventured into television with guest appearances on Chuck, Ugly Betty, and Royal Pains. She made her feature film debut in “Just Go With It”. Brooklyn Decker is married to American tennis player Andy Roddick.

Brooklyn Decker was born in Kettering Ohio, then moved to Middletown Ohio, then to Charlotte North Carolina, where she was discovered in a shopping mall as a teenager. Brooklyn Decker began her modeling career as the face of Mauri Simone, a popular prom dress maker. She won the 2003 Model of the Year award at the Connections Model and Talent Convention.


Brooklyn Decker has been featured in pictorials for Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan, FHM, and Glamour, and has modeled for The Gap and Victoria’s Secret.

In 2005, within two months of moving to New York City, Brooklyn Decker auditioned for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in which she first appeared in 2006. She was again featured in the 2007 edition, and hosted the 2007 behind-the-scenes television special. She returned for a third consecutive time in 2008. Brooklyn Decker was chosen cover girl for the 2010 edition, shot on location in the Maldives islands. In 2007, she had a recurring feature on the CNN/Sports Illustrated website called “She Says, Z Says”, along with discussing NFL football games of the week.

On February 8, 2010, David Letterman announced that Brooklyn Decker had been chosen as the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit covermodel. Calling her selection “the news of a lifetime”, Brooklyn Decker admitted that her mother cried when she heard her daughter would grace the cover.

Brooklyn Decker also served as a guest judge in the 5th cycle from Germany’s Next Topmodel. She was reportedly considered for the lead female role in “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”.

Brooklyn Decker won Esquire magazine’s 2010 “Sexiest Woman Alive” bracket challenge.

ZARZAR MODELS is one of the top female modeling agencies in the United  States representing women in print editorials, high fashion runway,  film, television commercials, and promotions. The agency has as partners  fashion modeling agencies in major fashion cities such as Los Angeles,  Beverly Hills, San Diego, San Francisco, Miami, New York, London, Paris,  Milan, and Sao Paulo and recruits and represents models throughout the  world through its global fashion and modeling network.

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Gucci Milan Fashion Week Women Fall Winter Fashion Runway Show Backstage

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Go backstage at Gucci’s Fall Wiinter 2010/11 Collection in Milan with makeup artist Pat McGrath and hairstylist Luigi Murenu. The look – intense sexy eyes and long beautiful luxurious hair is reminiscent of American model Lauren Hutton. Featuring interviews with top models Maryna Linchuk, Chanel Iman and Anja Rubik.

Official Director’s Cut of Gucci Guilty — the fragrance for women.

Below ZARZAR MODELS presents an unprecedented combination of edge and creativity that creates a unique, hypnotic spectacle starring Evan Rachel Wood and Chris Evans. The Gucci video is directed by Frank Miller and the soundtrack by Friendly Fires.

The Making Of Gucci Spring Summer 2011 Advertising Campaign

The concept behind this campaign, presented by Creative Director Frida Giannini, is a group of young women and men living their good days in Elrod house, away from the common world, in the middle of the desert. It was shot in Palm Springs Southern California by Mert & Marcus with models Karmen Pedaru, Joan Smalls, Hailey Clauson, Nikola Jovanovic and Gen Huismans.

Gucci Cruise Collection 2011

Gucci Cruise collection 2011, a modernist travel statement, with easy sophistication.

Stylish travel has always inspired the House of Gucci since it was founded in 1921, and so this theme is further explored in its latest Cruise Collection for 2011. With an elegant voyage very much in mind, Creative Director Frida Giannini interprets the contemporary female wardrobe with faultless nonchalance, alternating between an edgy chic urban attitude and an ultra glamorous spirit.

ZARZAR MODELS is one of the top female modeling agencies in the United States representing women in print editorials, high fashion runway, film, television commercials, and promotions. The agency has as partners fashion modeling agencies in major fashion cities such as Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, San Diego, San Francisco, Miami, New York, London, Paris, Milan, and Sao Paulo and recruits and represents models throughout the world through its global fashion and modeling network.

