Juana Burga Cervera is a Peruvian model, actress, and activist. She is the only Peruvian fashion model to have walked in New York, London, Milan, and

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s. ''Cosas Magazine Peru'' named her the most successful Peruvian model of all time, and ''Ellos & Ellas Magazine'' named her one of the most powerful Peruvian women in March 2017.

Career

In addition to modelling and acting, Burga is an Ambassador in Peru, where she works to protect the artisans who produce sustainable fibres and then export the material around the world. In her opinion, she is "Peru's engine of

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." Juana has been documenting Peruvian textile-artisans for the past three years and launched an exhibition on the artisans in

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, in November 2017. Juana is also a supporter of the

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organisation, and she recently returned from a trip to the

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. She attended Parley's Ocean School alongside

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, MIA, and others in order to learn about the issues and find solutions to plastic pollution in the oceans. In 2017, she starred in ''The Unseen'' (''Los Ultimos''), a post-apocalyptic movie. In 2023, she starred '' The Most Feared Skin'' (La piel más temida), a Peruvian-Colombian drama film. Burga currently resides in New York City and travels frequently to Peru. She is married to Martín Landgreve, a Danish film director.

Agencies

The Lions (agency) The Lions Management (The Lions Model Management, LLC) is a modeling agency based in New York City. The company was founded in 2014. Company history In 2014, several models quit their agencies to form The Lions including Agyness Deyn, Karen El ...

- New York City *

Elite Model Management Elite Model Management (MM) is a modeling agency that originated in Paris in 1972. In 2004, the agencies in New York City, Miami, Los Angeles, and Toronto separated and formed Elite Model Management North America. Elite MM is a subsidiary of El ...

- Paris *

- Milan *

- London *

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* Sight Management - Barcelona * Unique Models - Copenhagen * Modelwerk - Hamburg

Awards

Burga won the 2007 Elite Model Look contest of Peru.

References

External links

* https://www.facebook.com/juana.burga?sk=info * http://www.supermodels.nl/juanaburga * http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Juana_Burga/ Peruvian female models Living people Models from Lima 1991 births The Lions (agency) models Elite Model Management models {{Peru-bio-stub