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Claudia Schiffer - Biography |
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Claudia Schiffer was born August 25,
1970 in Rheinberg, Germany. She was raised the oldest of three other
siblings by her parents, Hienze and Gudrun Schiffer. Claudia was raised in
Dusseldorf, Germany to a homemaker mom and lawyer dad. As a child growing
up, Claudia did not wish to become a model, rather she wanted to be a
lawyer and work in her father's successful law firm.
Claudia's aspirations of becoming a successful attorney came to a halt
when she went to a club for a night on the town with her friends in
October 1987. A modeling agent, Michel Levaton, spotted Claudia and was
instantly taken by her. Claudia flew off to Paris for her first test shoot
and a star was born.
Claudia's initial emergence came from the popular cover shot for Elle
magazine. Claudia received unbelievable recognition by magazines in Europe
and was later selected to be the new Guess? girl in 1989. While she was
fulfilling her Guess? ad campaign duties, Claudia managed to appear on
five magazine covers in the United States and seven in Europe.
At 5'11" with long, flowing blonde hair and piercing blue eyes, she has
appeared on over five hundred magazine covers and her annual calendar is
always one of the hottest selling items around. She has made many
television appearances throughout her successful career on shows such as
Larry King Live, The Tonight Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, and
Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Beside her television stints, Claudia also
appeared in a number of feature films including the most recent, Love
Actually, starring Hugh Grant.
Claudia is quite the entrepreneur, having made a personal exercise video
and being one of the original founders of the trendy Fashion Cafe (with
fellow supermodels Elle MacPherson, Christy Turlington, and Naomi
Campbell.)
As for her hobbies, Claudia likes to ride horses, paint, play tennis,
read, ski, and dance. This beauty is also fluently trilingual - she speaks
German, French and English.
Claudia remains one of the top five supermodels in the modelling industry
today. She signed a four-year contract with Revlon cosmetics worth $6
million.
Claudia is currently married to Matthew Vaughn and is expecting their
second child later this year. |
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Claudia Schiffer - Personal Quotes |
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"I know one day I'll be
considered too old. I think 40-year-old women actually look more
healthy and fit than some girls in their 20s. I've met women who
have way better bodies in their 40s because they've been working on
them for all these years."
"I actually don't meet very many men because they are, I guess,
afraid to approach me or think that I'm from another planet." - on
turning 30, to the German magazine Stern
(on turning down appearing in Playboy in the nude): "It's not that
I'm against nudity. I'm German, I'm very open, in Germany they lay
in the park naked. It's just the principle."
"I always wanted to be less tall. When I was at school I was the
same height as all of my girlfriends and then suddenly I was turning
12 and almost overnight I got really tall. I became the height I am
now from one day to another... and everyone else stayed short. Boys
don't want to be seen with a girl that is taller than them. It was
totally isolating because I was different from my friends."
"I used to work every single day and travel round the world. I
worked weekends, I never took one second off. When I met my husband
I said, "You know what, this is important. I'm not going to work
weekends any more." And when I had kids, I became even more careful.
Modelling work is fine because you can do one day here, two days
there, you're never long gone."
"I love being pregnant. You can do whatever you want. You don't feel
guilty, because I used to feel guilty about having a day off. And,
you know, something really strange happened to me. Before my
pregnancies, I was someone who had to watch their weight."
"I love wearing flat shoes, but I am not one of those girls who
walks around in sweat pants and sneakers. I think I have something
going on with shoes. Flat shoes. I buy them in several colors at
once. High heels are for work and they have always been
uncomfortable for me. I'm amazed when I see mothers wearing high
heels. If your kids run off you can't run after them."
"I just love to shock people. Yesterday my friend said, "What a
great top, is it Stella?" I said, "No, it's Mango, £25." I'm never
head-to-toe in anything. I like to mix things from Prada, things
from Marc Jacobs. But, you know, you can spend several thousand
pounds on something, wear it for one day and the button falls off. I
get really pissed off when you spend so much money." |
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Claudia Schiffer - Filmography |
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"Arrested Development" ....
Balboa Towers Security (1 episode, 2003)
- Charity Drive (2003) TV Episode (uncredited) .... Balboa Towers
Security
Love Actually (2003) .... Carol
"Dharma & Greg" .... Gretchen (2 episodes, 2002)
- This Diamond Ring (2002) TV Episode .... Gretchen
- I Think, Therefore I Am in Trouble (2002) TV Episode .... Gretchen
Life Without Dick (2002) .... Mary
In Pursuit (2001) (V) .... Catherine Wells
Meeting Genevieve (2000) .... Genevieve
Black and White (1999/I) .... Greta
Friends & Lovers (1999) .... Carla
... aka Friends and Lovers (Philippines: English title)
Desperate But Not Serious (1999) .... Gigi
... aka Reckless + Wild (USA: DVD title)
The Blackout (1997) .... Susan
... aka The Blackout (France)
Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994) .... Aerobics Instructor
"De tú a tú" (1 episode, 1993) |
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Claudia Schiffer - Related Links |
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Wikipedia: Claudia Schiffer
YouTube: Claudia Schiffer
Claudia Schiffer at Babemania.com
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