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Models Fashion Runway Backstage – Alessandra Ambrosio And Why Beautiful Women Are Back In Fashion

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Meet Alessandra Ambrosio. She’s the hottest model to come from Brazil since Gisele Bundchen. Go behind the scenes with Alessandra Ambrosio as she shoots campaigns for XOXO and Victoria’s Secret.  

Alessandra Corine Ambrósio is a Brazilian supermodel. Described by model Tyra Banks as “the future of the modeling world”, Alessandra Ambrosio is best known for her work with Victoria’s Secret and was chosen as the first spokesmodel for the company’s “PINK” line. Alessandra Ambrosio is currently one of the Victoria’s Secret Angels. Aside from modeling work, Alessandra Ambrosio serves as an ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Alessandra Ambrosio was also selected by AskMen.com as Number 2 out of the “Top 99 Most Desirable Women”.

Alessandra Ambrosio was born in Erechim, Brazil. Alessandra Ambrósio was just eight years old when she decided that she wanted to be a model, after seeing a picture of top covergirl Karen Mulder in a magazine: “I wanted to be like her”, she recalls. She enrolled at a modeling class at the age of 12 and at the age of 14 she was one of 20 finalists for an elite modeling competition in Brazil. Alessandra Ambrosio was always insecure about her large ears and at eleven had cosmetic surgery to get her ears pinned back, though two years later she suffered complications. In 2006 she appeared on The Tyra Banks Show and said that the surgery was a bad experience and has discouraged her from ever getting plastic surgery again.

When Alessandra Ambrosio was 12 years old, she enrolled in modeling classes. Winning Brazil’s Elite Model Look started her modeling career. Her first notable modeling job was the cover of Brazilian Elle magazine. Elite passed along some of her Polaroids to Guess which led her booking the Millennium GUESS? campaign along with friend and fellow Brazilian Ana Beatriz Barros.

She has since appeared in advertisements for brands like Revlon, Christian Dior, Giorgio Armani, Hummer, Rolex, Oscar De La Renta, Gucci, Escada, Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana (as seen on the video) and Ralph Lauren, as well as the Pirelli Calendar. She has walked the catwalks for designers such as Prada, Chanel, and Marc Jacobs. She has appeared in numerous international magazine covers, including Cosmopolitan magazine, Elle magazine, GQ magazine, Harper’s Bazaar magazine, Marie Claire magazine, and Vogue magazine, and the only model to appear on the cover of Glamour magazine in the United States in 2006.

In 2004, Ambrosio launched her line of swimwear called Alessandra Ambrosio by Sais, a division of Rosa Chá. It sold 10,000 units in only its first month on the market. Alessandra Ambrosio is best known for her collaboration with American lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret. She appeared in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show for the first time in 2000. By 2004, she was selected as the first spokesmodel for the Victoria’s Secret “PINK” line and signed an exclusive “Angel” contract with the brand. In 2005, she notably walked the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show runway wearing lingerie made entirely out of candy. Alessandra Ambrosio then garnered attention in the 2008 edition of the Fashion Show, walking the runway only three months after giving birth to her first child. She opened the show the following year.

Alessandra Ambrosio has made several television appearances, notably a cameo as herself on HBO’s Entourage along with Izabel Goulart, Late Night With Conan O’Brien, as guest judge on Heidi Klum’s Project Runway, and The Tyra Banks Show where she was a guest twice. She appeared alongside TV personality Regis Philbin in a worldwide commercial for Hummer. In 2006, she had a cameo on the box-office hit movie, Casino Royale appearing briefly as a tennis girl. Alessandra Ambrosio guest-starred on How I Met Your Mother (episode: “The Yips”) with her fellow Victoria’s Secret Angels Adriana Lima, Selita Ebanks, Marisa Miller, Miranda Kerr, and Heidi Klum.

