Gracie Carvalho

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Gracie Carvalho
Born (1990-07-23) July 23, 1990 (age 33)
NationalityBrazilian
Years active2007–present
Modeling information
Hair colorbrown
Eye colorbrown
Agency

Gracie Carvalho (born July 23, 1990, in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian model.

Career[edit]

Gracie Carvalho started modeling in 2007, at the age of 18, in São Paulo[3] after entering a local contest.[4] She made her debut at Fashion Week in 2008.[3] She was the most in-demand model during the June Rio Fashion Week, walking 35 of the 39 fashion shows.[5] After this success during Fashion Week and her cover of L'Officiel and editorials in Vogue and Elle,[5] she signed with Marilyn Agency.[6] She has since then walked for several designers including Burberry, Karl Lagerfeld, Ralph Lauren, Vera Wang, and Vivienne Westwood.[3]

She walked the runways of New York and Paris Fashion Weeks for the first time for the season Fall 2009, for designers including Carolina Herrera, Max Azria, Giambattista Valli and Stella McCartney,[5] and she was the only model of color to walk for Miu Miu.[7] She was the face of DKNY in 2009 and 2010, and of Tommy Hilfiger in 2010.[6]

She is renowned for her work as a lingerie, swimsuit and catalogue model,[3] posing for H&M,[8] Next and Calzedonia.[9] She walked the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2010 and 2015. She was also featured in the 2010 Pirelli Calendar.[10]

She practices Muay Thai[11] and jiu-jitsu,[3] which made her become the face of Marshawn Lynch's sports brand Beast Model in 2017.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.thelionsla.com/div/womenla/model/graciecarvalho2/p/1600/c/-1/ [dead link]
  2. ^ "StackPath".
  3. ^ a b c d e Alan Dawson (5 April 2017). "Meet Gracie Carvalho, the 26-year-old Victoria's Secret model who trains as a cage-fighter for fun". businessinsider.fr. Business Insider. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. ^ Kelsey Hendrix (29 December 2016). "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2017 Casting Calls: Gracie Carvalho". si.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b c Sharon Clott (11 June 2009). "Meet the New Girl: Gracie Carvalho". thecut.com. New York. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Gracie Carvalho". nymag.com. New York. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  7. ^ Aïssata K. (27 November 2009). "TMOTW : Gracie Carvalho". timodele-magazine.com. Timodelle. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Gracie Carvalho : Le Brésil regorge décidément de sublimes beautés..." purepeople.com. PureMédias. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  9. ^ "racie Carvalho : La Brésilienne affiche ses courbes divines au paradis". purepeople.com. PureMédias. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  10. ^ Gabriel Bell (18 June 2009). "Terry Richardson and Most of the World's Models Gang Up for Pirelli Calendar 2010". nymag.com. New York. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  11. ^ Adam K. Raymond (13 November 2015). "Meet the Victoria's Secret Who's Also A Muay Thai Master". maxim.com. Maxim. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  12. ^ Rosemary Feitelberg (30 March 2017). "Marshawn Lynch Recruits Model Gracie Carvalho for Thai Boxing-Inspired Collaboration for Beast Mode Label". wwd.com. WWD. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

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