Helena Christensen Biography</b>

Link: http://www.bellazon.org/helena_christensen.html
Link: http://www.wft-forum.com/index.php?showtopic=869

Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Birthdate: December 25, 1968
Height: 176 (5'9½)
Bust: 90 (35½")
Waist: 61 (24")
Hips: 86 (34")
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
Agency: Fashion (Milan), Marilyn (Paris, NY)
Romantic Interest: Norman Reedus (Actor)
Children: 1 son (with Norman)




Helena Christensen is certainly one of the leading supermodels of the 1990's. She has had one of the most diverse careers of those belonging to this elite group familiar to most everyone.

The leaders of the fashion world have endlessly showered praise about Helena's captivating looks. The late designer Gianni Versace said she has the most beautiful body. Karl Lagerferld described her as possessing a figure type that's very rare. Nobody has better legs. John Galliano comments, she fills clothes with life and fire.

Her great success has allowed Helena to be more selective about her work. However, it is for her work for Victoria's Secret that she is perhaps best known to most. She appears regularly in eveyone's favorite lingere company's catalogs, as well as in televised ad campaigns, alongside other Victoria's Secret models like Yasmeen Ghauri.

In addition to these more traditional modeling opportunities, Helena has also worked in various film and television projects. These include: the MTV fashion show Fashionably Loud, the 1992 independent film Inferno, and Chris Isaak's hit music video Wicked Game.

Born on Christmas day in 1968 to a Danish father and Peruvian mother, Helena grew up in Denmark. Her childhood interests included music and photography. In 1986 she was selected as Miss Denmark and competed in the Miss Universe pageant. Following this experience, Helena left her home for Paris at the age of 18 to pursue a modeling career. There she excelled immediately, after a shoot for Elle Magazine. A cover shoot by Peter Lindbergh for Vogue followed, and within a short period, Helena was getting prominent contracts from leading designers on both sides of the Atlantic.

Helena soon gained further media attention through her relationship with rocker Michael Hutchence. She was frequently spotted with the late lead singer of INXS in the pages of the tabloids.

However, while Hutchence's career was declining, Helena's was quickly rising. For whatever reasons, the two grew apart after several years and went their separate ways before Hutchence's death.

Following Hutchence's death, she dated writer/photographer Peter Makebisch. Though they too have since broken up, she apparently left quite a mark on Mr. Makebisch, as his arm bears a tattoo of the Danish supermodel.

One of Helena's career highlights interestingly occurred outside of the normal modeling world. She was cast in 1991 for the video Wicked Game, Chris Isaac's single. The haunting song tells the tale of love gone bad. The video was shot on the dark sands and surf of Hawaii. Though she naturally was given no speaking lines, Helena plays the woman who wrongs Isaak. In the video she frolics along the beach, while Isaak croons about their love affair nearby.

Helena removes her bikini top in the water, and starts tantalizing him. The two embrace and proceed to roll around in the sand together. The song fades to a mellow ending, as she gets up and runs off into the distance. Wicked Game is still regularly aired on music channels, and was recently selected as the Sexiest Video of All-Time by MTV.

Helena maintains residences in New York, Monaco, and her native Copenhagen. She turns up every so often in the New York social-life columns as having attended events such as fundraisers, show openings, or movie premieres. Among her closest friends are fellow models Claudia Schiffer, Carla Bruni, Karen Mulder, and Eva Herzigova.

In an interview she listed that some of her interests including painting, photography, interior decorating, and Rock music. In addition to her modeling career, she has also worked as a creative director for Nylon magazine and taken many photographs for the editorials in the magazine.




"In modeling, there is no point in trying to prove you have a brain, so why even bother? I'd sooner save the energy for something more meaningful."

-Helena Christensen

Here's some candids of the lovely Helena C.& her son, Mingus :flower:




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Her son is so gorgeous!

I think Helena looks really beautiful now, I like her older.

Thanks for the photos malacha! :flower:

Here are some regular magazine photos of Helena from her earlier modeling days. :heart: :heart: :heart:

p.s. Does anyone know what Helena is up to today? I wanna say she's no longer working for Nylon magazine...



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Heh. I agree. He's totally got her facial structure too. I think Helena will always be gorgeous...and she seems really smart and talented...especially with her photography.

Here's a photography website that features her work:

Helena's Photography

Very beautifully Mel, thanks for starting...!

:flower: Verry beautiful thread Mel! :flower:


some pics of Helena I've found:

Thank you Marvin, very beautiful pictures.

You're welcome carsten, here are some new pics of her at

Pasarela Gaudí - Josep Miró





(credits to Pichichi @WMF!)

Hehe. See guys...what we were missing.:P Helena's gorgeous! :heart:

Woohoo! Helena is now doing ads for Gap, alongside Ana Barros. :D :heart:

Backstage Photos:




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Helena @ M-C fashion tribute in London (16th Feb)




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One older picture and some Chris Isaak video stills! :heart: :wub:

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Candids :flower:

A link to a website featuring a story on Helena and her new career as a professional photographer! :heart:


BBC Interview

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Marie Claire US November 1995
Divine Brown
Photography by Fabrizio Ferri

VERO MODA

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Thanks Marvin & Carsten. Beautiful pictures...i gotta post some more pictures up! We shouldn't let this forum die.Hehe. :heart:

OK Mel, here is a new one! :flower:



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LIBERTINE Fall 2004

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Vogue IT September 1992 Navy & Blue

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Marie Claire :heart:

Autore Magazine :heart: :wub:

:y: Great pics Mel, I've found some more: :flower:





- credits to annie -

Thanks Marvin! :flower:

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Here mom! :P

Missoni spring 1996

Genny spring 1996

Alma fall 1995 :o

http://www.firstview.com/Designers/Alma/Co...on/big/0010.JMH

http://www.firstview.com/Designers/Alma/Co...on/big/0047.JMH


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Hehe. Thank you darling! :P Helena is a hot mum as well. ;) :heart:

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