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May Andersen

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    May Andersen View off-the-runway photos
    Nationality
    Danish
    Birth Date
    June 16, 1982
    Lives Now
    New York, NY
    Status
    Bad girl, Sexy girl
    Known for
    Body, Lips, Temper
    Agencies
    Muse
    Dated
    Marcus Schenkenberg, Stephen Dorff, Steve-O, Kid Rock, Jamie Burke
    Friends
    Noémie Lenoir, Julie Ordon, Jessica White, Devon Aoki, Marcus Schenkenberg, Helena Christensen, Ana Beatriz Barros, Rosie Huntington, Mary-Kate Olsen
    Model Turned
    Designer (Chicks with Guns)

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    May Andersen's Career Highlights

    16 JUN, 1982
    Born in Copenhagen, Denmark
    1985
    Discovered by a photographer on the street
    JUL 1998
    Debuts on the runway at Valentino haute couture in Paris
    1999
    Lands on cover of Italian Marie Claire
    1999
    Appears in BCBG, Gianfranco Ferré, Miu Miu, Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti, Prada, and Valentino ad campaigns
    APR 1999
    Appears on cover of Italian Glamour
    JUN 1999
    Appears on cover of L’Officiel
    2000
    Moves to New York
    2000
    While riding in a car, Andersen collides with a garbage truck on Sixth Avenue, breaking her collarbone and wrist and injuring her pelvis, Receives compensation from the City of New York for the injury after successfully suing
    FEB 2000
    Walks the runways for Louis Vuitton and Nicole Farhi
    MAY 2000
    Appears on cover of i-D
    2001
    Dates male model Marcus Schenkenberg
    JUL 2001
    Appears on the cover of Italian Glamour
    NOV 2001
    Appears on cover of Italian Marie Claire
    2003
    Sprayed with tear gas by an animal-rights activist during Paris fashion week with Devon Aoki
    2003
    Dates actor Stephen Dorff
    FEB 2003
    Appears in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
    2004
    Dates MTV personality Steve-O
    2004
    Dorff leaves an angry voicemail about Andersen, much to Steve-O’s delight Video»
    FEB 2004
    Appears in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
    OCT 2004
    Appears on cover of British Cosmopolitan
    2005
    Elite Management changes her name to Lykke May before New York Fashion Week
    2006
    Arrested for hitting flight attendant on a trip from Amsterdam to Miami
    24 APR, 2006
    Andersen is charged with battery, resisting arrest, and disorderly intoxication after spending two nights in jail
    2006
    Appears on Danish television defending her behavior
    2006
    Undergoes anger-management treatment
    OCT 2006
    Walks the spring Christian Dior and Elie Saab shows in Paris
    2007
    Appears in Lavazza calendar
    2007
    Dates Kid Rock
    FEB 2007
    Interviewed about her legal troubles backstage at the Rock & Republic show in New York Video»
    MAY 2007
    Walks the Christian Dior resort show in New York
    JUL 2008
    Walks the Diesel swimwear show in Miami
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