Alessandra Ambrosio’s Victoria’s Secret Angel status has brought her to the public’s attention, often being cited by the popular media as one of the world’s sexiest women. She was chosen as one of People magazine’s annual “100 Most Beautiful People in the World” in May 2007, along with fellow Victoria’s Secret Angels. Alessandra Ambrosio is among the world’s top-earning models (see our other articles to find out how many millions of dollars per year she makes modeling). When Alessandra Ambrosio first came to New York, Gisele Bundchen lent her apartment for two weeks and Adriana Lima helped her translate English. She described her typical week as jetsetting from one country to another for photo shoots and in between she has some phone interviews. She still visits her family in Brazil regularly and calls Erechim, Brazil her favorite place in the world and having traveled the world has not yet convinced her otherwise.

She is very conscious of her figure and works out with her Brazilian trainer doing the Brazilian Butt Lift, which is a mix of samba, capoeira, and aerobics. Alessandra Ambrosio’s best friend is fellow Brazilian model Ana Beatriz Barros. On August 24, 2008, Ambrosio and her fiancé, California businessman Jamie Mazur, had their first child, a daughter named Anja Louise Ambrosio Mazur, in Florianopolis, Brazil. Alessandra Ambrosio is represented by multiple modeling agencies throughout the world.


ZARZAR MODELS is one of the top female modeling agencies in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Beverly Hills representing women in print editorials, high fashion runway, film, television commercials, and promotions. The agency has as partners fashion modeling agencies in major fashion cities such as San Francisco, Miami, New York, London, Paris, Milan, and Sao Paulo Brazil and recruits and represents models throughout the world through its global fashion and modeling network.

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Christian Dior Paris Fashion Week – Backstage For The Fall Winter Fashion Runway Show

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Romantic and vibrant, is the only way to describe the stunning look of Dior for Fall Winter 2010/2011. Designer John Galliano was inspired by the 17th century and the movie the Libertines by Johnny Depp. Backstage makeup artist Pat McGrath gave the models flushed cheeks, and Orlando Pita teased the models hair to the extreme creating a slightly frizzy finish that formed a halo like effect around the head. The result was simply stunning.

Model Kate Moss is the new face of Dior (she also made the cover of Vogue Paris).

Christian Dior S.A. (more commonly known as Dior) is a French fashion company which owns the high-fashion clothing producer and retailer Christian Dior Couture, as well as holding approximately 42% of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury goods firm. Both Dior and LVMH are controlled and chaired by businessman Bernard Arnault. The Dior label is the namesake of designer Christian Dior who launched the haute couture empire in 1946. Christian Dior Couture, a division of the whole House of Dior, designs and produces some of the world’s most coveted haute couture, as well as luxury ready to wear fashion, menswear and accessories. Today, Dior operates about 160 boutiques worldwide with plans to open more in the coming years.

Competitors to the House of Dior include, among many, the fashion houses of Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, Versace, and Prada.

ZARZAR MODELS is one of the top female modeling agencies in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Beverly Hills representing women in print editorials, high fashion runway, film, television commercials, and promotions. The agency has as partners fashion modeling agencies in major fashion cities such as San Francisco, Miami, New York, London, Paris, Milan, and Sao Paulo Brazil and recruits and represents models throughout the world through its global fashion and modeling network.

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First Face Models Countdown Review Featuring Australian Supermodel Gemma Ward

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The Perth-born model was the youngest-ever to grace the cover of American Vogue.

Before She Was Famous:

Gemma Ward was the second child and her father is a doctor and her mother a nurse. She has younger twin brothers and an older sister who is also a model. Gemma Ward was educated at Perth’s Presbyterian Ladies’ College and Shenton College. As said herself in a Teen Vogue interview, she accompanied her friends to a modeling competition and ended up being scouted herself:

“I had come straight from my auntie and uncle’s farm, and I was wearing this big gray barn jacket with mud all over it. When the scout came up to me, I said, No, thank you. They forged my mom’s signature (for mandatory parental consent) and pushed me in front of the cameras.”



