Enikő Mihalik (; born 11 May 1987) is a Hungarian

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who rose to prominence after placing 4th in the Elite Model Look 2002 and is known for her work with Dutch

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team Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.

Career

Mihalik was born in

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, the seat of the Hungarian

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. When she was young, her classmates often teased her about her thin physique, some claiming it was caused by illness. She was discovered by a Valve scout in a shopping mall when she was 15 years old.Of the Minute
In 2002, she entered into the Hungarian Elite Model Look and won. With her win, she moved on to the international level of the competition, held in

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. She placed 4th, losing to Ana Mihajlovic of

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. Her career started on the runway. She debuted at the

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show JUL 2006. She walked for only a few designers each season thereafter, but in the S/S 09 shows, she got her big break. She walked for over 50 designers internationally, including Shiatzy Chen, Givenchy, Blumarine,

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, and

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. Mihalik was one of the fresh faces to land in one of the fourteen covers of '' V magazine'' fall 2008 issue; the other fresh faces were Anna Selezneva, and Abbey Lee Kershaw. Each cover boasts a head shot of a famous model, either from the new crop of leading models ( Agyness Deyn, Lara Stone,

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, Anja Rubik, Daria Werbowy etc.) or the

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era (

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, Eva Herzigova), it was lensed by duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Her campaign work includes Cesare Paciotti,

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, Kenzo,

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, and

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. She has also worked with Retro and Paola Frani. Her face is also seen regularly in magazines, occasionally on covers. This has included the cover of top fashion magazines i-D, V, ''Self Service'', and most recently ''

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'' and '' Vogue Italia Beauty''. Her face is also seen in the pages of '' Vogue'' and ''

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''. Her most recent cover is for the June 2013 issue of '' Elle Brazil''. Mihalik is currently ranked No. 28 on the ''Models.com Top 50-Women'' List. She walked in the 2009

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Fashion Show in New York City and 2014 in London. Mihalik's looks have been compared to Daria Werbowy's because of her eyes. She was chosen to be in the 2010

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photographed by Terry Richardson in Bahia, Brazil. Mihalik was the

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of the Month for December 2016. In 2019 Eniko appeared in the December issue of Harper's Bazaar Ukraine's edition.

Personal life

Mihalik is friends with models Iekeliene Stange and Barbara Palvin. She dated Danish footballer Mathias Jørgensen and businessman Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld. In March 2021, she married Dávid Korányi, chief advisor of city diplomacy for Budapest mayor

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. They had a daughter in July.

References

External links

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