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Yasmeen Ghauri

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    Yasmeen Ghauri View off-the-runway photos
    Nationality
    Canadian
    Birth Date
    March 21, 1971
    Status
    Established, Retired (mostly)
    Known for
    Curves, Walk
    Muse for
    Azzedine Alaïa
    Friends
    Amber Valletta, Karen Mulder, Niki Taylor, Cindy Crawford, Carla Bruni
    Model Turned
    Activist (breast cancer research)
    Interests
    Rollerblading, Cycling, Skiing

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    Yasmeen Ghauri's Career Highlights

    21 MAR, 1971
    Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    1988
    Named McDonald’s Employee of the Month in her hometown
    1989
    Discovered by hairdresser Joseph Del Tortoon in Montreal
    1990
    Face of Chanel
    1990
    Face of Jil Sander
    JAN 1990
    Lands first major cover for Elle
    1990
    Appears on the cover of French Elle twice (July, December)
    SEP 1990
    Walks the spring Gianni Versace show in Milan
    OCT 1990
    Walks the spring Chanel, Helmut Lang, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Lanvin shows in Paris
    1991
    Face of Anne Klein
    1991
    Face of Christian Dior
    JAN 1991
    Photographed by Steven Meisel for the cover of Italian Vogue
    JAN 1991
    Appears in Harper’s Bazaar editorial
    OCT 1991
    Appears in British Vogue editorial
    1991
    Featured in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, becoming one of his favorites thereafter
    1992
    Signs contract with Victoria’s Secret
    1992
    Face of Valentino couture
    1992
    Face of Versace
    JAN 1992
    Featured in Vogue
    FEB 1992
    Walks the controversial Gianni Versace “Bondage” show in Milan Video»
    MAR 1992
    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier for Italian Vogue
    APR 1992
    Photographed by Walter Chin for Italian Vogue
    1993
    Face of Hermès
    1993
    Face of Lanvin
    JAN 1994
    Appears in two Harper’s Bazaar editorial
    JAN 1994
    Photographed by Gilles Bensimon for Elle
    MAY 1994
    Featured in Playboy
    DEC 1994
    Appears on the cover of Italian Maire Claire
    APR 1995
    Photographed by Pamela Hanson for British Vogue
    MAY 1995
    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier for Harper’s Bazaar
    11 AUG, 1995
    Makes an appearance in the Issac Mizrahi documentary Unzipped
    NOV 1996
    Walks the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
    OCT 1997
    Walks the spring Christian Dior, John Galliano, and Jean Paul Gaultier shows in Paris
    1997
    Retires from modeling
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