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Doutzen Kroes

Doutzen Kroes's photoGETTY

Nationality:
Dutch
Birthday:
January 23, 1985
Born in:
Friesland, Netherlands
Lives now:
New York, NY
Agencies:
DNA, Viva
Known for:
My lips, my curves
Status:
Cover girl, established, sexy girl
Dated:
Reshad Strik
Friends with:
Annelise Peterson, Bianca Balti, Cameron Russell, Hana Soukupova, Leah de Wavrin, Noah Mills, Noémie Lenoir , Raquel Zimmermann, Rianne Ten Haken
Interests:
Sailing, surfing, ice-skating

Career

Itailan Vogue, 2005

Jan 23, 1985
Born in Friesland, Netherlands
2003
Sends photographs of herself to an Amsterdam modeling agency
2003
Moves to New York
Sep 2004
Appears on her first cover, for French Elle
2005
Style.com features Kroes as a rising star of fall 2005 Story »
Feb 2005
Featured on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
May 2005
Appears on the cover of Numéro
2005
Steven Meisel photographs Kroes for Dolce & Gabbana alongside Snejana Onopka and Inguna Butane
Nov 9, 2005
Walks in the annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show
2005
Vogue.com readers select her as model of the year
2005
Replaces Christy Turlington as spokesperson for Calvin Klein Eternity fragrance Video »
2006
Becomes the face of Valentino
Feb 2006
Appears on her second Numéro cover
Apr 2006
Signs three-year contract with L’Oréal Paris Video »
2006
Craig McDean photographs Kroes for Gucci alongside Raquel Zimmermann
Sep 2006
Walks in Milan’s Dolce & Gabbana show and is interviewed backstage Video »
Nov 2006
Walks in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
2007
Becomes the face of Calvin Klein White Label
Feb 2007
Appears on cover of French Vogue
Feb 2007
Closes the fall Isaac Mizrahi show in New York
Mar 2007
Rumored to be dating Australian actor Reshad Strik
Apr 2007
Denies rumors that she is dating skateboarder Sven Kramer
May 2007
Featured on the cover of Vogue as one of the world’s next top supermodels, photographed by Steven Meisel
Jul 15, 2007
Named fifteenth-highest-paid model in the world according to Forbes, with $1.5 million made in the past year
Jul 2007
Walks the fall Christian Dior couture show in Paris
Aug 2007
Appears in W editorial, photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott
2007
Face of Gianfranco Ferrè fall ad campaign
Nov 2007
Featured on the cover of French Elle
Nov 2007
Appears in Vogue feature with the CDFA nominees
2008
Patrick Demarchelier photographs Kroes for the Pirelli calendar
2008
Renews contract with Calvin Klein White Label
Jan 2008
Appears in Vogue editorial wearing the metallic trends
Mar 2008
Featured on the covers of Japanese Numéro, Spanish Vogue, and Korean Vogue
Apr 2008
Appears in editorials for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar
Apr 2008
French Vogue features Kroes as a top model
Apr 30, 2008
Named the world’s fifth highest-paid model by Forbes, having made a reported $6 million in the past year Story »
Jun 2008
Appears on the cover of Australian Vogue, photographed by Troyt Coburn
Jun 2008
Appears in French Vogue editorial, photographed by Peter Lindbergh

Quoted

“Compared with all the other girls, I have big thighs.”

Vogue (May 2007)

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