Cora Emmanuel (born 1 October 1992) is a French fashion model.

Early life

Her father is a former architect and current architecture teacher; her mother is a history and geography teacher. She has an older sister and younger half-brother.

Career

Emmanuel's mother encouraged her to do the

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contest and she signed with

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in 2008. She moved to

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where she signed with New York Models. In 2011, she signed with

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, her current agency. After having switched to Ford, she walked for Alexander Wang,

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, Kenzo,

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, Akris and

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(which she opened and closed). She has also walked for Valentino,

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and

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, for whom she did a campaign. She has also walked for

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, Donna Karen,

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, and

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. Emmanuel has been on the cover of H&M magazine,

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Sweden, Elle Norway, Elle France, and Vogue Mexico. And has appeared in magazines including

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, Allure, Glamour,

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, and

. She has done ads for

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, Tiffany & Co.,

, Balmain, and

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. Emmanuel was ranked on models.com's "Money Girl" and "Top 50 Models" lists.

References

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