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and Jonathan Wiedemann, an American. Her maternal grandparents were Swedish actress

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and Italian film director

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Early life

Wiedemann was born and raised in

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. She has three half siblings from her father's second marriage. She also has a brother on her mother's side. She attended high school at the

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, where she became fluent in French. Growing up, Wiedemann suffered from

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, a spinal condition that had also afflicted her mother, and had to wear a back brace 23 hours a day from the ages of 12 to 17. She attended college at

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, graduating with a

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. She attended a two-year graduate school program at the

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in order to receive a master's degree in Biomedicine, Bioscience and Society.

Career

Wiedemann worked as a fashion model and spokesperson for over 10 years before ''Impatient Foodie''. She was discovered by Bruce Weber and quickly became one of the industry's most coveted models, shooting with photographers such as

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, and Craig McDean for magazines such as '' American Vogue'', '' French Vogue'', '' Harpers Bazaar'', '' Another'', ''Muse'', '' GQ'', the French and Italian editions of ''

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'', to name a few. She has also been a spokesmodel for Lancôme since 2004 and done ads for Lancôme makeup, fragrance, and skin care worldwide. While she was modeling, Wiedemann attended graduate school at the

(LSE), ultimately receiving her Masters of Science (MSc) in Biomedicine, Biosciences and Society in 2010. Her MSc dissertation was an analysis of a biotech proposal known as

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and the future of feeding urban populations in light of climate change. Upon graduation from the LSE, Wiedemann launched a pop-up restaurant, GOODNESS. GOODNESS featured a different chef and different menu every day. GOODNESS popped up twice at NY Fashion Week and at Iceland's Design March Festival before turning into a show (''Elettra's Goodness'') on ''Vogue''s new channel. Guests included

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, Grace Coddington, and

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. She has also written for publications including

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, ''VICE Munchies'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Paper Magazine'', ''The Cut'', and ''Cherry Bombe''.Elettra Wiedemann
. ''elettrawiedemann.com''.

Personal life

Wiedemann was married to restaurateur James Marshall from 2012 to 2015. She has two sons with actor Caleb Lane. She raced in several triathlons and three Half Ironman races. For her last race (Ironman 70.3 in Lake Stevens), she renounced energy gels and baked all of her own bite-sized food for racing fuel, and is convinced it helped her achieve her fastest 70.3 time.

References

External links

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Announced as new Lancome spokesmodel

Vanity Fair: Eco-Chic Becomes Elettra
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rossellini Wiedemann, Elettra 1983 births Living people American female models American people of German descent American people of Italian descent American people of French descent American people of Swedish descent Writers from Manhattan The New School alumni United Nations International School alumni 21st-century American women Elettra