Vendela Kirsebom was born on January 12, 1967 in Stockholm, Sweden. She is a Norwegian model even though she was born in Sweden.
Biography and Career :
Her parents are of Turkish and Norwegian origins. The modeling career started for her at the age of 13 when she was eating in a restaurant with her parents. Some scouts discovered her and she became a great fashion model. She didn't abandon her studies and after graduating from Rudolf Steiner School at 18 years old, she went to Italy to be a model.
Ford Models was the modeling agency she signed a contract with. She got a contract then with Elizabeth Arden and decided to move to the United States. There she became Almay's spokesperson. She started appearing in campaigns and advertisements for Elizabeth Arden, Revlon, Lay's, B
arbour, Diesel Jeans, Hanes Underwear, JH Collectibles, Lipton's Tea, Mikimoto and Victoria's Secret. Magazines like Bride's, Flare, Shape, FHM, Sports Illustrated and Zest are some of the magazines which had her in their pages. In 1999 she was the host of Melodifestivalen show and in 1992, 1993, 1997 and 2004 she was present in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. "Batman & Robin" represents the debut for her in the acting world.
On August 24, 1996 she married Olaf Thommesen, who is a politician, and the couple has two kids, Julia Annette who was born in 1998 and Hannah, born in 2000.
Trivia :
- Height: 173 cm
- Measurements: 85/61/87.5
- Hair Color: Blonde
- Eye Color: Blue
- Shoe Size: 38
- She is a married woman and has two children.
- She has Turkish and Norwegian origins.
Quotes :
- "When I started over 10 years ago, the business wasn't like it is today. Girls were not 12. They were a little bit older."
Agencies :
- Group Models
- Munich Models
- Mikas - Stockholm
- Nova Models - Munich
- Ford Models - New York
- 'Wilhelmina Models Management', New York
- 'Munich Models', Munich
- 'Modelwerk', Hamburg.
Advertisements :
- Ab Dolly, Alma, Almay, Baked Lay's potato chips, Barbour, Diesel Jeans, Eddie Bauer, Elizabeth Arden, Elizabeth Arden 'Sunflowers' fragrance, Ellen Tracy, Gottex, Hanes Underwear, JH Collectibles, Lay's potato chips, Lipton's Tea, Liz Claiborne, Mikimoto, Rampage, Revlon Lasting fragrance, Victoria's Secret.
Magazine Covers :
- Canada: 'Flare' - February 1996
- France: 'Vogue' #681 - November 1987
- Italy: 'Amica' - 1993
- Spain: 'DT' - September 1996
- Sweden: 'Damernas Varld' - No 34 1989; 'Damernas Varld' - No 18 1990; 'Damernas Varld' - No 4 1994; 'Fitness' - January 1997; 'Fitness' - July 1997; 'Mama'
- UK: 'FHM' - August 1997
- US: 'Cosmopolitan' - November 1989; 'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition' - 1993; 'Esquire' - July 1993; 'Hamptons' - July 1993; 'New Woman' - June 1995; 'Bride's' - March 1995; 'Shape' - November 1996; 'Zest' - September 1997, 'Self' - April 1988, January 1997; 'Cafe' - August 1997; 'New York' - July 1998; 'Razor' - July/August 2002.
Fashion Shows :
- Victoria's Secret - 1997
- Ready to wear - Autumn/Winter 2003 {Norah Farah}.
Filmography :
- The Parent Trap (1998)
- Batman & Robin (1997)
- Blossom (1 episode, 1992)
- Piazza Navona (1 episode, 1988).
Self Filmography :
- Senkveld med Thomas og Harald (1 episode, 2007)
- God kveld Norge (1 episode, 2007)
- Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005) (TV)
- The Oprah Winfrey Show (1 episode, 2004)
- D�gn med Elin, Et (2003) TV Series
- Forst & sist (1 episode, 2001)
- Model Behavior (2000) (TV)
- The Eurovision Song Contest (1999) (TV)
- Melodifestivalen 1999 (1999) (TV)
- Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit '97 (1997) (TV)
- Muppets Tonight (1 episode, 1996)
- Intimate Portrait (1 episode, 1996)
- The Larry Sanders Show (1 episode, 1995)
- Murphy Brown (1 episode, 1995)
- Sports Illustrated 1994 Swimsuit Issue Video (1994) (V).
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