Michaela Bercu, Supermodel in the 80`and 90`s Options

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Michaela Bercu



Personal stat:
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blue
Height: 182 cm
Measurements: 87,5 – 53,5 – 90
Agency: Elite


Biography:
Michaela is a former Israeli/ Romanian supermodel and she was the most photographed model in 1988, and she has one of the greatest success stories, ever. She was born in Tel Aviv 31.march 1967, but growing up in Bucharest in Romania. Her she was enrolled in a private elementary school. She was young when she started as a model. She was spotted by one of the biggest fashion photographers of the 80s Billy King. He shot her for an unknown Jeans company, Bonjour (She appeared a bit older than 16). Her Elite agent closed a deal by which she won't be paid, but her name will appear on the ads and billboards. It was the first time a model got credit on a commercial picture, and a star was born and Michaela immediately turned to the "it" girl of the moment. The weird thing about Michaela is that she was scared to death of runways, and the only time she would do them is during fashion week here in New York. She was total snapshot gal.

In 1989 she was one of the five original Revlon's Most Unforgettable Women in the World and then her big moment arrived: Anna Wintour, the newly appointed Vogue US editor, picked her for her now-classic "cover that shook the world". Michaela was photographed by Ellen Von Unwerth in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, wearing a Couture jacket by Christian Lacroix and a blue denim by Guess?. She has also done big advertisements for name like Andrew Marc, Gainsboro “Exceptino” fragrance, JOSEPH Parfum de Jour, Laurèl, Rochas and have been on international cover like, Australian Vogue (1990), Canadian Flare (1991), France Vogue (1988), Germany`s Vogue (1989) and Harpers Bazaar (1990), Italian Vogue (1988, twice), Swedish Elle (1990), American Vogue (1989), Cosmopolitian (1989 and 1990), Elle (1989), Glamour (1989 and 1991), and she was also to in in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuits in 1990.

Michaela was the highest point of the "healthy look". It was also its last moment. Cindy Crawford moved from "healthy" to "sportive", bringing along Stephanie, Helena, Claudia and Christy. Michaela vanished from the Vogue-Harpers-Official pages. She made two "sexy" covers of Cosmo, and then turned to second-grade ads. In 1993 she tried a comeback, doing both an Oberson Swimsuits campaign and a Mirabella editorial; it was her last international cover.

Michaela Bercu never made a nude pics in her fashion career. But suddenly, after her withdrawal, she received an offer she couldn't refuse: Francis Coppola chose her for “Bram Stoker's Dracula”, in 1992, her she is one of the three "brides" of Keenu Reeves, not only nude but convincingly engaged in what a movie critic described as "a demonic oral sex orgy". Suddenly Michaela was everywhere, from the cover of Observer to the arts pages of the NY Times. But the studio's PR, for some obscure reasons, preferred to promote the second "bride", Sadie Frost, claiming Michaela's poor English would hurt the press junkets chances. Frost bombed as the sexy side of Dracula; ironically, the third bride made a career from the oral scene. She was a then little-known Italian model called Monica Bellucci.

She lives in Paris whit her husband and 5 children, but she and her family are often in her country Bucharest is in Romania, where she grows up. She still works as a model, modeling for plus size fashion. She was 41 years old in March 2008.





some of this pictures I found on tfs and hfg, credit to orgianal scanner

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Francis Coppola chose her for “Bram Stoker's Dracula”, in 1992, she is one of the three "brides" of Keenu Reeves

Michaela Bercu, Monica Bellucci,Keanu Reeves and Florina Kendrick

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Cosmopolitan (US) May 1993
Smart About Clothes

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some pics of her today...

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Michaela for Erez

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Michaela for Laurel

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Some of her covers. . . . ..

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[lisa-1]

Thanks Miss she is wonderful!

[jal718]

Great thread Miss! I had forgotten about her.

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Thanks jal!

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You're welcome bill

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My two favorites.

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