Hilary Rhoda life and biography

Hilary Rhoda is an American Fashion model born in 1987, in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Career Highlights:

2004:
- Dragged by her mother to an open call at the Hilton Washington after she hears a modeling advertisement on the radio

2005:
- Signs with IMG Models Agency
- Moves to New York’s Upper East Side with dogs and mother (who doubles as manager)
- Describes modeling as performing
- Graduates from Academy of the Holy Cross
- First major booking is Balenciaga’s spring show, for which she was handpicked by Nicolas Ghesquière
- Opens the spring Valentino show in Paris

2006:
- Appears in Hermès fragrance campaign
- Appears in Gap campaign
- Karl Lagerfeld photographs Rhoda for Chanel couture
- Opens the fall Balenciaga show in Paris
- Appears on her first cover for Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
- Appears on cover of Dazed & Confused
- Becomes the face of Balenciaga
- Appears in Blumarine fall ad campaign
- Mario Testino photographs her unbuttoning her jacket, for cover of French Vogue
- Featured on her second cover for Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
- Opens the spring Derek Lam, La Perla, Moschino, Salvatore Ferragamo, Christian Lacroix, and Givenchy shows in New York, Milan, and Paris
- Closes the spring La Perla and Christian Lacroix shows in Milan and Paris
- Walks in the spring Valentino show in Paris

2007:
- Becomes the face of Givenchy and Donna Karan
- Appears in Gucci resort ad campaign
- Steven Meisel photographs Rhoda for Dolce & Gabbana with Julia Stegner
- Signs deal as the new face of Estée Lauder
- Appears on her third cover for Italian Vogue with good friend Coco Rocha, photographed by Steven Meisel
- Appears in W editorial, photographed by Philip-Lorca diCorcia
- Walks the fall Anna Sui, Donna Karan, Versace, and Balenciaga shows in New York, Milan, and Paris
- Appears in Vogue editorial, photographed by Steven Meisel
- Appears on the Today show with Vogue cover counterparts (20 APR)
- Featured on the cover of Vogue as one of the world's next top supermodels, photographed by Steven Meisel
- In the same Vogue issue, Rhoda admits to having an “older look,” like Brooke Shields’s
- Named the world’s twelfth highest-paid model by Forbes, having made a reported $2 million in the past year (12 JUL)
- Steven Meisel photographs Rhoda for DSquared2 with Caroline Trentini and Raquel Zimmermann
- Becomes a face of Valentino with Gemma Ward and Daria Werbowy
- Appears in editorials for Numéro and Italian Vogue
- Appears on the cover of Spanish Vogue
- Featured on the cover of British Harper's Bazaar, photographed by Michelangelo di Battista
- Appears on the cover of Flare

2008:
- Becomes the face of Etro
- Steven Meisel photographs Rhoda for Belstaff
- Appears in V editorial titled “Blonde Ambition”, channeling various iconic blonds
- Walks the fall Rag & Bone show in New York
- Appears in Dazed & Confused editorial, photographed by Mariano Vivanco
- Named the world’s fourteenth highest-paid model by Forbes, having made a reported $2 million in the past year (30 APR)
- Appears in Harper’s Bazaar editorial, photographed by Camilla Akrans
- Appears on the cover of French Elle, photographed by Jan Welters
- Appears in Harper’s Bazaar editorial, photographed by Greg Kadel Video»
- Appears in Estée Lauder's Sensuous fragrance ad campaign
- Opens the New York stock exchange with Carolyn Murphy and Elizabeth Hurley (8 JUL)
- Replaces Angelina Jolie as the face of St. John
- Appears in Numéro editorial, photographed by Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello
- Appears in Harper’s Bazaar editorial, photographed by Karl Lagerfeld
- Featured on the cover of German Vogue wearing Christian Dior, photographed by Alexi Lubomiski
- Featured on the covers of Muse and Korean Numéro

2009:
- Models for Neiman Marcus print ads
- Films her Met Gala preparations for New York magazine (5 MAY)
- Appears in i-D editorial, photographed by Todd Cole

2010:
- Appears in Elle editorial, photographed by Michelangeo Di Battista
- Featured on the cover of Italian Elle, photographed by Alexei Hay
- Appears in British Harper's Bazaar editorial, photographed by Paola Kudacki
- Becomes the new face of Estee Lauder Pleasures fragrance
- Returns to the runway, closing the spring Z Spoke by Zac Posen show in New York; also walks for Ports 1961, Carolina Herrera, and Diane Von Furstenberg
- Becomes one of the face of Jones New York
- Appears in Russian Vogue editorial, photographed by KT Auleta

2011:
- Leaves IMG and signs with Women Management

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