Michelle Kristine da Silva Alves (born September 19, 1978) is a Brazilian model.
Biography
She was born in
Londrina,
Paraná, Brazil, as the daughter of a
lawyer
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(mother) and an
engineer (father). Alves was a student in
civil engineering at Brazil's
Londrina State University prior to moving to
São Paulo, where she pursued modeling. She describes herself as "always a good student" and "Almost a nerd."
She is also a
polyglot, fluent in
Portuguese,
Italian,
French
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and English. Alves is currently living in
Los Angeles,
California.
Career
She was featured in the 2002
and 2003
editions of the ''
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'', appeared in two editions of the
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and was also featured in their catalogs and their book celebrating the company's 10th anniversary, entitled ''Sexy''.
Alves has signed contracts with
Valentino,
Christian Dior
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,
Escada,
Ralph Lauren
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,
Missoni
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History Early beginnings
The business was founded in 1953, when O ...
,
Miss Sixty
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,
Michael Kors,
GAP,
Emporio Armani,
Michael Kors Swimwear, AKRIS and holds a deal with
Yves Saint Laurent for their fragrance Cinéma's campaign. She has worked with photographers such as
Steven Meisel
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,
Patrick Demarchelier,
Bruce Weber,
Gilles Bensimon,
Mario Sorrenti, Nick Knight,
Steven Klein, Phil Poynter, Walter Chin,
Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin and
Richard Avedon.
Alves was featured on more than 100 covers of major fashion magazines, including international editions of ''Vogue'', ''Elle'', ''Marie Claire'', ''French'', ''Esquire'', ''L'Officiel'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Amica'' and ''Glamour''.
References
External links
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Theodora & Callum Interview with Michelle Alves
1978 births
Living people
People from Londrina
Brazilian female models
21st-century Brazilian women
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