Dutch Supermodel Karen Mulder
Karen Mulder Profile/Biography
Nationality: Dutch
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue / grey
Date of Birth: June 1 1970
Place of Birth: Vlaardingen, Netherlands
Height: 5′10″ ; 178cm
Bust: 85 cm
Waist: 59.5 cm
Hips: 87.5 cm
Dress Size: (US) 4 ; (EU) 34
Shoe Size: (US) 8 ; (EU) 39
Karen Mulder, (born June 1, 1970 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands) is a former Dutch model.
Raised in Den Haag and Voorburg, Mulder’s father, Ben, is a tax inspector and her mother, Marijke, is a secretary. Karen has a younger sister, Saskia, who became an actress after a stint studying economics. In 1985, her family went on a camping trip in the south of France. She saw an ad for Elite Model Management’s ‘Look of the Year’ contest in a newspaper. A friend took some photographs she had of her and sent them in to the Elite contest without her knowledge. She tried out at the preliminary contest in Amsterdam and won, which sent her on to the finals of the ‘Look of the Year’ contest. She went on to second place in that contest and off to Paris for her first modeling shoot. She then left high school to travel to Italy with her mother for a formal photo shoot, and then to Paris for modeling school, where the Elite modeling agency took over her career.
By her second year on the runway, she was modeling for Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent, Lanvin, Versace, and Giorgio Armani. She appeared on the cover of Vogue and before long, landed a contract for Guess in 1991 when she was 21 years old. During the following three years, Karen climbed the steps to supermodel status, learning along the way. The first important steps in her career were a British Vogue cover shot by Tyen and a Nivea advertising campaign.
Campaigns she appeared in included Calvin Klein, Claude Montana, Ralph Lauren, Yves Saint-Laurent’s Rive Gauche fragrance, as well as Guerlain, Chloé, Revlon, Jacques Fath, Gianfranco Ferrè, Gianni Versace, Chanel and Herve Leger. Karen has worked with some of the greatest fashion photographers, including Javier Vallhonrat, Peter Lindbergh, Patrick Demarchelier, Bruce Weber, Helmut Newton, Max Vadukul, Gilles Bensimon, Fabrizio Ferri, Steven Meisel, Irving Penn, Robert Erdmann, and Arthur Elgort.
One of the first issues of Top Model magazine was entirely devoted to Mulder along with an entire issue of Italian Vogue. Her two appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1997 and 1998 and her poses for the Victoria’s Secret catalogue made Mulder a household name.
Called “The Blonde With Class” by Vogue editors, she went on to share catwalks with top models such as Kate Moss, Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, and Naomi Campbell. Together with a few other models, including her best friend Carla Bruni, these women were the fashion industry’s elite. At one point in her career she was earning up to £10,000 a day. Mulder retired from modeling in 2000.
After her retirement in 2000, Mulder tried other career paths. She branched out into acting, making her debut in the French short film A Theft, One Night in 2001. She also pursued a career in music but had limited success. Her first effort at establishing a music career was her cover version of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Am What I Am”, which appeared on the French music charts for a time in the summer of 2002.
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