Celeste Thorson (born July 23, 1984) is an American

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, model,

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, and

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. She is best known for her roles on ''

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'', ''

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'' and as a host for numerous lifestyle and

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shows. Thorson has written twenty four episodes of television and several short films. As a model, she has been featured in modeling and commercial campaigns for

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, Yoplait,

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, and Paul Mitchell.

Early life

Thorson was born in

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, to her mother a

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ist, and father a

United States Marine The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...

; the two divorced during Thorson's childhood. Her mother is of Lebanese, Spanish, French Huguenot and Apache Mescalero Native American descent. Her father was born in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

and was adopted as a young child by the Thorson family in

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

. On her father's side she is of

n and Scottish Irish descent. Thorson traveled much of the southwestern

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

during grade school and high school, attending a number of private and public schools. Her residence changed often as her family would acquire commercial and residential real estate stretching from

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and

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New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

and

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. After graduating early from high school, Thorson moved to San Miguel de Allende,

Guanajuato Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...

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to continue the three-generation family tradition of attending the historic Instituto Allende. Thorson studied classical art, silver working, jewelry making, sculpture and bronze casting at the privately owned institute, which was founded in 1950.

Career

At the age of 17, Thorson returned to the United States and moved to

, California, to pursue political activism. As one of the youngest members in her office, Thorson quickly rose to the position of the Top Fundraiser in the Nation for the Public Interest Research Group. As a political activist she has worked to support many non-profit organizations such as Children International,

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, Public Interest Research Group, and

Sierra Club The Sierra Club is an environmental organization with chapters in all 50 United States, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico. The club was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by Scottish-American preservationist John Muir, who be ...

. She has committed her career to raising awareness and support for charitable causes around the world.

Modeling

At the age of 19, Celeste Thorson was discovered and signed by the Cuttingham Escott Slevin Doughty CESD Talent Agency in Los Angeles as a commercial and actress and model. She modeled in global markets such as: Los Angeles,

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Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

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, the

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, and

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. Thorson has been the cover girl for numerous magazines around the world and Billboards spanning the United States,

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and

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. She has appeared in many modeling campaigns for clients like

, Fred Segal, Markwins, BIOQUE, Pinar Eris, Seril, Core Clothing, Jerry Terrence, Anna D. Milano, Eduardo Lucero, Louis Verdad, Margie Kent, Alisse Thatcher, Maggie Barry, D'Voshion, ISSI Fashion

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, Qimone,

and Paul Mitchell. Throughout her modeling career she has worked with celebrity photographers, Giuliano Bekor, Lionel Deluy, David Lee (photographer), Nikola Borrisov, Sean Armenta, Leea Haeger, Patricia de La Rosa, Kim Grisco, Amir Magal, Nicolaas De Bruin, Rachel Stephens, Shane Sato, Garet Field Sells, Tom Concordia, Scott Nathan, Steven Kay, Andrew Paynter, Brooks Ayola, Suzette Troche, Akif Hakan Celebi, Larissa Underwood, and one of Tyra Banks favorite America's Next Top Model

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Matthew Jordan Smith. DVOSHION-CELESTETHORSON-REDCARPET-AREA-LOS-ANGELES

Film and television

Thorson's first television appearances were for two consecutive

commercials directed by Brian Beletic. She joined the

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as a professional actress and appeared in commercial ads for clients like

(director Shaun Conrad),

, and

(Believe Media). She also gave a cameo appearance in the

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music video,

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, directed by

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. She was cast as an athletic, action sports star on the adventure TV series ''Destination X: Hawaii'' season one and ''Destination X: California season two''. Destination X airs on Direct TV, Dish Network, Comcast and Time Warner Cable on The Resorts & Residence Channel and MavTV. It has broadcast on the

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and in over 66 countries around the world. The first season was filmed on the

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of Oahu, Kauai, and Hawaii where Thorson hosted and participated in various outdoor sports like sky diving, mountain biking, jet skiing, scuba diving, parasailing, swimming with sharks, and rappelling off mountains. Season two was shot throughout

, Mexicali, and

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where Thorson did races and did photos shoots with exotic sports cars like the Lotus Elise,

