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Helena Christensen (born 25 December 1968) is a Danish fashion model. She is a former Victoria's Secret Angel, co-founder and original creative director for Nylon magazine, and she is a supporter of funding for breast cancer organizations and other philanthropic charities.

Early lifeEdit

Christensen was born on 25 December 1968 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her father, Fleming, is Danish and her mother, Elsa, is Peruvian.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name=roots>Template:Cite news</ref> She is the elder of two daughters.Template:Cn Christensen is fluent in Danish, English, French and German.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Winning the Miss Universe Denmark crown in 1986,<ref name="Mueller">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Mottram">Template:Cite news</ref> she subsequently represented Denmark in the Miss Universe 1986 pageant held in Panama.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The following year, Christensen participated in the Look of the Year 1987 competition, where she was a finalist. She left home soon after to pursue modelling in Paris.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

CareerEdit

ModelingEdit

Christensen rose to prominence in the 1990s, becoming one of the most popular models of her time. In 1990, she starred in the music video for Chris Isaak's song "Wicked Game".<ref name="fmd"/> The video was later featured on MTV's "Sexiest Video of All-Time", voted #4 on VH1's "50 Sexiest Video Moments", and voted #13 on VH1's "100 Greatest Videos". She became a spokesmodel for Revlon cosmetics in 1992.Template:Citation needed She appeared on magazine covers including Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and W, and in fashion campaigns including Revlon, Chanel, Versace, Lanvin, Prada, Sonia Rykiel, Hermès, Valentino and Karl Lagerfeld. One noted campaign featured her in a Template:Convert billboard in Times Square, naked, "except for a strategically placed banana leaf."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She was in the Victoria's Secret catalog and in their television commercials as one of the original "Angels", along with Tyra Banks, Karen Mulder, Daniela Peštová, and Stephanie Seymour.

In 1996, Frank DeCaro of the New York Times cited Christensen, along with Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Elle Macpherson and Claudia Schiffer, as "The Magnificent Seven". DeCaro reflected, "Known by their first names to legions of fans, they are the supermodel legends of the modern catwalk, the girl next door pretty underneath all the paint".<ref name="DeCaroChristensen">Template:Cite news</ref>

Christensen has continued to model. She graced the covers of Vogue Italia (2016), Portuguese Vogue (2016), British Tatler (2018), French Elle (2018). In September 2017, Christensen, along with Schiffer, Campbell, Crawford, and Carla Bruni, closed the Versace spring/summer 2018 fashion show, which was an homage to the late Gianni Versace and supermodel history.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> She walked the runway for Dolce & Gabbana and appeared in their spring/summer 2019 advertisement campaign with Carla Bruni, Eva Herzigová and Marpessa Hennink. Christensen is signed to ZZO Management in Paris, D Management in Milan, Unsigned Group in London and 1/One Management in New York City.<ref name="fmd">"Helena Christensen Profile". Fashion Model Directory database. Retrieved 11 July 2008.</ref>

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At a 2007 Sustainable/Green Home opening party

Business and photographyEdit

Christensen was co-founder and creative director of Nylon magazine in 1999<ref name="LAT1999">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with Ray Gun magazine publisher Marvin Scott Jarrett,<ref name="Forbes1999">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Kung Faux creator Mic Neumann.<ref>Nylon Magazine Co-Founders by Helen Lee, Sassy Bella Magazine, November 7, 2007.</ref> She launched her own clothing line, Christensen & Sigersen, with lifelong friend Leif Sigersen. The pair previously ran Butik, a shop in New York's West Village.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Christensen created a vintage clothing line, sold in her mother's store, the Yo-Yo Second Hand Shop, in Christianshavn, Copenhagen, Denmark.<ref name="O.DK">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}(English tr.)</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2012, she created a lingerie collection, Helena Christensen for Triumph, for the UK-based lingerie brand.<ref name="Vogue2012">Template:Cite journal</ref> Christensen's collaboration with Triumph started in 2008 as the face of the Triumph brand.

Aside from her modeling work, Christensen is an accomplished photographer herself, whose work has appeared in Nylon,<ref name="LAT1999"/> Marie Claire, and ELLE.<ref name="fmd"/> Her exhibition "A Quiet Story," curated by Jim Cook, premiered at the Locus Gallery in Rotterdam, 2006,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and HotelArena in Amsterdam, 2007.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Press release.</ref> Her exhibition "Far From, Close" appeared at Dactyl Foundation in 2008–09, to benefit International Center of Photography educational programs and Chernobyl Children's Project International.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Slideshow</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2014, Christensen worked on a photography series: Liberty Ross, Liv Tyler, and The Pursuit of Grace. "I like doing personal, very intimate projects that don't require a lot of pre-meetings".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Christensen has traveled extensively and often finds herself on both sides of the camera. In 2016, she was announced as the "Global Explorer" for the Luxury Collection Hotels and Resorts. Her major project for the company was documenting a trip from the seaside town of Paracas to the colonial city of Cusco and the nearby Urubamba Valley.

Climate change awarenessEdit

Christensen partnered with Oxfam in 2009 to document the impact of climate change in Peru, where her mother was born. "Climate change in Peru is already devastating and we welcome Helena's commitment to show this to the rest of the world," said Frank Boeren, Oxfam's coordinator in Peru. "Peru is on the frontline of climate change, along with other developing countries, which have played little part in causing the problem".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Breast cancer fundraisingEdit

Christensen launched the second Fashion Targets Breast Cancer campaign, which involves the sale of designer t-shirts to raise money for Ireland's Action Breast Cancer (Irish Cancer Society) and Europa Donna Ireland to help younger women with breast cancer.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

Christensen dated and lived with INXS frontman Michael Hutchence on and off in France and Denmark for five years in the early 1990s.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> She was in a relationship with actor Norman Reedus for five years; together they have a son born October 1999.<ref>"Helena Christensen profile". Hello! magazine. 2006.</ref> Reedus and Christensen separated in 2003.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Later, she dated Interpol singer Paul Banks from 2011 to 2015.<ref name="wallstreetjournal">Template:Cite news</ref>

Christensen has an apartment in Copenhagen, a house in Catskill, New York, and lives in Manhattan, where she drives "the only type of car I've ever had", a Morris Minor.<ref>Gerard, Jasper (27 November 2005). "Me and My Motors: Helena Christensen"Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore. The Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 August 2010.</ref><ref>Philby, Charlotte (21 November 2009) "My Secret Life: Helena Christensen, Supermodel, 40". The Independent. Retrieved 26 August 2010.</ref> She reported in 2007 that she had been residing in Monaco.<ref name="Torcuil2007">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Honors and AwardsEdit

In 2024, Helena Christensen was awarded the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO) Model Pioneer Award<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> at the United Nations, in recognition of her groundbreaking achievements and dedication to empowering others to create lasting change. Her contributions were further acknowledged by the United States Congress and officially recorded in the Congressional Record.

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