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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley[1] (born 18 April 1987) is an English model and actress. She is best known for her work for lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret and Burberry, and also for her role as Carly Spencer in the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the third installment in the Transformers film series.[2]
Huntington-Whiteley was born at the Freedom Fields Hospital, in Plymouth, Devon. Her mother, Fiona (née Jackson), is a fitness instructor, and her father, Charles Andrew Huntington-Whiteley, is a chartered surveyor.[3][4] Her paternal great-grandfather, Eric Huntington-Whiteley, was from a known English political family, and was the son of politician Sir Herbert Huntington-Whiteley, 1st Baronet; Eric married Rosie's great-grandmother, Enid Kohn, who was from a family of Polish Jews who emigrated to Britain in the 1870s.[5] Rosie's paternal grandmother, Gillian, was also from a Jewish family, and was the daughter of Jacob Franks, a prominent surgeon in Sussex.[6][7][8]
Huntington-Whiteley grew up on a farm in Tavistock, Devon.[9][10] She claims she was bullied and teased at school for having a double-barrelled name, small breasts and full lips.[1][11] Her first modelling session was at sixteen, posing for a Levi's commercial.[1] In 2004, Huntington-Whiteley was photographed by Bruce Weber for Abercrombie & Fitch.[12]
Victoria's Secret and modelling
Since 2006, Huntington-Whiteley has modelled for American lingerie brand Victoria's Secret. The model made her Victoria's Secret debut at the brand's 2006 show in Los Angeles.[citation needed]Huntington-Whiteley remained unknown in the fashion industry up until 2008, when she was cast by chief creative director Christopher Bailey, replacing Agyness Deyn for Burberry's autumn/winter campaign with actor Sam Riley.[13][14] She got her first British Vogue cover, for the November 2008 issue, alongside Eden Clark and Jourdan Dunn in a feature celebrating British models.[citation needed] The following year, she was featured as the face of Karen Millen's spring/summer 2009 advertising campaign.[15] Huntington-Whiteley received an Elle Style Award for 2009's "Model of the Year".[16] She starred in a short film for Agent Provocateur playing a woman whose boyfriend forgets Valentine's Day.[citation needed] For fall/winter 2009, she modelled campaigns for Godiva and Miss Sixty.[17] In late 2009, Huntington-Whiteley officially became a Victoria's Secret Angel[citation needed], modelling for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York City.[18]
In 2010, she posed nude for the Pirelli Calendar, which was photographed by Terry Richardson.[18][19] Huntington-Whiteley hit the runway for designers Prada in Milan and Giles Deacon in Paris.[20][21] For SS10 her advertising campaigns included Monsoon's first underwear line, Thomas Wylde, Full Circle, and VS Online.[17][22] In March, she collaborated with VOGUE.COM to share her outfit choices daily for the Today I'm Wearing feature.[citation needed] She appeared on the covers of the May 2010 issues of Harper's Bazaar Russia and GQ UK.[23] She was featured on the cover of LOVE Magazine's September issue, styled as a pinup girl.[24] For FW10 she modelled for Burberry as well as the company's first Beauty line ad; her other advertising campaigns included Loewe, Thomas Wylde, and Leon Max.[17][25][26] Fashion photographer Rankin devoted a book entirely to her entitled Ten Times Rosie. Rankin thinks Huntington-Whiteley puts diversity back into fashion: "We’ve been looking at very, very skinny, almost masculine girls for a long time. [Rosie] really is the model of the moment. She’s the actress of the moment. She’s definitely going to become something much, much bigger."[27][28] Celebrity make-up artist Ruby Hammer, who has worked with Huntington-Whiteley for years, described her as the "quintessential" English rose.[29]
In March 2011, she landed her first solo British Vogue cover.[30] In May, she was voted No. 1 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100" list.[31] She was also voted No.1 in FHM's World's Sexiest Woman 2011 poll.[32] She appeared on the covers of the UK's July issues of Elle and GQ.[23][33]
Huntington-Whiteley was unveiled as the face of Burberry's newest fragrance, Burberry Body, in July 2011.[34][35]
As of July 2011, she ranks No. 15 on "The Money Girls" list and No. 3 on the "Top 20 Sexiest Models" list at MODELS.COM.[36][37]
In 2012, Huntington-Whiteley was named the top style icon at the Elle Style Awards.[38]
Acting
Huntington-Whiteley will have a role in the film Mad Max: Fury Road, which is scheduled for a release in 2014.[47]
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