Meadow Rain Walker (born November 4, 1998) is an American model and the only child of Fast and Furious actor
Paul Walker.
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Early life
Walker was born on November 4, 1998[ as the only child of actor Paul Walker and Rebecca Soteros. She grew up in ]Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
and moved to live with her father in California aged 13. Her father died in 2013, after which there was a custody battle. Her parents kept their daughter out of the spotlight, and she did not seek publicity until she started her modeling career. She kept her father's collection of crystal
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s, including one that is the size of a laptop computer.[
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Modeling
Walker first signed to DNA Models in 2017.[ At the Schouler shows, she has worked alongside ]Ella Emhoff
Ella Rose Emhoff (born May 29, 1999) is an American model, artist, and fashion designer. As the daughter of U.S. Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and stepdaughter of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, she is a member of the Second Family of the Unite ...
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Personal life
In August 2021, Walker announced her engagement to actor Louis Thornton-Allan.[ They were married that October in the Dominican Republic. Though the wedding was a small and private affair,][ it was highly publicized, including an interview with '']Vogue
Vogue may refer to:
Business
* ''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'', ...
''. She was given away by her father's ''Fast & Furious
''Fast & Furious'' (also known as ''The Fast and the Furious'') is a media franchise centered on a series of action films that are largely concerned with street racing, heists, spies, and family. The franchise also includes short films, a t ...
'' co-star Vin Diesel, who is her godfather. She also attended the premiere of '' F9''.[
Walker has an interest in ]yoga
Yoga (; sa, योग, lit=yoke' or 'union ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciou ...
, acupuncture and holistic medicine
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. She continues her father's charitable work through the conservation organisation The Paul Walker Foundation, which she founded in 2015.[ The organization offers grants to ]marine biology
Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies s ...
students.[ She has also worked with Soma Sara, who runs the anti-rape movement Everyone's Invited.][
In June 2022, she revealed that she had an abortion in 2020.]
References
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1998 births
Living people
Female models from Hawaii
Female models from California