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CARA DELEVINGNE

She was born Cara Jocelyn Delevingne, August 12, 1992. She is an English actress, singer and fashion model. Born in London in 1992, she signed with Storm Model Management after leaving school in 2009. Delevingne won the “Model of the Year” award at the British Fashion Awards in 2012 and 2014 and has appeared in shows for houses including Burberry, Mulberry, Dolce & Gabbana, and Jason Wu. She started her acting career with a minor role in the 2012 film adaptation of Anna Karenina. Deleving- ne played Margo Roth Spiegelman in the romantic mystery film Paper Towns and will co-star as Enchantress in the superhero film Suicide Squad.
Delevingne is the daughter of Pandora Anne Delevingne and property developer Charles Hamar Delevingne. She has two older sisters, Chloe and model Poppy Delevingne. Her godfather is Condé Nast executive Nicholas Coleridge and her godmother is actress Joan Collins. Delevingne’s maternal grandfather was publishing executive and English Heritage chairman Sir Jocelyn Stevens, the nephew of magazine publisher Sir Edward George Warris Hulton and the grandson of newspaper proprietor Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet. Her maternal grandmother Janie Sheffield was lady-in- waiting to Princess Margaret. Her paternal great-grandfather was the Canadian-born British politician Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood. Two of her ancestors on her mother’s side served as Lord Mayor of London.
Delevingne first began modelling at age ten in an editorial shot by Bruce Weber for Vogue Italia alongside model Lady Eloise Anson. She signed with Storm Model Management in 2009 after being spotted by Sarah Doukas, the founder of Storm, who had previously discovered Kate Moss.
In 2011, Delevingne was part of Burberry’s spring/summer cam- paign[ alongside other young British models including Jourdan Dunn. Delevingne’s first catwalk appearance was at the 2011 London Fashion Week, stepping out in the Burberry Prorsum autumn/winter collection. Dunn opened and closed the show with Delevingne appearing sixth. She is currently the face of Burberry’s Beauty campaign alongside fellow British models Edie Campbell and Jourdan Dunn.
Delevingne has featured in advertising campaigns for other brands including H&M Authentic Collection (2011), Dominic Jones Jewellery (2012), Blumarine, DKNY, Tom Ford, Yves Saint Laurent, Zara, Chanel.[32] She was described by British Vogue as the “star face” of the autumn/winter 2012–2013 show season, having appe- ared on the catwalk for brands such as Shiatzy Chen, Moschino, Jason Wu, Oscar de la Renta, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Stella McCartney, DSquared2, Lanvin, Givenchy and Chanel.
She was a model in the 2012 and 2013 Victoria’s Secret fashion shows. In 2012, and 2014, Delevingne won the “Model of the Year” award at the British Fashion Awards. In January 2015, after her 2013 and 2014 appearances in campaigns she was announced as the new face of Yves Saint Laurent Beauté. On 23 January 2015, Delevingne, was named as the new brand ambassador of Swiss watch brand TAG Heuer.
In July, Delevingne appeared on the cover of American Vogue. She later, in August 2015, disclosed that a major reason for qu- itting modeling and focusing on acting was that the stress had,
at least to some degree, contributed to her developing the skin condition psoriasis.
Delevingne played her film first role, albeit a non-speaking part, in the 2012 film adaptation of Anna Karenina, as Princess Soro- kina, the marriage interest of Count Vronsky, alongside Keira Knightley. In August 2013, Delevingne announced she would be voicing the DJ of the Non-Stop-Pop FM radio station in the video game Grand Theft Auto V, which once released became the fas- test-selling entertainment product in history.
In June 2014, Delevingne made her TV debut in the final episode of the third and final series of Playhouse Presents. This was a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. In December 2014, Cara starred in Reincarnation, a short film by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel alongside Pharrell Williams and Geraldine Chaplin.
In February 2015, Delevingne appeared in ASAP Ferg’s music video for his song Dope Walk. Later in May 2015, she was also in Taylor Swift’s star studded Bad Blood music video which went onto break Vevo’s 24-hour viewing record, with 20.1 million views in its day of release.
Delevingne co-starred in the adaptation of John Green’s novel, Paper Towns (2015), as Margo Roth Spiegelman. The film brought in $12,650,140 on the opening weekend in the US, which placed it 6th at the box office.
Delevingne is also set to feature in six upcoming movies, the first of which is Kids in Love, a British coming of age drama. In Decem- ber 2014, it was announced that Delevingne had joined the cast of Suicide Squad, an upcoming superhero movie based off the DC comic book series of the same name. She will be playing the
Enchantress, a villainess with magical abilities. The latest anno- uncement is that she will star in the upcoming Luc Besson film, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, an adaptation of the comic book series Valérian and Laureline, which will begin filming in December 2015 and scheduled for a 2017 release.
Delevingne sings and plays the drums and the guitar. Around the same time Delevingne started out as a model, she wrote and recorded two albums of music under artist manager Simon Fuller and was subsequently offered a record deal. Delevingne also teamed up with Pharrell Williams to make the song “CC The World” which was used for the short Chanel film Reincarnation in which both Pharrell and Delevingne star. The duo performed the song before a live audience for the Chanel show at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City in March 2015.
Delevingne has designed two fashion collections for DKNY and Mulberry. Her DKNY capsule collection featured a variety of sporty street style items ranging from beanie hats to leather jackets. DKNY described the collection as “mostly unisex”. Dele- vingne has also designed four collections for Mulberry featuring rucksacks and handbags with many embossed with a ‘Made in England’ stamp underneath the base, alluding to a tattoo that Cara has under her left foot. The collection also consisted of purses, iPad sleeves, phone covers, zipped pouches, and passport holders. The fourth and latest collection was released 3 June 2015. In 2013, Delevingne was the most Googled fashion figure and the most re-blogged model on Tumblr.
In 2014, Delevingne was ranked 6th on the top earning models list for that year, earning an estimated $3.5 million.
Delevingne was ranked 13th in the ‘Most Desirable Women’ cate- gory run by AskMen.
Delevingne is a self-confessed animal lover and following the high-profile killing of Cecil the Lion in 2015, the actress auctioned her personal TAG Heuer watch, raising £18,600 for WildCRU.

