Heather Marks

Heather Marks
Heather Marks
	Heather Marks modeling for Miss Sixty, Fall 2007 New York Fashion Week
Born	July 25, 1988 (age 35); Calgary, Alberta, Canada
	Modeling information
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Hair color	Light brown
Eye color	Blue-grey
Agency	Women / 360 (New York); Women Management (Paris, Milan); Select Model Management (London); Uno Models (Barcelona); Scoop Models (Copenhagen); DAS Model Management (Miami); Louisa Models (Munich);

Last updated March 29, 2024

Heather Marks (born July 25, 1988) is a Canadian model known in the fashion world for her big eyes and "doll-like" or elven features. Her high fashion looks have booked her many campaigns, and her career has followed those of other doll-like models, Gemma Ward, Caroline Trentini, Lily Cole, Lisa Cant, Vlada Roslyakova, and Jessica Stam.

Early life

Marks was born in Calgary, Alberta, and was discovered at the Calgary Woman's Show at the age of 12 (already 178 cm tall) by Kelly Streit, the owner of Mode Models. He invited her to enter Mode's upcoming model search, which she won. She was still not convinced on the idea of modelling and agreed to help Streit with taking on jobs a few times a month.^[2]

Career

At almost 15 Marks was sent to Toronto and began booking jobs in New York, including her first editorial for Italian Vogue. She made her runway debut at the Givenchy Spring 2003 couture show. She made her ready-to-wear show debut in the Spring/Summer 2004 season, in which she walked over 43 shows (including Anna Sui, Blumarine, Burberry, Chanel, D&G, Givenchy, Lanvin, Louis Vuitton, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Marni, MaxMara, Rochas, Sportmax and Versus by Versace). In each the Spring/Summer 2005 and Fall/Winter 2005 catwalk show seasons she walked in over 70 shows.^[3]

Marks has since done shows and advertisements for D & G, Calvin Klein, Emporio Armani, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Max Mara, Moschino, Kenzo, Jimmy Choo, Lacoste, Anna Sui, Christian Lacroix, Just Cavalli, Badgley Mischka, Jeremy Laing, Sisley and other prominent fashion designers. She has also appeared in advertisements for H&M, Aubin & Wills, Converse, Victoria's Secret, Lui Jeans, American Eagle, Benetton, Blanco, Cacharel, Daks, GAP, Holt Renfrew, Lee Jeans, Levi's, Mango, Sportmax, Swarovski, Trussardi and Via Spiga. She is very well known in the industry as a beauty and money model, as she has appeared in cosmetics campaigns for Anna Sui, Revlon, MAC and NARS, VDL Cosmetics as well her many turns in the beauty editions of both Japanese and Italian Vogue .

She has appeared on the covers of magazines such as the German, Korean, Latinoamerican, Mexican and Spanish editions of Vogue , the Croatian, Canadian, and Italian editions of Elle in addition to Harper's Bazaar, Dazed, French, Velvet, Flair, Fashion, BLACK and Mixte. In 2006 she participated in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.^[4] Marks has also appeared in the catalogs for Bloomingdales, Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Lloyd Jewelry, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Holt Renfrew, Max Mara, Americana Manhasset and Aubin & Wills

She also had a role in the feature film Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012).

Personal life

Marks currently lives in Greenwich Village with her English Bulldog, Otis. She has said that she used to be a "tomboy" and is a fan of wakeboarding, snowboarding, and soccer. She has a younger brother (Stephen) and two older sisters (Shelly and Tracy). She also owns a cabin in Shuswap, British Columbia, where she stays for at least one month a year.^[5]

Agencies

Mode Calgary/Edmonton/Portland (Mother Agency)
Giovanni Model Management (Toronto)
Women New York
Women Milan
Women Paris
Select London
Louisa Hamburg/Munich

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References

↑ "Heather Marks - Model".
↑ "Hello Magazine Canada" . Retrieved 2011-03-14.
↑ "Fashion Model Database" . Retrieved 2011-03-14.
↑ "Internet Movie Database". IMDb . Retrieved 2007-02-22.
↑ "Hello Magazine Canada" . Retrieved 2011-03-14.

External links

Heather Marks at IMDb
Heather Marks at Fashion Model Directory
Heather Marks photos at Style.com (archived)

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[1] "Heather Marks - Model".

[2] "Hello Magazine Canada" . Retrieved 2011-03-14.

[3] "Fashion Model Database" . Retrieved 2011-03-14.

[4] "Internet Movie Database". IMDb . Retrieved 2007-02-22.

[5] "Hello Magazine Canada" . Retrieved 2011-03-14.

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Heather Marks
Heather Marks modeling for Miss Sixty, Fall 2007 New York Fashion Week
Born	(1988-07-25) July 25, 1988 (age 35) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Modeling information
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Hair color	Light brown
Eye color	Blue-grey
Agency	Women / 360 (New York) Women Management (Paris, Milan) Select Model Management (London) Uno Models (Barcelona) Scoop Models (Copenhagen) DAS Model Management (Miami) Louisa Models (Munich)^[1]