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Coco Rocha
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- Nationality
- Canadian
- Birth Date
- September 10, 1988
- Lives Now
- New York, NY
- Status
- Cover girl, Established
- Known for
- Pout, Walk
- Agencies
- Elite, Marilyn Agency, Storm, Why Not
- Muse for
- Jean Paul Gaultier , Steven Meisel
- Friends
- Behati Prinsloo, Julia Dunstall, Jessica Stam, Hilary Rhoda, Bobbi Wiens, Ali Stephens, Heidi Mount, Anja Rubik, Arlenis Sosa
- Interests
- Irish dancing
Quoted
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“Last season I took diuretic pills. Once I took so many on an empty stomach that I was doubled over for hours.”
—Nymag.com -
“People forget you are a young girl and they are asking you to grow up way before you need to.”
—The Telegraph -
“I really had to learn from the beginning who Steven Meisel was, who Anna Wintour was, honestly I knew nothing.”
—ETalk -
“Maybe one day there will be a Madame Rocha.”
—Fashion TV -
“Growing up, I didn't even know there was such a thing as a fashion model.”
—Fashion magazine
Coco Rocha's Career Highlights
- 10 SEP, 1988
- Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 2002
- Discovered by Charles Stuart at an Irish dance competition in Vancouver
- 2006
- Shoots an editorial for W magazine
- 2006
- Appears in the Balenciaga fall campaign in oversized platform-wedges and the iconic bowler hat
- 2006
- Steven Meisel photographs Rocha for Dolce & Gabbana
- JAN 2006
- Opens the spring Christian Lacroix couture show in Paris
- 2006
- Style.com features Rocha as a rising star of fall 2006 Story»
- MAR 2006
- Appears in Italian Vogue editorial with Amanda Moore and Gemma Ward, photographed by Steven Meisel
- APR 2006
- Featured on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel, who puts her under an exclusive contract
- JUN 2006
- Appears in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by Steven Meisel
- JUL 2006
- Walks the fall Chanel couture show in Paris
- SEP 2006
- Closes the spring Vera Wang show in New York
- OCT 2006
- Opens the spring Balenciaga show in Paris
- OCT 2006
- Appears on cover of Dazed & Confused
- DEC 2006
- Appears in French Vogue editorial, photographed by Terry Richardson
- DEC 2006
- Appears on the cover of Numéro, photographed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino
- 2007
- Featured on the cover of Time magazine’s Style & Design supplement with Chinese model Du Juan
- 2007
- Steven Meisel photographs Rocha for Lanvin
- 2007
- Renews contract with Balenciaga
- JAN 2007
- Makes a video with fellow Canadian Jessica Stam rapping to Eminem’s “Without Me” for an Italian Vogue editorial by Steven Meisel Video»
- JAN 2007
- Appears in Vogue editorial, photographed by Steven Meisel
- JAN 2007
- Opens the spring Christian Lacroix couture show in Paris
- FEB 2007
- Featured on her second cover for Italian Vogue with good friend Hilary Rhoda, photographed by Steven Meisel
- FEB 2007
- Appears on the cover of Japanese Vogue with Sasha Pivovarova
- FEB 2007
- Walks the fall D&G show in Milan Video»
- MAR 2007
- Opens and closes Jean Paul Gaultier’s fall show by dancing an Irish jig down the runway Video»
- 20 APR, 2007
- Appears on Today Show with other Vogue cover models wearing affordable fashions by Gap, 3.1 Philip Lim, and Target, among others Video»
- MAY 2007
- Featured on cover of Vogue as one of the world’s next top supermodels, photographed by Steven Meisel
- SEP 2007
- Named one of British Vogue’s Head Girls, a model to watch out for in the upcoming season
- SEP 2007
- Opens the spring Catherine Malandrino, Tibi, and Chanel shows in New York and Paris
- SEP 2007
- Closes the spring Catherine Malandrino and Nicole Miller shows in New York
- NOV 2007
- Appears on her third cover of Italian Vogue with newcomer Meghan Collison, photographed by Steven Meisel
- NOV 2007
- Featured on her second cover for Numéro, photographed by Solve Sundsbo
- NOV 2007
- Appears in French Vogue editorial
- 2008
- Patrick Demarchelier photographs Rocha for the Pirelli calendar
- 2008
- Becomes the face of Chanel's Paris-London Collection, photographed by Karl Lagerfeld
- 2008
- Craig McDean photographs Rocha alongside Jessica Stam and Kasia Struss for Christian Dior
- JAN 2008
- Closes the spring Jean Paul Gaultier couture show in Paris; wearing an outfit reminiscent of the cone bra worn by Madonna in the 80's
- FEB 2008
- Opens the fall Gareth Pugh and Jean Paul Gaultier shows in London and Paris
- MAR 2008
- Appears in editorials for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Numéro
- APR 2008
- French Vogue features Rocha as a top model
- MAY 2008
- Appears in Vogue editorial dressed as Poison Ivy, Cat Woman, and various other popular cartoon characters, photographed by Craig McDean
- 5 MAY, 2008
- Attends the Costume Institute Gala wearing Pucci and speaks to New York's Jada Yuan Video»
- JUN 2008
- Appears in Numéro editorial, photographed by Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello
- 17 JUN, 2008
- Gives an interview to Fabiola Beracasa at the Whitney's Art Party Video»
- JUL 2008
- Walks the fall Chanel, Christian Dior, and Jean Paul Gaultier couture shows in Paris
- AUG 2008
- Appears in Japanese Vogue editorial, photographed by Arthur Elgort
- 2008
- Steven Meisel photographs Rocha for PHI's first ad campaign, with Karen Elson
- SEP 2008
- Appears in editorials for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar
- SEP 2008
- Opens and closes the spring Jean Paul Gaultier show in Paris
- OCT 2008
- Appears in Vogue editorial, with Caroline Trentini and Anna Jagodzinska, photographed by Steven Meisel
- 2008
- Thierry le Goues photographs Rocha for the fall cover of French Revue de Modes
- NOV 2008
- Appears in Vogue editorial, photographed by Steven Klein
- DEC 2008
- Styled as Juliet for a Vogue editorial, photographed by Annie Leibowitz
- 2009
- Becomes the face of DeBeers, photographed by Mikael Jansson
- JAN 2009
- Featured on the cover of Spanish Vogue, photographed by Arthur Elgort
- JAN 2009
- Vogue features Rocha and her newly dyed red hair
- FEB 2009
- Appears in editorials for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue
- MAR 2009
- Closes the fall Jean Paul Gaultier show in Paris, alongside French actress Bojana Panic, having a fur-clad mud fight
- MAY 2009
- Appears in Vogue editorial, photographed by Steven Meisel
- JUL 2009
- Appears in Vogue editorial, alongside Karen Elson, photographed by Norman Jean Roy
- SEP 2009
- Featured on the cover of Mexican Vogue, photographed by Jenny Gage and Tom Betterton
- SEP 2009
- Appears in editorials for Italian Vogue and Vogue

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