She was discovered in 2002, while accompanying her friends to the Aussie modeling competition “Search for a Supermodel“. Gemma recalls, “I came to watch my friends. I was sitting there in the crowd when the agent from Perth came over. I didn’t even want to enter. It was a bit of chance. I was so shocked when I got my first job” Gemma later told Teen Vogue, “I had come straight from my auntie and uncle’s farm, and I was wearing this big gray barn jacket with mud all over it. When the scout came up to me, I said, No, thank you. But my friends were like, Hell, yes! They forged my mom’s signature and pushed me in front of the cameras”.

The teenager didn’t win the competition, but with her fragile, unique look, two modeling agencies soon came calling.

Even though Gemma Ward didn’t win the competition, a top Australian modeling agency picked her up after seeing a small picture of her in Kurv, an Australian-produced arts, culture and fashion magazine. Soon she was signed by that Australian modeling agency, and two other international modeling agencies later came in to the scene in addition to her original Australian modeling agency in order to give her further global representation.

Career Highlights

At the age of 15, Gemma Ward was already well known in the Australian fashion industry and at 16 years of age, she was the youngest model to be listed by American Vogue as one of the nine “It Girls” in the modeling world. In September 2004, Gemma Ward became the youngest fashion model to grace the cover of United States Vogue, and the first model to appear on the cover of Teen Vogue. Top fashion magazines such as Harper’s BAZAAR, W Magazine, and Pop all regularly featured Gemma. She has also modeled for an enviable list of fashion houses, including Balenciaga, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Prada, Valentino, Christian Dior, Hermes, Swarovski, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and Yves Saint Laurent. Altogether, Gemma Ward has appeared on 30 covers of Vogue Magazine worldwide.

Modeling

Her look inspired a new generation of baby doll-like models and in Allure Magazine (October 2006), Gemma Ward is described as “the model of the moment”. Allure’s creative director Paul Cavaco stated: “We went through a period that was very va-va-voom, but now the pendulum has swung back. Gemma is ethereal, not earthy”. Photographer Michael Thompson says, “She’s an exotic blonde, the rarest of creatures”. Gemma Ward appeared on the cover of the first issue of Vogue India, photographed by photographer Patrick Demarchelier. This is the second time Gemma Ward has appeared on an inaugural issue – the first time being the first ever cover of Vogue China in 2005.

In July 2007, earning at an estimated total of $3 million in the previous 12 months, Forbes Magazine named her 10th in the list of the World’s 15 Top-Earning Supermodels.

Vogue Paris declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.

Gemma has worked with the industries most renowned photographers including Mario Sorrenti, Phil Poynter, Mikael Jansson, Nathaniel Goldberg, David Sims and Steven Meisel.

Gemma Ward has also fulfilled her childhood passion for acting by starring in three films. Her debut in 2001 was the Aussie coming-of-age drama Pink Pyjamas. More recently, Gemma starred alongside Toni Collette and Rhys Wakefield in the award winning film The Black Balloon. The film had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany in February 2008, where it won a Crystal Bear award. Later that year, she appeared with Liv Tyler in the suspense thriller The Strangers. John Mayer has also featured the young beauty in his music video for the single Daughters.

Retirement Claims

In August 2008, reports surfaced that Ward was to retire from modeling to pursue acting. However, reports were quickly dismissed by Ward herself saying: “I was surprised to wake up this morning and read news of my own retirement. While I am taking some time off currently to rest and enjoy the company of friends and family, I am still very much a (excited and enthusiastic) working model and actress. I’m only 20, for God’s sakes”.


In the summer of 2011 Gemma Ward will be playing the part in “Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” as Tamara, Queen of the Mermaids, and meet Jack Sparrow during his search for the elusive Fountain of Youth.

ZARZAR MODELS is one of the top female modeling agencies in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Beverly Hills representing women in print editorials, high fashion runway, film, television commercials, and promotions. The agency has as partners fashion modeling agencies in major fashion cities such as San Francisco, Miami, New York, London, Paris, Milan, and Sao Paulo Brazil and recruits and represents models throughout the world through its global fashion and modeling network.

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