Nadja Auermann

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Nadja Auermann
Life Ball 2007 red-carpet Nadja Auermann.jpg
Nadja Auermann at Life Ball 2007
Born (1971-03-19) 19 March 1971 (age 53) [1]
Berlin, Germany
Children4
Modeling information
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) [2]
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorBlue
AgencyDNA Model Management (New York)
VIVA Model Management (Paris)
Models 1 (London)
VIVA Models Berlin (Berlin) [3]

Nadja Auermann (born 19 March 1971) is a German model and actress. She was once stated by the Guinness Book of Records [4] to have the longest legs of any model in the world.

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Biography

In 1989, Auermann was discovered in a cafe in Berlin and signed to Karin Modeling Agency in Paris. [5] In 1991, she moved from Karin to Elite Model Management and appeared in Vogue Paris and in Benetton clothing advertisements. In September 1994, she was featured on the cover of both Vogue and Harper's Bazaar . [6]

Auermann has walked the runway for many brands, including Thierry Mugler, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi and Yves Saint Laurent She has appeared in advertising campaigns for, among others, Prada, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana and Hermès. She was the international spokesperson for Shiseido in the late 1990s. [5] Auermann has appeared on more than 100 magazine covers worldwide, [5] including Vogue , Elle , Harper's Bazaar and i-D . [1] [5] [7]

Throughout her career she has worked with renowned photographers including Helmut Newton, Steven Meisel, Craig McDean, Juergen Teller and Peter Lindbergh, who saw her as his muse. [5] [7]

Personal life

In 1997, Auermann had her first child, a daughter named Cosima, with Olaf Björn Tietz. Cosima is now a model [8] . In 1999, Auermann married German actor Wolfram Grandezka. Their son, Nicolas, was born in the same year. Nicolas is also now a model. [9] Auermann and Grandezka divorced a few years later. Auermann gave birth to her third and fourth children in 2010 and 2013. [10]

Auermann enjoys spending her holidays in the spa town of Heiligendamm on Germany's Baltic coast. [11] She was convicted of tax evasion by a German court in 2011 and was fined 90,000 EUR. [12] In an interview with the German press in 2013, she revealed that she was living with her children and partner in Dresden. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Nadja Auermann at Fashion Model Directory
  2. ↑ "DNA Models Nadja Auermann". DNA Model Management LLC. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Nadja Auermann - Model Profile - Photos & latest news". models.com. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Essex girl hopes to break legs record". BBC . 23 January 2001. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nadja Auermann". New York . Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. ↑ Noticed; On-the-Cover Coup, New York Times, August 28, 1994, pg. A39.
  7. 1 2 "Nadja Auermann". DNA Model Management. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Cosima Auermann | LOUISA MODELS". www.louisa-models.de. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  9. ↑ TocTocToc. "BANANAS MODELS". BANANAS MODELS. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  10. 1 2 "Nadja Auermann". Vogue . Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  11. ↑ A Spa Town Reclaims Its Glory, New York Times, June 3, 2007, pg. 5.4.
  12. ↑ "Supermodel loses court battle". The Sydney Morning Herald. December 14, 2011.
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