Alyssa Elaine Miller (born July 4, 1989) is an American
model. She has done print and runway work for numerous leading companies. Among her highlights are cover appearances for ''
Vogue
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'' (Germany) and ''
Elle'' (Italy), work as a featured modelspokesperson for
Guess
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, and appearances in the ''
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue''.
Early life and description
Miller was born in
Los Angeles
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, California, to father Craig Miller. She has several siblings.
Her ancestry includes German, Austrian, English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh.
She grew up in
Palmdale,
Los Angeles County
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.
Miller is known for her dark brown hair, full eyebrows and bone structure. She is considered to have a very European look.
Guess
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founder Paul Marciano
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said, "Alyssa is the most European-looking American girl I've ever seen!"[ When she had her breakthrough with Guess, she drew comparisons to ]Sophia Loren
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and Brooke Shields
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and was regarded as something of a throwback.[
]
Career
In 2003, her father sent test photos to a Los Angeles office of IMG Models. By 2005 she was an up-and-coming model with the Marilyn NY agency. She did a 2005 fall campaign for Stella McCartney at the age of 16.[ By February 2006, she had been featured in each of the major editions of ''Vogue'', including the cover of a '' Vogue Italia'' supplement.] Following cover appearances for the October 2006 German ''Vogue
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* ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine
** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Australia'', an Australian fashion magazine
** ''Vogue China'', ...
'' and the July 2010 Italian '' Elle'' (she also later appeared on the October 2012 cover), she became one of the new faces of Guess clothing in late 2010. Miller has also done work for Victoria's Secret. Other ad work has included Bebe
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, Billabong, Chopard
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, Diesel
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, Elie Tahari
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, Intimissimi, Juicy Couture
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, La Perla, Laura Biagiotti and Tecovas (company).[
She signed with Elite Model Management in 2011.][ She made her ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue debut in 2011 when she was one of five rookies (along with ]Shannan Click
Shannan Marie Click (born November 17, 1983) is an American model. She has appeared in a variety of international editions of ''Vogue'' (including ''Vogue Italia'') and the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
Early life and ...
, Kenza Fourati, Izabel Goulart, and fellow Guess model Kate Upton) in the issue.[ According to a story in '']The Wall Street Journal
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'' she had previously thought that if she ever appeared in ''Sports Illustrated
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'' it would be for soccer, since given her athletic background she had envisioned herself as a professional soccer player. She also appeared in the body painting feature in the 2011 Swimsuit Issue where Joanne Gair painted her and Stewart Shining photographed her in New York City. 2013 was her third Swimsuit Issue.[ In both 2011 and 2013, Miller participated in the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition of David Letterman's Top 10 on the '']Late Show with David Letterman
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'' on the night that the Swimsuit Issue cover model was announced.
In 2012 she became the muse of Blumarine Bellissima fragrance. Miller is a former victim of bullying,[ and she became an advocate against bullying and cyberbullying on May 1, 2013, along with Super Bowl XLVII champion Jameel McClain, by becoming a global ambassador for STOMP Out Bullying. In 2013, Miller signed with IMG soon after a first public appearance with Jake Gyllenhaal.][ She was featured in the 80th anniversary issue of '']Esquire
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'' as one of the 80 things that define our time. In December 2013, she appeared on the cover and in the 2014 Calendar Girl Issue of the fashion magazine '' Galore''. Her images were augmented by the artwork of Claw Money
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who affixed his graphic cartoon paws to both black-and-white
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and color photographs of her as if they were gripping her while she was modelling.
In July 2014 Miller, together with fashion publicist Robyn Berkley
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, launched a meditation-wear collection for Berkley's line, Live the Process, with a percentage of sales to the David Lynch Foundation. Miller made a cameo appearance in the 2015 film '' Entourage''. In August 2017, Miller designed a collaboration with Understated Leather. In April 2018, Miller launched her own line of leather handbags, luggages, and travel accessories called Pilgrim.
Personal life
Miller's fitness regimen includes ballet
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and running
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; she practices Transcendental Meditation
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.[ She has taken both acting and improvisation classes. She briefly dated actor Jake Gyllenhaal in 2013.][
Miller married musician ]Cam Avery
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Early life
Born in East Fremantle, ...
in April 2018. On November 29, 2018 Miller confirmed via her Instagram account she and Avery had separated. From late 2021 to early 2022 she was romantically linked to Andrew Garfield
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.
References
External links
*
Alyssa Miller
at the '' Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue''
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Alyssa
1989 births
Female models from California
Living people
People from Palmdale, California
American people of German descent
American people of Irish descent
American people of Welsh descent
21st-century American women