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Hana Soukupova

Hana Soukupova's photoGETTY

Nationality:
Czech
Birthday:
December 18, 1985
Born in:
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Lives now:
New York, NY
Agencies:
IMG
Known for:
My eyes, my legs
Status:
Established
Married:
Drew Aaron
Friends with:
Behati Prinsloo, Doutzen Kroes, Elise Crombez, Eugenia Volodina, Jessica Miller, Julia Stegner, Lindsay Ellingson, Natasha Poly
Interests:
Pottery, working out, basketball, shopping at Whole Foods

Career

Gucci, 2004

Dec 18, 1985
Born in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia
1998
Starts modeling in Prague
May 2001
Wins Top Model of the New Millennium award, one of the most prestigious modeling competitions in the Czech Republic
Jan 2003
Opens the spring Elie Saab couture show in Paris
Apr 2003
Appears in Vogue editorial alongside Yasmin Warsame, photographed by Steven Meisel
May 2003
Appears in British Vogue editorial, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
Jul 2003
Opens the fall Versace couture show in Paris, also closes for Elie Saab
Oct 2003
Appears on cover of Dazed & Confused
Oct 2003
Opens the John Galliano, Valentino, and Yves Saint Laurent spring shows in Paris
2004
Becomes the face of Gucci, photographed by Mario Testino
2004
Steven Meisel photographs Soukupova for Versace and Escada
Sep 2004
Featured on cover of Vogue as one of nine top models, photographed by Steven Meisel
Nov 2004
Featured on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
2005
Signs contract with Bvlgari
Mar 2005
Closes the fall Alexander McQueen show in Paris
May 2005
Vanity Fair features Soukupova alongside other Eastern European models as "Slavs of Fashion, The New Beauty"
Oct 2005
Closes the spring Alexander McQueen and Balenciaga shows in Paris
2006
Gives an interview to World Fashion TV Video »
Jan 2006
Opens and closes the spring Elie Saab couture show in Paris
Nov 2006
Walks in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Video »
2007
Gives an interview backstage at the spring Valentino show in Paris for Fashion TV Video »
Jun 2007
Appears in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by Steven Meisel
Aug 25, 2007
Named Vogue's Best Dressed of the Week in a black Erica Davies dress Photo »
2007
Talks about some of her favorite designers and hobbies backstage at Fashion Week Video »
Sep 2007
Closes the spring Badgley Mischka show in New York
Nov 2007
Leaves DNA Management and signs with IMG
Jan 2008
Appears in Harper's Bazaar editorial
Feb 2008
Closes the fall Badgley Mischka show in New York
2008
Featured on the cover of Tush
May 2008
Appears in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by Michelangelo di Battista
Jun 2008
Appears in Japanese Vogue editorial, photographed by Jamie Isaia
Jun 17, 2008
Gives an interview to Fabiola Beracasa at the Whitney's Art Party, in which she proclaims her first art purchase was a Warhol Video »
Aug 2008
Appears in Allure editorial, photographed by Regan Cameron

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