- Vendela Kirsebom
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birthdate =January 12 ,1967
birthplace =Stockholm, Sweden Vendela Maria Kirsebom (born
January 12 ,1967 ) is a Swedish/Norwegian model and actress.Early life and career
Born in
Stockholm, Sweden to a Norwegian mother and a Turkish father. She has no contact with her biological father and has never been to his homecountry, Turkey. At the age of thirteen, Kirsebom was discovered in Stockholm, byEileen Ford herself, while eating in a restaurant with her parents. When 18, she graduated from theRudolf Steiner School and moved toItaly to pursue a career in modeling under the guidance of the famousFord Models . After a contract withElizabeth Arden , Kirsebom moved to the US where she began working asAlmay 's spokesperson.Companies represented
Kirsebom has since had a very successful career. The companies she has represented include
Elizabeth Arden ,Revlon Lasting fragrance,Lay's , Barbour, Diesel,Hanes , JH Collectibles,Lipton , Mikimoto, andVictoria's Secret .Her model agency in Sweden are
Mikas and in U.S.Ford Models .She also was the model in 'The Parent Trap'
Magazine cover, film and television appearances
She has appeared on the magazine covers of "Bride's" (USA), "Flare "(Canada), "Shape "(USA), "FHM "(UK), and "Zest "(USA) and has been featured multiple times in the pages of the "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue". She has acted in some television shows and films, such as "Batman and Robin"(1997). Vendela was also featured on the Disney Channel movie, "Model Behavior" along with Justin Timberlake and Maggie Lawson. She appeared as herself on an 1995 episode of "
Murphy Brown " and the 2005 TV movie sequel "". She also has lent her voice to a character on "Johnny Bravo ".In 1999, she was the hostess of the Swedish music competitionMelodifestivalen 1999 . Kirsebom is currently the host of the reality show "Norway's Next Top Model " 2nd cycle and "Sweden's Next Top Supermodel " 4th cycle. She also made an appearance in an episode of the 10th season ofAmerica's Next Top Model , judging the posing challenge with instructor Benny Ninja.Personal life
In 1996, she married the Norwegian politician
Olaf Thommessen , a Roman Catholic of French and Norwegian descent, and later moved toOslo , where the couple lives today with their two daughters, Julia and Hannah. They separated in 2007 after 11 years of marriage.Kirsebom still is a very active figure in the international model community, and also acts as goodwill ambassador for
UNICEF .External links
*imdb name|id=0456971|name=Vendela Kirsebom
* [http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Vendela+Maria_Kirsebom Vendela Kirsebom's profile in the FMD-database]
*sv icon [http://www.aftonbladet.se/kvinna/article465435.ab Aftonbladet. "Jag vet inget om min pappa"]2006-12-11
*sv icon [http://www.aftonbladet.se/kvinna/article25505.ab Aftonbladet. "Vi måste alla hjälpa barn"]2001-06-18
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