Anna Luisa Ewers (; born 14 March 1993) is a

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fashion model. She is featured on the 2015

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. With her multiple campaigns, covers, and runway shows she is ranked as one of the top models in the fashion industry. In 2015, Models.com reported that she was chosen as Model of the Year by the fashion industry. In a new generation of models known for their social media followings helping them get jobs, Anna Ewers has been compared to

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(with whom she co-starred in a

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ad campaign) in that she is successful while keeping her private life off social media. She has also been compared to French icon

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and fellow German supermodel

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Career

Ewers first started modeling in Colombia while she was an exchange student, then returned to Germany for school and worked as a cocktail waitress. Ewers was discovered by Alexander Wang when the designer found her photograph on a blog. He sent the image to casting director Anita Bitton who said "Lets find this girl!" Since then she has been Alexander Wang's muse. During spring/summer 2014 Fashion Week (September–October 2013), she walked 37 fashion shows, including Céline,

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and opened

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and Alexander Wang. In February 2014, she was Milan Fashion Week's Top Model, walking 18 runways including

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and

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. She often poses for ''

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'' editorials : ''Miss Vogue Hamptons'' in October 2013, ''Fatale'' in March 2014 and another one alongside

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for the June/July issue. She received her first cover in August 2014. Her other international covers include the Italian and Chinese editions of Vogue. Between July 2013 and May 2015 she was on the cover of Vogue nine times, and in March 2015 was on the cover of Vogue Germany with five variant covers. She won the models.com award for Breakout Star. She was chosen by

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to be on the 2015

, alongside

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and Raquel Zimmermann. In 2015, she covered the February issue of ''

''. In April 2018, Anna appeared in the David Yurman F/W 2018 campaign, which continued the theme of “Celebration,” and was first established in the brand's 2000 campaign. This campaign were shot by

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and featured top models Joan Smalls, Ashley Graham,

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, and others. Ewers has been featured in more than 100 editorials, campaigns, and lookbooks, including magazine covers for '' i-D'', '' Numero China'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

'' and '' W''. She has walked the runway for over 60 designers, notably

, Balmain,

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, and

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amongst many others.

Personal life

Ewers lives in

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. She has two sisters, Andrea and Antonia.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ewers, Anna 1993 births Living people German female models German expatriates in the United States