Hana Soukupova life and biography

Hana Soukupova is a Czech model. She has participated in the 2006 and 2007 Victoria's Secret fashion shows.

Career Highlights

1998:
- Starts modeling in Prague

2001:
- Wins Top Model of the New Millennium award, one of the most prestigious modeling competitions in the Czech Republic

2003:
- Opens the spring Elie Saab couture show in Paris
- Appears in Vogue editorial alongside Yasmin Warsame, photographed by Steven Meisel
- Appears in British Vogue editorial, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
- Opens the fall Versace couture show in Paris, also closes for Elie Saab
- Appears on cover of Dazed & Confused
- Opens the John Galliano, Valentino, and Yves Saint Laurent spring shows in Paris

2004:
- Becomes the face of Gucci, photographed by Mario Testino
- Steven Meisel photographs Soukupova for Versace and Escada
- Featured on cover of Vogue as one of nine top models, photographed by Steven Meisel
- Featured on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel

2005:
- Signs contract with Bvlgari
- Closes the fall Alexander McQueen show in Paris
- Vanity Fair features Soukupova alongside other Eastern European models as "Slavs of Fashion, The New Beauty"
- Closes the spring Alexander McQueen and Balenciaga shows in Paris

2006:
- Gives an interview to World Fashion TV
- Opens and closes the spring Elie Saab couture show in Paris
- Walks in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

2007:
- Gives an interview backstage at the spring Valentino show in Paris for Fashion TV
- Appears in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by Steven Meisel
- Named Vogue's Best Dressed of the Week in a black Erica Davies dress (25 AUG)
- Talks about some of her favorite designers and hobbies backstage at Fashion Week
- Closes the spring Badgley Mischka show in New York
- Leaves DNA Management and signs with IMG

2008:
- Appears in Harper's Bazaar editorial
- Closes the fall Badgley Mischka show in New York
- Featured on the cover of Tush
- Appears in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by Michelangelo di Battista
- Appears in Japanese Vogue editorial, photographed by Jamie Isaia
- Gives an interview to Fabiola Beracasa at the Whitney's Art Party, in which she proclaims her first art purchase was a Warhol (17 JUN)
- Appears in Allure editorial, photographed by Regan Cameron
- Appears in Elle editorial, photographed by Alexei Hay
- Appears in editorials for Allure, Chinese Vogue, and Japanese Vogue

2009:
- Becomes the face of Versace Jeans Couture
- Featured on the cover of Spanish Vogue supplement, photographed by James Macari
- Appears in Vogue editorial, photographed by Arthur Elgort
- Appears in Dazed & Confused editorial, photographed by Jason Kibbler
- Appears in V editorial, photographed by Will Davidson
- Featured on the cover of Mexican Vogue, photographed by Sarah Silver
- Appears in German Vogue editorial, photographed by Paola Kudacki

2010:
- Appears in Allure editorial, photographed by Regan Cameron
- Appears in Marie Claire beauty editorial, photographed by David Roemer
- Models for the fall Jones New York ad campaign, photographed by Annie Leibovitz
- Appears in Italian Flair editorial, photographed by Robbie Fimmano
- Appears in Marie Claire editorial, photographed by James Macari

PERSONAL:

Soukupová is married to Drew Aaron, a resident New Yorker and the President and CEO of The Aaron Group of Companies. She resides primarily in New York. In 2011 Soukupová and her husband launched The Aaron Gallery, a private gallery focused on their passion for contemporary art and photography.

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