Alexina Graham

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Alexina Graham
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Graham in 2019
Born
Alexina Lorna Graham

(1990-03-03) 3 March 1990 (age 34)
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
OccupationModel
Modelling information
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) [1]
Hair colour Red [2]
Eye colour Green [2]
Agency Elite Model Management (New York, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen)
Women Management (Milan)
Models 1 (London)
Munich Models (Munich)
MIKAs (Stockholm) [3]

Alexina Lorna Graham [4] (born 3 March 1990) is an English fashion model. Graham began working with Victoria's Secret after walking in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2017. She became a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2019, and is the first redhead to ever become an Angel. Graham is also a brand ambassador for L'Oréal Paris. [5] [6] [7]

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Early life

Graham was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Her parents split up when she was three, and she later grew up between their homes in Worksop and Wakefield. Graham attended Valley Comprehensive School and pursued studies in midwifery, before leaving to pursue modelling. [8] She trained in ballet for 12 years, and was also bullied in school as a child for her red hair. [9]

Career

She began her modelling career in 2008, when she was one of the winners of the 2008 Ford modeling competition, won a beauty contract with Maybelline [10] and shot an editorial for Another Magazine . Alexina appeared in editorials for I.D., Glamour U.S., Teen Vogue , [11] L’Officiel Singapore, Harper's Bazaar Serbia, Marie Claire Russia, InStyle , [12] WWD, [13] Vogue Italia and Vogue Arabia , as well as in campaigns for Burberry, [14] Balmain, L'Oréal and Victoria's Secret. She has walked the runway for Balmain, [15] Emporio Armani, [16] Brandon Maxwell, Etam, [17] [18] [19] and Jean-Paul Gaultier. [20]

In 2017, she walked for Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2017. [21] She walked for the second time in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2018. [22] Graham became a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2019. [9]

In 2022, Graham founded the fashion brand XINA NYC. The company donate 5% of their profits to mental health charities, including to Beder UK which Graham is an ambassador for. [23] [24] [25]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "ALEXINA GRAHAM - Women Management". Women Management . Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
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  4. ↑ "Find My Past". www.findmypast.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. ↑ Hutchinson, Emily (22 November 2017). "Nottingham woman's jaw-dropping tactic to get job as a Victoria's Secret model".
  6. ↑ "Meet The Victoria's Secret Model Who Went All Levels of Extra To Get Angel Status". Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Newbold, Alice (25 August 2017). "Victoria's Secret Casting Directors On The New Models To Watch". www.vogue.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Alexina Graham". 5eleven Magazine. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  9. 1 2 Newis-Smith, Josh (21 March 2019). "'This is for my bullies!' We exclusively meet Victoria's Secret's first red-haired angel, Alexina Graham". Glamour Magazine.
  10. ↑ "A Quick Backstage Chit-Chat with Burberry It-Girl Alexina Graham". 17 February 2009.
  11. ↑ "Little Ladies (Teen Vogue)".
  12. ↑ "How Brandon Maxwell Overcame His Insecurities and Conquered Fashion".
  13. ↑ Tutton, Robert (9 December 2015). "'Tis the Season!".
  14. ↑ "Burberry unveil spring summer 2009 advertising campaign images - Fashion Galleries - Telegraph". fashion.telegraph.co.uk.
  15. ↑ "23 of the Most Naughty and Nice Looks from the 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show".
  16. ↑ Vavilov, Daniil (30 September 2017). "Alexina Graham opened Emporio Armani show in London - ESKIMO Model Management".
  17. ↑ "Etam F/W 13 Show (Etam)".
  18. ↑ "Etam F/W 14 Show (Etam)".
  19. ↑ "Etam F/W 15 Show (Etam)".
  20. ↑ "Jean Paul Gaultier — #JPGDINNER".
  21. ↑ "Runway To Heaven: Find Out Who's Walking In The 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show". CBS. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  22. ↑ Logan, Elizabeth. "All the Models Confirmed For the Victoria's Secret Show (So Far)". W Magazine. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  23. ↑ "Alexina Graham Profile". models1. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  24. ↑ "Our Mission XINA NYC". XINA NYC. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  25. ↑ "Supporters". BederUK. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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