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snmkytkn Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Very lovely. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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66Lucy Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Did you know that Vendela has a Turkish father Snmkytkn ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snmkytkn Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Really????? I am very surprised to hear that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korravai Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 she is just so pretty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miss Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 :wave: Hello Vendela fans I have re-posted all the missing pictures of Vendela. Take a look from page 1 to page 5 (some re-posted and some new stuff...) ________________________________________________________________________________ ____ snmkytkn Some information about Vendela Born: Vendela Marie Kirsebom, 12.01.1967 to Norwegian mother and Turkish father. She don`t remember her father, he disappear out of her life before she was born. Vendela says she wants to find him, but she never had the time and opportunity to do so. She grew up in Norway whit her mother and grandmother, until they moved to Stockholm, Sweden when she was about 8 years old. (her grandmother is German and her grandfather is from Kristiansand in Norway). Her mother married her Swedish step-father, Lennart who she called her “father”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miss Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Biography Vendela Marie Kirsebom, was born on January 12, 1967, to Norwegian mother and Turkish father. She don`t remember her father, he disappear out of her life before she was born. Vendela have only on photo of her father, and her mother says she looks like him. Vendela has never been in Turkey and she don`t know anything about him, but she says that one day she will look him up, but it could be difficult because he has a very common last name. She grew up in Norway whit her mother Ingi and grandmother Lulu, until they moved to Stockholm, Sweden when she was about 8 years old. (Her grandmother Lulu is of German heritage and her grandfather is from Kristiansand in Norway). Vendela had a close relationship whit her grandmother and Vendela was by her site when she passed away in 2006 – 102 years old! Vendela was 13-14 years old when her mother married her Swedish step-father, Lennart who she called her “father”. Sun after she got three new siblings. The beautiful blue-eyed model was discovered at the age of 13 by Eileen Ford while eating in a restaurant called “Libertino” in Gamla Stan in Stockholm with her mother and stepfather. Vendela did not understand when a lady came and told her “Your face can make a million dollar”. The woman was Eileen Ford. Eileen was keeping the contact whit Vendela and her family all the time. By the age of 18, she graduated from Rudolf Steiner School and moved to Italy to pursue a career in modeling under the guidance of the famous Ford Models. She models for many years in Europe before she got her first big break. When the cosmetic company Elizabeth Arden was looking for a new model to be their face, told Eileen Ford them that they should try Vendela, because her classical, elegance and photogenic face – like Grace Kelly and she would be perfect for the company and their products. Vendela sign a million dollar contract whit Elizabeth Arden for 6 years (1988-1994) and moved to US. (She was replaced by Amber Valletta as the face of Elizabeth Arden in 1995). In 1993, only 26 years old she was asked to model for the 1993 Sport Illustrated Swimsuit shoots in Spain. Vendela was on another modeling job close by, when she was asked to join them, because one of the other models was unable to model. Vendela was a classic high-fashion model and was not a swimsuit model, but her slim and athletic body was a hit. Her pictures were so good that she was selected to be on their covers! The magazine was one of the three most well selling issues, whit 43 million sold copies! Vendela was one of their regular models for years; she was in the magazine in 1992, 1993, 1997, and the 2004 Sports Illustrated 40th Anniversary Swimsuit Special: American Beauty - together whit supermodels like Elle MacPherson, Paulina Porizkova, Rachel Hunter, Tyra Banks, Valeria Mazza, Heidi Klum, Cheryl Tiegs and Christie Brinkley. Vendela was also to see in their video ”Sport Illustrated Swimsuit ‘97”,”Sport Illustrated 1994 Swimsuit Issue” and appeared