Emanuela de Paula (born 25 April 1989) is a Brazilian model. She has been the face of UK retailer

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for the past two seasons and can be seen in the 2009

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. She has also replaced

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as the new model for the Swedish clothing store .

Biography

Emanuela de Paula was born to a

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mother and an

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father. "I am what we call '

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'". She has also stated she is one of the few

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women in the fashion industry. She is of African,

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and

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descent.

Career

She first took an interest in modeling at the age of nine and quickly booked a supermarket advertisement. By the age of 15, de Paula was visiting modeling agencies. She signed with the

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, the first agency she visited. Her first season was in

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in 2005, and yielded runway work for the likes of

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and

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, as well as a story for ''W'', photographed by Michael Thompson. Her other runway credits include

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, Colcci,

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' Sweetface, Kenneth Cole,

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, Lucy in the Sky,

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, Salinas,

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, and

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, and she has appeared in campaigns for

, the Swedish brand Gina Tricot, Cavalera,

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, GAP Body,

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, MAC, Mixed, Prescriptives,

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, and

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. Her editorials include '' Allure'', ''French'', ''

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'', ''Vogue'', and ''

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''. By the age of 20, de Paula had landed two makeup campaigns: MAC

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Collection and Prescriptives. She walked in the

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in 2008, 2010, and 2011. According to ''Forbes'', de Paula ranked the eleventh highest paid supermodel for 2009, earning $2.5 million. She has walked runway for São Paulo Fashion Week, home to the largest fashion shows in Brazil. She has been praised by

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and

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of ''

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''. She was in the ''

'' autumn/winter 2010 campaign and in its TV advertisement that launched on 10 September, alongside

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. As of 2014, de Paula is represented by

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References

External links

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Emanuela de Paula at Marylin Agency
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