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Bette Franke

Bette Franke's photoIMAXTREE

Nationality:
Dutch
Birthday:
December 3, 1989
Born in:
Netherlands
Lives now:
New York, NY
Agencies:
DNA, Viva, Why Not
Known for:
My lips
Status:
Established
Friends with:
Agnete Hegelund, Giedre Dukauskaite, Hye Park, Irina Lazareanu, Johanna Gene Stickland, Lara Stone, Marina Peres

Career

Stella McCartney, 2006

Dec 3, 1989
Born in the Netherlands
2003
Discovered while shopping in Amsterdam
2004
Appears in first editorial for Elle Girl
Feb 2005
Debuts at Milan opening the fall Jil Sander show
Mar 2005
Walks the fall Hermès and Emanuel Ungaro shows in Paris
Sep 2005
Opens and closes the spring Jil Sander show in Milan
Oct 2005
Named “This Year’s Model” by WWD
Feb 2006
Walks for Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs, Lanvin, and Chanel during spring Fashion Week in New York and Paris
Feb 2006
Opens the fall Costello Tagliapietra show in New York
Feb 2006
Opens the fall Alessandro Dell’Acqua show in Milan
Mar 2006
Closes the fall Rochas show in Paris
Mar 2006
Opens the fall Yves Saint Laurent show in Paris
2006
Featured on Style.com's Top Ten Models of fall 2006 Story »
2006
Photographed by Steven Meisel for Dolce & Gabbana pre-fall ad campaign
2006
Appears in Hermès fall catalog
2006
Face of Oscar de la Renta fall ad campaign
2006
Face of Stella McCartney fragrance campaign
2006
Face of Yves Saint Laurent cosmetics
2006
Appears in Hugo by Hugo Boss fall ad campaign
2006
Appears in ck by Calvin Klein fall ad campaign
Jul 2006
Appears in a W editorial layered in knits
Aug 2006
Photographed for French Vogue with Patrick Demarchelier
Sep 2006
Walks for Anna Molinari’s spring show; the designer describes Franke as embodying “sweetness, a strong personality, and harmonious curves”
2007
Appears in Blumarine spring ad campaign
2007
Only girl to walk in the pre-fall Louis Vuitton presentation
2007
Appears in Stella McCartney’s Care organic skin-care campaign
2007
Appears in Celine fall campaign engaged in a pillow fight
Sep 2007
Closes the spring Luella Bartley show in London
Oct 2007
Walks the spring Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, and Stella McCartney shows in Paris
Oct 2007
Appears in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by Nathaniel Goldberg
Nov 2007
Photographed by Dusan Reljin for the cover of Japanese Numéro
Feb 2008
Walks the fall Etro, Prada, Salvatore Ferragamo, Hermès, and Stella McCartney shows in Milan and Paris
Mar 2008
Lands on the cover of French Elle, photographed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Jul 2008
Appears on the cover of Avantgarde with Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren

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