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Jacquetta Wheeler

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    Jacquetta Wheeler View off-the-runway photos
    Nationality
    British
    Birth Date
    October 16, 1981
    Status
    Established
    Known for
    Legs, Walk
    Agencies
    IMG
    Muse for
    Mario Testino
    Dated
    Alexi Lubomirski
    Friends
    Georgina Chapman, Keren Craig, Jamie Burke, Liberty Ross, Stella Tennant, Caroline Ribeiro, Jade Parfitt, Jamie Strachan, Audrey Marnay, Filippa Hamilton
    Model Turned
    Activist (Darna Center for Girls in Tangier, 2007)
    Interests
    Horseback riding

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    Jacquetta Wheeler's Career Highlights

    16 OCT, 1981
    Born in London, England
    1998
    Discovered on the street by photographer Mario Testino
    1998
    Mario Testino photographs Wheeler for numerous French Vogue and Vogue editorials
    1999
    Named the Model of the Millennium by The Face magazine
    1999
    Models for Olay print ads
    1999
    Becomes the face of Gucci
    OCT 1999
    Appears on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
    2000
    Renews contract with Gucci
    FEB 2000
    Opens the fall Prada show in Milan
    2000
    Appears in Calvin Klein ad campaign
    SEP 2000
    Closes the spring Alexander McQueen show in London
    2001
    Becomes the face of Givenchy
    2001
    Signs cosmetics contract with Yves Saint Laurent
    2001
    Karl Lagerfeld photographs Wheeler for Chanel
    FEB 2001
    Appears on the cover of Italian Marie Claire
    JUL 2001
    Opens the Valentino fall couture show in Paris
    SEP 2001
    Opens and closes the Carolina Herrera spring show in New York
    2002
    Steven Meisel photographs Wheeler for Prada
    JAN 2002
    Appears on the cover of British Vogue
    FEB 2002
    Opens and closes the fall Carolina Herrera show in New York
    MAR 2002
    Featured on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
    MAR 2002
    Opens the fall John Galliano show in Paris
    MAR 2002
    Closes the fall Fendi and Christian Dior shows in Milan and Paris
    2002
    Appears in Gap print campaign Video»
    2002
    The Sunday Times names her one of Britain’s highest-paid supermodels
    JUL 2002
    Opens the fall Christian Dior and Givenchy couture shows in Paris
    SEP 2002
    Opens and closes the spring Marni show in Milan
    2002
    Steven Meisel photographs Wheeler for Valentino
    2002
    Craig McDean photographs Wheeler for Yves Saint Laurent with Ai Tominaga and Karolina Kurkova
    MAR 2003
    Closes the fall Fendi show in Milan
    2003
    Becomes the face of Roberto Cavallli
    NOV 2003
    Walks in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
    MAY 2004
    Appears on cover of Harper’s & Queen
    2005
    Becomes one of the faces of Ralph Lauren alongside Valentina Zelyaeva
    JAN 2005
    Opens the spring Christian Dior couture show in Paris
    FEB 2005
    Closes the fall Ralph Lauren and Oscar de la Renta shows in New York
    2006
    Stars in James Carrington’s video “Only for You” Video»
    SEP 2006
    Closes the Oscar de la Renta spring show in New York
    2007
    Dates photographer Alexi Lubomirski, an assistant to Mario Testino
    JUL 2007
    Opens the resort Oscar de la Renta show in New York
    JUL 2007
    Appears on the cover of British Vogue with other British models, photographed by Mario Testino
    SEP 2008
    Makes a runway appearance at the spring Oscar de la Renta show in New York
    MAR 2009
    Featured on the cover of British Tatler
    AUG 2009
    Appears in French Vogue editorial, photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
    2009
    Returns as one of the faces of Gucci
    SEP 2009
    Featured on the cover of Italian Amica, photographed by Nadir
    DEC 2009
    Appears in Italian Amica editorial, photographed by Stefano Moro
    APR 2010
    Featured on the cover of Italian Amica, photographed by Nadir
    JUL 2010
    Appears in British Vogue editorial, photographed by Ami Sioux
    OCT 2010
    Closes the spring Vivienne Westwood show in Paris
    FEB 2011
    Featured on the cover of Italian Amica, photographed by Nadir
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