Constance Jablonski (born 17 April 1991) is a French

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and one of the most famous supermodels from France. In 2006, she entered the French Elite Model Look Contest. As of 2010, she became one of the newer faces of Estée Lauder alongside Liu Wen and

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Early life

Constance Jablonski was born in

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. Her father is a

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, and his parents immigrated from Poland to Northern

after

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. Jablonski's mother is French, and a pharmacist. She has an older brother named François-Xavier. Prior to becoming a model, she wanted to be a tennis player and was a keen competitive player for nine years. Jablonski also considered becoming a plastic surgeon, and was set to start schooling after she graduated from high school.

Career

She got her start in the modelling industry in the French Elite Model Look Contest of 2006. Jablonski made her catwalk debut in September 2008 at the fashion weeks in New York, Milan and Paris. She has walked the runways of New York, Paris, Milan and London, both in the

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and Haute Couture seasons. Jablonski has walked for

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, Dior,

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, Yves Saint Laurent,

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, Balmain, Balenciaga, Zac Posen, Sonia Rykiel and

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, among many others. In November 2010, she walked in the

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for the first time. She has appeared in advertising campaigns for brands such as

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, D&G,

, Calvin Klein,

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, Nine West, Majestic Filatures,

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, Tse, H&M, Bally, GAP, Moschino, United Colors of Benetton, Estee Lauder, and Y-3. In April 2010, it was announced that Jablonski and Chinese model Liu Wen would join the roster of faces of the cosmetics company Estée Lauder. Jablonski has appeared on the covers of '' Russh'', Chinese, German, Portuguese, Greek, Spanish and Russian ''

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'', French ''Revue de Modes'', Russian '' Harper's Bazaar'', and Italian ''Amica''. She has appeared in editorials for French, Japanese, German, Chinese, British, Russian, Italian, American, Teen, Greek, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese ''

'', Italian '' Marie Claire'', '' Allure'', '' Harper's Bazaar'', '' Russh'', '' Vanity Fair'', American and Korean '' W'', ''

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'', '' V'', '' i-D'', French and Japanese ''

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''. She was ranked 11th on the ''Top 50 Models Women'' List by ''models.com''. As of January 2016, she is listed both in ''Industry Icons'' and ''The Money Girls'' rankings by ''models.com''.

Personal Life

In 2020, she married with French cyclist Matthias Dandois and in June 2022, they announced they were expecting their first child. On November 18, 2022, the couple revealed via Instagram that they welcomed to their first child.

References

External links

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Constance Jablonski's profile and portfolio on Marilyn Agency's webpage
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Constance Jablonski on the Fall 2012 cover of Bal Harbour Magazine
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jablonski, Constance 1991 births Living people French female models People from Lille French people of Polish descent French expatriates in the United States