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Nadja Auermann is a supermodel and
actress from Berlin, Germany.
She was born to 2 bankers in West Berlin, Germany, who divorced when she
was young. In 1984, her older sister suggested she begin thinking about
modeling in order to cash in on her legs, which were unusually long for a
13-year old. In 1989, she left school with the equivalent of a Higher
School Certificate with the intention to work for a few years as a
waitress while she decided what to do with her life. That was until
another woman recommended she begin modeling. She arrived in Paris in
1990, unsuccessfully signing with Karins Modeling Agency in the same year.
In 1991, she signed with Elite Model Management. Auermann landed modeling
gigs, but it wasn't until she bleached her hair platinum blonde for a
prêt-à-porter collection that her career took off. Everyone from Harper's
Bazaar to Vogue came crawling, as both magazines featured portfolios on
the "it" girl in modeling. By 1994, Nadja (now donning a cropped haircut)
was the model for runways and magazine photo spreads. This was made clear
with a 26-page Neiman Marcus shoot in Harper's Bazaar and consecutive
Vogue photo shoots in 1994. She had her picture taken for French Vogue, in
addition to appearing in Benetton clothing advertisements. Auermann has
modeled for Versace, and she appeared in their classic ad photo in
miniskirts along with Kristen McMenamy, Christy Turlington, Claudia
Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, and Stephanie Seymour. In the following years,
she was photographed by Ellen von Unwerth and appeared in and on the
covers of numerous magazines. In 1997, she had her first child with Olaf
Björn, a daughter called Cosima. Two years later, she married German actor
Wolfram Grandezka. The couple welcomed their first son, Nicolas, the same
year and divorced a few years later.
In recent years, Auermann launched her own perfume ("Nadja Auermann") and
has begun acting, having been in two German-language films: Letztes
Kapitel (2005) and Dornröschens Leiser Tod (2004). She is known throughout
the world for her record-breaking long legs, which are 114cm (45") long. |