in “Sport Illustrated knockouts five decades of swimsuit photography” book. The same year, in 1996 she was asked to be an goodwill ambassador for UNICEF and took over after Audrey Hepburn and she sign a new contract, this time for Revlon`s brand, Almay. Vendela has since had a very successful career. The companies she has represented include Elizabeth Arden, Alma, Almay, Baked Lay's potato chips, Barbour, Diesel Jeans, Eddie Bauer, Elizabeth Arden 'Sunflowers' fragrance, Ellen Tracy, Garnier, Gottex, Hanes Underwear, JH Collectibles, Lay's potato chips, Lipton's Tea, L'Oreal Elnett, Liz Claiborne, Mikimoto, Rampage, Revlon Lasting fragrance, Victoria's Secret, jeweler David Andersen, and Lindex to name some. She has been on magazine cover to Bride`s, Flare, FHM, Zest, Cleo, Vogue (French), Amica, Elle, DT, Damernas Varld, Fitness, Mama, Tigue, Cosmopolitian, Sport Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, Esquire, Hamptons, New Woman, Veco Revyn, Mamma, Town & Country, Shape, Self, Café, New York, Razor, Red, and Henne. As her fame grew she branched out into TV, guest-starring on “Murphy Brown” (1995), "The Larry Sanders Show" (1995), "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (2004), and she worked as a tv- reporter during the 1994 Olympic Winter Games at Lillehammer, Norway for Entertainment Tonight and the Norwegian tv-channel Nrk and she was host for the “Swedish The Eurovision Song Contest” in 1999. She also acted in some television shows and films, such as the Italian Tv-series, “Pizza Navona” from 1988, then she had a guest role as fairy Godmother in the TV series “Blossom” (1992), guest role as Princess Vendela in the “Muppet Tonight” (1996), then a small part in the “Batman & Robin” movie in 1997, as Nora Fries, wife to Mr. Freeze, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and then as a bridal gown model in “The Parent Trap” from 1998. She also has been seen in the TV-series “Model Behavior “(2000), and in the TV-movie “Romy and Michele: In the Beginning” (2005), there Katherine Heigl and Kelly Brook had one of the lead roles. Vendela still is a very active figure in the international model community. In 2002 gave Vendela out the book “Model Mommy”, who is a guide to nutrition and exercise for new mothers. In 2004 she had her 20 years anniversary as a model, 37 years old. In 2006 was she face out and fashion reporter for Lindex (clothing line), and she is the face for the Norwegian jeweler’s designer David Andersen exclusive diamante collection and she was fashion reporter on her own TV-show for Norwegian television, TV2 called “Vendelas Verden”. In 2006 was she judge and host for the reality show Project Runway in Norway (“Designspirene”), then in 2007 was she host for the reality show “Norway's Next Top Model” and “Sweden's Next Top Supermodel” at the same time, and she designed her own Eyewear Collections (”Vendela Eyewear Collection”), that same year. In 2008 she was again host and judge for the Norwegian “Norway's Next Top Model”, and she was a guest judge in USA for "America's Next Top Model". She also gave out her own beauty book, called “Vendelas Beauty Bible”. She was 27 years old when she meets Olaf Thommessen, a Roman Catholic of French and Norwegian descent. She had recent brook out after a six years relationship whit the 21 year older American producers Jon Peters. Vendela and Olaf were married 24. August 1996. The couple lived in New York and in 1998 their first daughter was born, Julia Annette Thommessen (2. January 1998) and two years later the second daughter was born, Hannah Felicia Thommessen (25. may 2000). The family moved to Norway in 2001. But the happy mirage did not last, in 2007, 11 years after they got married Vendela and Olaf got separated. She speaks 6 languages, French, Italian, English, German, Norwegian and Swedish. Vendela is good friend’s whit Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Tyra Banks. Her model agency in Sweden are Mikas and in US Ford Models. :heart:Some pictures of Vendela Her mother Ingi and Vendela 4 months. She is just Baptist. Vendela 1,5 year Vendela 10 year Vendela 14 year Vendela and her friend Cindy Crawford Vendela and Olaf in Katarina church in Stockholm 24. August 1996 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miss Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 some more pictures from the same book. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miss Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Vendela for Elizabeth Arden sorry if repost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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