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, Bugatti Veyron,

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GTI,

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and many others. Destination X California also featured the Willow Springs race track, as well as drifting and racing rallies like the Gumball and

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. With the help of stunt pilots Thorson also did aerobatic maneuvers in the L-39 Albatros fighter jet. During her film career she starred in ''

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''Room Nine
/ref> a short film about a deadly girl on the run in the desert, directed by Paul Street of Streetlight Films UK and Believe Media. "Room Nine" was filmed in the

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, California and featured Thorson exploding a pickup truck. The film screened at the ArcLight Hollywood Cinema in

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at the Hollywood Film Festival., the

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The 2008 Palm Beach International Film Festival
/ref> in

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and at the New York Picture Start Film FestivalNY PictureStart
where Thorson was nominated for Best Actress. Theatrically, Thorson has performed in numerous dramatic films. She portrayed "Rocker Jill" in the feature film ''Satin'' which starred

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, Michael Cudlitz, and

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. Science fiction films such as director Matt Atom's ''Seagulls'' and Michael R. Chance's film alongside

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, published by The Escapist as part of New Regency Productions Prototype program. Comedically, Thorson appeared in the " Zoo or False" episode of ''

'' alongside

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winning actor Neil Patrick Harris and actress Collette Wolfe. Thorson also performed in comedic television shows such as ''

'', ''

'', and ''

''. Celeste Thorson has written a total of 27 episodes of

, 8 webisodes, and 4 short films. She has produced and directed several programs.

Filmography

Festivals and awards

Celeste Thorson won the Model Star Award for Best Female representing the United States at the Asia Model Festival Award
Award Acceptance
in Seoul, Korea. She traveled to

to accept the award.

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, the

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and the United States were all represented in the ceremony, with award winners like

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, Iza Calzado, Park Min-young,

Han Ye-seul Han Ye-seul (Hangul: 한예슬; born Leslie Kim on September 18, 1981) is an American-born South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in the sitcom '' Nonstop 4'' (2003), and has since played leading roles in television dramas such as ''Co ...

Ju Ji-hoon Ju Ji-hoon (born May 16, 1982) is a South Korean actor and model. His first leading role was in the 2006 hit drama ''Princess Hours''. His other notable works include ''The Devil'', ''Antique'', ''Mask'', '' Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds'' ...

, and Celeste Thorson as the popular favorites of Asia. Thorson was nominated along with three others in her category at the Asia Model Festival Awards sponsored by the Republic of Korea's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, China Bentley Culture Development, Arirang TV China Guang Xi TV, Dong-A TV, ETN TV, and

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, a 35mm film directed by Paul Street, screened as an official selection of the Hollywood Film Festival at the Arclight Theater in Hollywood, California. Thorson was nominated for Best Actress at the Tenth Annual PICTURESTART FILM FESTIVAL in

. for her the same film ''

''. The Madame, a film written by Celeste Thorson directed by David Lee (photographer) was screened at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego as an official selection of the

La Jolla Fashion Film Festival The La Jolla Fashion Film Festival (LJFF) is an annual three-day film festival and host of the International Fashion Film Awards held in La Jolla, California. LJFF is the first international Fashion Film Festival of its kind to be founded in North ...

. Yogaphiles, the web series written by Thorson, screened in Atlanta, Georgia as an official selection of the Urban Mediamakers Film Festival.

Activism and advocacy

Celeste Thorson has been an activist for human and environmental rights for over a decade. She has promoted environmental protections, human and consumer rights through the efforts of organizations such as:

Unicef UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Devel ...

UN Women The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity working for gender equality and the empowerment of women. UN Women advocates for the rights of women and girls, and focu ...

Amnesty International Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and sup ...

Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City, that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. The group pressures governments, policy makers, companies, and individual human r ...

, Oceana, Public Interest Research Group,

Save The Children The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization established in the United Kingdom in 1919 to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic ...

, Children International, Nature Conservancy. Celeste Thorson, notably gave a keynote speech for

SoCal on

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about

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and

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, the online video reached a global large audience online.

References

External links

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Official Website
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