Canadian Supermodel Yasmeen Ghauri
Yasmeen Ghauri Profile/Biography
Nationality: Canadian
Ethnicity: German / Pakistani
Hair Color: Dark brown
Eye Color: Brown
Date of Birth: March 23 1971
Place of Birth: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Height: 5′10″ ; 178cm
Bust: 86.5 cm
Waist: 61 cm
Hips: 89 cm
Dress Size: (US) 4 ; (EU) 34
Shoe Size: (US) 10 ; (EU) 41
Yasmeen Ghauri (born March 23, 1971 in Montreal, Canada) is a Canadian model of Pakistani descent born to a German mother and a Pakistani Muslim father. Her father is a Muslim ‘imam’ or ‘cleric’ hailing from Pakistan who opposed her pursuit of modelling as a career.Yasmeen is best known as a Victoria’s Secret Angel and was admired as a great runway model.
Yasmeen enjoyed fame in the early 90s when she landed her first major cover with Elle in January 1990. Soon afterwards, she became the face of both Chanel and Jil Sander. By the end of 1990, she had appeared twice on the cover of French Elle in July and December. In September, she graced the catwalk for Gianni Versace show in Milan and by the next month, she was walking for Chanel, Helmut Lang, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Lanvin shows in Paris. Her success was duly noted and she became the face of Christian Dior and Anne Klein in 1991. In January alone, she was photographed by Steven Meisel for the cover of Italian Vogue and appeared in the Harper’s Bazaar editorial. Towards the end of the year, she appeared in the British and the Italian Vogue editorials. Photographer Patrick Demarchelier who photographed her for the Italian issue called her his favourite subject.
Year 1992 was to be her definitive year in modelling when she landed a contract with Victoria’s Secret and became a face of Valentino couture and Versace. She would later walk the controversial Gianni Versace “Bondage” show in Milan which made fashion critics take serious note. Demarchelier photographs her again with Walter Chin for the Italian Vogue towards mid-1992.
She became the face of Hermès and Lanvin in 1993 and was photographed by Gilles Bensimon for Elle. But her most controversial appearance would be the feature she did for Playboy in May 1994. Soon after appearing on the covers of the Italian Marie Claire, British Vogue photographed by Pamela Hanson and then Harper’s Bazaar again photographed by Demarchelier, she appeared on the documentary Unzipped by Isaac Mizrahi on 11 August, 1995. She later walked the 1996 annual Victoria’s Secret show, and the spring Christian Dior, John Galliano, and Jean Paul Gaultier shows in Paris to retire in 1997.
When Yasmeen stepped out of the Yves Saint Laurent show in 1996 at the last minute, speculations arose that she might be retiring. She however was planning on pursuing a degree in business upon the advice of her long-term friend Ralph, a law firm executive and a real-estate businessman. She named her daughter Maya meaning faith in Urdu and although she lives fairly away from media attention, she is pretty active with fund-raising events, most notable of which have been the charity for saving Germany’s famous Black Forest.
Here are two videos of Yasmeen Ghauri.
Yasmeen Ghauri on the Catwalk
Sexy Yasmeen Ghauri Vendetta Comercial
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