Stephanie Rose Bertram (born 26 October 1994) is a Belgian

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Early life and family

Rose was born in

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It is the capital and larges ...

; her father is a Belgian of Scottish descent while her mother is Portuguese,

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n, and

Senegalese Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

descent. Her mother signed her with a modeling agency when she was 13. She was raised in

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, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, in

Deinze Deinze () is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Lei ...

Career

Bertram was cast by the Dominique agency at 16 and attracted notice in a photo-shoot with

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for Jambox; she has since appeared in campaigns for H&M,

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, Hunkemöller,

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, and

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among others. She moved to the United States at age 18, and signed with Marilyn. She was the subject of photo articles in ''

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'', shot by

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, and in ''Galore'', and modeled for several fashion houses. In 2015, she was the first Belgian model to be featured in promotion for the ''

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''.

Personal life and family

Bertram had a relationship with the Dutch football player

Gregory van der Wiel Gregory Kurtley van der Wiel (born 3 February 1988) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a right-back. Born in Amsterdam, Van der Wiel is a product of the AFC Ajax youth system. In 2010, he was awarded the Johan Cruyff Award for "Young Pla ...

, At the time they met, she was 17. They previously lived in Paris; after his transfer to the Turkish club Fenerbahçe in 2016, they moved to

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. In 2018, Bertram and van der Wiel have a daughter, born in Toronto. Their relationship ended in 2022.

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