Clear 79° » 5-day

New York Magazine

Skip to content, skip to search, or go to the top of the page.

Skip to content, skip to navigation, or go to the top of the page.

Model bio for Agnete Hegelund Next bio

Agnete Hegelund

Agnete Hegelund's photoIMAXTREE

Nationality:
Danish
Birthday:
March 10, 1988
Born in:
Denmark
Lives now:
New York, NY
Agencies:
Ford
Known for:
My hair
Status:
Rising star
Friends with:
Bette Franke, Charlotte di Calypso, Kamila Filipcikova, Marcelina Sowa, Pilar Solchaga, Serafima Vakulenko, Vlada Roslyakova
Interests:
Mathematics, reading, Quentin Tarantino films

Career

Harper's Bazaar, 2008

Mar 10, 1988
Born in Denmark
Nov 2005
Signs with Ford Models after being discovered by her mother agency while shopping at Flying A in Copenhagen, Denmark
Dec 2005
Two weeks later, appears on her first cover for German Elle
2006
Appears in L’Officiel editorial
2006
Appears in Dansk editorial
Sep 2007
Debuts at New York Fashion Week for the spring Anne Klein, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Doo.Ri shows
Oct 2007
Walks in her first Paris Fashion Week for the spring collections of Chanel, Christian Lacroix, Givenchy, and Victor & Rolf
2007
Featured on Style.com as one of “The Ten,” an emerging group of catwalk stars Story »
Nov 7, 2007
Featured on Models.com as a Top-10 Newcomer of spring 2008 Story »
2008
Steven Meisel photographs Hegelund for the Pringle of Scotland and Alberta Ferretti spring ad campaigns
Jan 2008
Walks the spring Armani Privé, Chanel, and Christian Lacroix couture shows in Paris
Feb 2008
Lands her first major cover, for Itailan Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
Feb 2008
Opens the fall J.Mendel, Byblos, and Etro shows in New York and Milan
Mar 2008
Appears in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by Steven Meisel
2008
Lands on the spring cover of French Revue de Modes
Apr 2008
Appears in W editorial, photographed by Paolo Roversi
Apr 21, 2008
Hintmag.com follows Hegelund for a day Story »
2008
Appears in the summer issue of Dansk, photographed by Hasse Nielsen
Jun 2008
Appears in Harper's Bazaar editorial, photographed by Tom Munro
Jul 2008
Appears in Dazed & Confused editorial, photographed by Mariano Vivanco

Quoted

“Yeah, as a model you get a lot of free drinks.”

Nymag.com (April 2008)

“I need to buy a new bag. I have a big Miu Miu bag. But it's too big. I have to get a new one so my arm won't go twice as long as the other.”

Nymag.com (April 2008)

“I have like the best relationship with my parents. I miss them so much when I travel.”

Nymag.com (April 2008)

Fashion Show Shortcuts