Doutzen Kroes life and biography

Doutzen Kroes (born 23 January 1985) is a Dutch fashion model. She began her modelling career in 2003, in the Netherlands and was quickly sent by her agency to New York where she was cast by lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2008 until 2014, making her the second Dutch "Angel" after Karen Mulder.


Agencies:

New York DNA
Paris Viva
Milan Women Milan
London Viva London

Career Highlights:

2003:
- Sends photographs of herself to an Amsterdam modeling agency
- Moves to New York

2004:
- Appears on her first cover, for French Elle

2005:
- Style.com features Kroes as a rising star of fall 2005
- Featured on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
- Appears on the cover of Numéro
- Steven Meisel photographs Kroes for Dolce & Gabbana alongside Snejana Onopka and Inguna Butane
- Walks in the annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show (9 NOV)
- Vogue.com readers select her as model of the year
- Replaces Christy Turlington as spokesperson for Calvin Klein Eternity fragrance Video»

2006:
- Becomes the face of Valentino
- Appears on her second Numéro cover
- Signs three-year contract with L’Oréal Paris
- Craig McDean photographs Kroes for Gucci alongside Raquel Zimmermann
- Walks in Milan’s Dolce & Gabbana show and is interviewed backstage
- Walks in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
- Appears in editorials for Italian Vogue and Numéro

2007:
- Becomes the face of Calvin Klein White Label
- Appears on cover of French Vogue
- Closes the fall Isaac Mizrahi show in New York
- Rumored to be dating Australian actor Reshad Strik
- Denies rumors that she is dating skateboarder Sven Kramer
- Featured on the cover of Vogue as one of the world’s next top supermodels, photographed by Steven Meisel
- Named fifteenth-highest-paid model in the world according to Forbes, with $1.5 million made in the past year (15 JUL)
- Walks the fall Christian Dior couture show in Paris
- Appears in W editorial, photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott
- Face of Gianfranco Ferrè fall ad campaign
- Featured on the cover of French Elle
- Appears in Vogue feature with the CDFA nominees

2008:
- Patrick Demarchelier photographs Kroes for the Pirelli calendar
- Renews contract with Calvin Klein White Label
- Appears in Vogue editorial wearing the metallic trends
- Featured on the covers of Japanese Numéro, Spanish Vogue, and Korean Vogue
- Appears in editorials for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar
- French Vogue features Kroes as a top model
- Named the world’s fifth highest-paid model by Forbes, having made a reported $6 million in the past year (30 APR)
- Appears on the cover of Australian Vogue, photographed by Troyt Coburn
- Appears in French Vogue editorial, photographed by Peter Lindbergh
- Becomes one of the Victoria's Secret Angels, appearing in print ads
- Walks the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

2009:
- Renews contract with Calvin Klein White Label
- Featured on the cover of German Vogue, photographed by Alexi Lubomriski
- Appears in editorials for Vogue and V
- Featured in Forbes world's highest-paid models, making an estimated $6 million
- Featured on the cover of Spanish Vogue, photographed by Alex Cayley
- Featured on the cover of Harper's Bazaar, photographed by Terry Richardson
- Starts to date D.J. Sunnery James
- Walks the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
- Appears in British Vogue editorial, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier

2010:
- Becomes the face of Blumarine
- Appears in Marie Claire editorial, photographed by Fabio Chizzola
- Featured on the cover of Japanese Numéro, photographed by Alexi Lubomirski
- Featured on the cover of Russian Vogue, photographed by Terry Richardson
- Announces pregnancy with boyfriend D.J. Sunnery James (14 JUL)
- Featured on the cover of French Elle

2011:
- Gives birth to son, Phyllon (21 JAN)

2013:
- In September 2013, Kroes became the first model in history to appear on the cover of four international editions of Vogue in one month.

2014:
- Appeared in the new Calvin Klein Reveal Fragrance commercial alongside Charlie Hunnam, as well as continuing her long-standing contracts.
- She also announced that she was ending her contract with Victoria's Secret after seven years of being with the brand; she walked in the 2005–2009 (excluding 2007), and 2011–2014 Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows. Kroes is considered one of the "New Supers" by Models.com.

2016:
- Kroes was announced as the spokesmodel for Dutch lingerie retailer Hunkemöller. Kroes released her own collection line 'Doutzen's Stories' and has starred in several campaigns for the Hunkemöller brand to date.

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