Claudia Schiffer

Claudia Maria Schiffer (; born 25 August 1970) is a German model and actress based in the United Kingdom. She rose to fame in the 1990s as one of the world's most successful models, attaining supermodel status. In her early career, she was compared to Brigitte Bardot.

She has appeared on more than 1000 magazine covers and holds the record for the model with the most magazine covers, listed in the ''Guinness Book of World Records''. In 2002, ''Forbes'' estimated her net worth to be around US$55 million.

Early life

Claudia Maria Schiffer was born in Rheinberg, a small town northwest of Duisburg, on 25 August 1970, to mother Gudrun and father Heinz Schiffer (1937–2007), a lawyer.Biography
". ''Ask Men''. Retrieved 19 June 2007.
Hamburger Abendblatt, 26 July 2007 She has two brothers, Stefan and Andreas, and one sister, Ann Carolin (born 1975). Schiffer is fluent in three languages – German, English and French.

Career

Modelling

Schiffer originally aspired to become a lawyer and used to work in her father's law firm.Claudia Schiffer: Biography
". ''MSN''. Retrieved 12 June 2007. In October 1987, at age 17, she was scouted in a nightclub in Düsseldorf by Michel Levaton, the head of Metropolitan Model Agency, and was later signed to the agency as a model. After leaving high school, Schiffer flew to Paris for a trial photo shoot, and subsequently appeared on the cover of ''Elle''.

In 1989, she starred in campaigns for Guess?. Guess? co-founder Paul Marciano said in E! Forbes Top 15 Supermodel Beauties Who Made Bank, "Guess? name became really much more known around the world because fClaudia". Early on in her career, Schiffer was said to resemble Brigitte Bardot. After several other magazine appearances including the cover of British ''Vogue'', shot by Herb Ritts,
. ''Vogue cover''. Retrieved 6 March 2012. Schiffer was selected by Karl Lagerfeld to become the new face of Chanel, where she walked in her first fashion show in January 1990.

Named one of the most beautiful women in the world, her ability to appeal to a global audience assured an internationally successful career spanning over 25 years. In addition to ''Elle'' and ''Vogue'', Schiffer has appeared on the covers of numerous other magazines including ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Cosmopolitan'', and ''Time'', and was the first model to be featured on the covers of ''Vanity Fair'', ''Rolling Stone'', and ''People''. She was one of 10 models on ''Vogue''s 100th anniversary cover in 1992. In May 1997, Schiffer was featured on the cover and in the pictorial of ''Playboy''. She has appeared on a total of more than 1,000 magazine covers.

Schiffer has walked in fashion shows for various fashion houses, including Versace, Karl Lagerfeld, Chloé, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Fendi, Michael Kors, Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren, Balmain, Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Valentino. In 1992, she was earning a runway fee of $20,000 per show.

She has appeared in advertising campaigns for Chanel, Versace, Balmain, Giorgio Armani, Karl Lagerfeld, Dom Pérignon, Alberta Ferretti, Bulgari, Chloé, Escada, Blumarine, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Max Mara, Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Emporio Armani, Liz Claiborne, Prada, Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Jacobs, Guess?, Salvatore Ferragamo, Neiman Marcus, Gap, Dillard's, Saks Fifth Avenue, Revlon, Intergaz and Pepsi. In 1994, she starred in a campaign for Valentino, photographed by Arthur Elgort in Rome, which was inspired by the film '' La Dolce Vita''. In 1997, Schiffer signed an exclusive worldwide contract with L'Oréal. Schiffer still holds a contract with L'Oréal and is one of their longest standing ambassadors.

As well as endorsing luxury brands, Schiffer has appeared as the face of high street retailers including Mango and Accessorize

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