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Hilary Rhoda

Hilary Rhoda's photoGETTY

Real Name:
Hilary St. Claire
Nationality:
American
Birthday:
April 6, 1987
Born in:
Chevy Chase, MD
Lives now:
New York, NY
Agencies:
IMG
Known for:
My eyebrows
Status:
Cover girl, established
Friends with:
Agyness Deyn, Behati Prinsloo, Carolyn Murphy, Coco Rocha, Crystal Renn, Guinevere van Seenus, Jessica Stam, Lily Cole, Terron Wood
Interests:
Field hockey, lacrosse, tennis

Career

Balenciaga, 2006

Apr 1987
Born Hilary St. Claire in Chevy Chase, Maryland
2004
Dragged by her mother to an open call at the Hilton Washington after she hears a modeling advertisement on the radio
2005
Signs with IMG Models Agency
2005
Moves to New York’s Upper East Side with dogs and mother (who doubles as manager)
2005
Describes modeling as performing Video »
May 2005
Graduates from Academy of the Holy Cross
Sep 2005
First major booking is Balenciaga’s spring show, for which she was handpicked by Nicolas Ghesquière
Oct 2005
Opens the spring Valentino show in Paris
2006
Appears in Hermès fragrance campaign
2006
Appears in Gap campaign
2006
Karl Lagerfeld photographs Rhoda for Chanel couture
Mar 2006
Opens the fall Balenciaga show in Paris
Jun 2006
Appears on her first cover for Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
Jun 2006
Appears on cover of Dazed & Confused
2006
Becomes the face of Balenciaga
2006
Appears in Blumarine fall ad campaign
Aug 2006
Mario Testino photographs her unbuttoning her jacket, for cover of French Vogue
Sep 2006
Featured on her second cover for Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
Sep 2006
Opens the spring Derek Lam, La Perla, Moschino, Salvatore Ferragamo, Christian Lacroix, and Givenchy shows in New York, Milan, and Paris
Sep 2006
Closes the spring La Perla and Christian Lacroix shows in Milan and Paris
Oct 2006
Walks in the spring Valentino show in Paris Video »
2007
Becomes the face of Givenchy and Donna Karan
2007
Appears in Gucci resort ad campaign
2007
Steven Meisel photographs Rhoda for Dolce & Gabbana with Julia Stegner
Jan 2007
Signs deal as the new face of Estée Lauder
Feb 2007
Appears on her third cover for Italian Vogue with good friend Coco Rocha, photographed by Steven Meisel
Feb 2007
Appears in W editorial, photographed by Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Feb 2007
Walks the fall Anna Sui, Donna Karan, Versace, and Balenciaga shows in New York, Milan, and Paris
Apr 2007
Appears in Vogue editorial, photographed by Steven Meisel
Apr 20, 2007
Appears on the Today show with Vogue cover counterparts Video »
May 2007
Featured on the cover of Vogue as one of the world's next top supermodels, photographed by Steven Meisel
May 2007
In the same Vogue issue, Rhoda admits to having an “older look,” like Brooke Shields’s
Jul 12, 2007
Named the world’s twelfth highest-paid model by Forbes, having made a reported $2 million in the past year
2007
Steven Meisel photographs Rhoda for DSquared2 with Caroline Trentini and Raquel Zimmermann
2007
Becomes a face of Valentino with Gemma Ward and Daria Werbowy
Sep 2007
Appears in editorials for Numéro and Italian Vogue
Oct 2007
Appears on the cover of Spanish Vogue
Dec 2007
Featured on the cover of British Harper's Bazaar, photographed by Michelangelo di Battista
Dec 2007
Appears on the cover of Flare
2008
Becomes the face of Etro
2008
Steven Meisel photographs Rhoda for Belstaff
Jan 2008
Appears in V editorial titled “Blonde Ambition”, channeling various iconic blonds
Feb 2008
Walks the fall Rag & Bone show in New York
Mar 2008
Appears in Dazed & Confused editorial, photographed by Mariano Vivanco
Apr 30, 2008
Named the world’s fourteenth highest-paid model by Forbes, having made a reported $2 million in the past year Story »
May 2008
Appears in Harper’s Bazaar editorial, photographed by Camilla Akrans
May 2008
Appears on the cover of French Elle, photographed by Jan Welters
Jul 2008
Appears in Harper’s Bazaar editorial, photographed by Greg Kadel Video »
2008
Appears in Estée Lauder's Sensuous fragrance ad campaign
Jul 8, 2008
Opens the New York stock exchange with Carolyn Murphy and Elizabeth Hurley
2008
Replaces Angelina Jolie as the face of St. John
Aug 2008
Appears in Numéro editorial, photographed by Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello
Sep 2008
Appears in Harper’s Bazaar editorial, photographed by Karl Lagerfeld
Sep 2008
Featured on the cover of German Vogue wearing Christian Dior, photographed by Alexi Lubomiski

Quoted

“Always be nice… If you’re successful I think you should always be nice, cause then they don’t want to see you fall. So everyone will like you and you’ll always have a good time.”

Fashion TV

“I’m always moving around, I don’t like to be in once place for a long time.”

Fashion TV

“I just became a vegetarian in June so I will not be having a very traditional Thanksgiving.”

Fashion Week Daily (November 14, 2007)

“I even wear dresses to the airport.”

Vogue

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