Ana Cláudia Michels (born July 31, 1981) is a Brazilian model and physician.

Biography

Michels was born in

Joinville Joinville () is the largest city in Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, in the Southern Brazil, Southern Region of Brazil. It is the third largest municipality in the southern region of Brazil, after the much larger state capitals of Curitib ...

, Brazil. At the age of 14 she began to take a model course with the encouragement of her father. She was discovered by an agency in

Florianópolis Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, in the South Region, Brazil, South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as we ...

and immediately invited to a parade in

Itajaí Itajaí () is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. It is located on the northern central coast of Santa Catarina and is part of the Vale do Itajaí Mesoregion, on the right bank of the Itajaí-Açu river mouth. It lies at th ...

, Santa Catarina. At age 15, Ana Claudia started to parade for Ellus, Beneducci and Zoomp. At age 16, she left Brazil and went to New York City. On the same occasion, Ana Claudia was chosen to integrate the Chanel Tour and to cross Japan.

Modeling career

Ana Claudia started modeling in 1997 with the Mega Agency, when she was introduced to the owners by a friend. She has appeared in catalogs for

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and Le Lis Blanc, a noted Brazilian clothing company, as well as

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advertisements. She has also appeared in ads for companies like

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, and

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, and has graced the covers of multiple international editions of ''Vogue''.

Medical doctor

In 2012, Ana Claudia was accepted by São Camilo Medical School in São Paulo, Brazil, from which she earned a medical degree in 2019. She joined the efforts against COVID-19 as a general practitioner.

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* 1981 births Living people People from Joinville Brazilian people of German descent Brazilian female models {{Brazil-model-stub