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KENDALL JENNER

Her full name is Kendall Nicole Jenner. Jenner was born in Los Angeles, California, to former Olympic decathlete Bruce Jenner and television personality Kris Jenner. Kendall Jenner was raised in a blended family with one younger sister, Kylie Jenner, and eight half-siblings. Through Bruce Jenner and second wife Linda Thompson, Jenner is half sister to Burt Jenner, Casey Jenner, indie pop singer Brandon Jenner and The Hills actor Sam “Brody” Jenner. Through mother Kris Jenner, Jenner is maternal half sister to reality television celebrities Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob Kardashian.
Jenner was raised with her sister and maternal half-siblings in Calabasas, a suburb west of Los Angeles. Her father Bruce Jenner is now known as Caitlyn Jenner. Caitlyn Jenner appeared on the cover of the july issue of Vanity Fair for the first time as a woman and told her story of becoming a woman.
Kendall Jenner first came to public attention for appearing in the E! reality television show Keeping
Up with the Kardashians. Jenner is a part of an emerging fashion movement which has been dubbed “Social Media Modelling” by Harper’s Bazaar and “The Instagirl Era” by Vogue. After working in commercial print ad campaigns and photo shoots, Jenner had breakout seasons in 2014, walking the runways for high fashion designers during the New York, Milan, and Paris fashion weeks. Jenner is known for posting celebrity selfies and career updates to her followers on social media. Jenner began modeling at age 14 when Wilhelmina Models signed her on in 2009. Jenner’s first modeling job was the Rocker Babes With A Twist campaign for Forever 21 in December 2009 and January 2010. In September 2011, Jenner walked for Sherri Hill during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. By the end of 2012, Jenner had covers on numerous teen-oriented magazines.
In the spring of 2014, Jenner walked Fashion Weeks in New York for Marc Jacobs, London for Giles Deacon and Paris for Givenchy and Chanel. In May 2014, Jenner made her socialite debut at the New York City Met Ball and Cannes Film Festival. In July 2014, Karl Lagerfeld picked Jenner to walk for Chanel in Paris. Jenner was on the cover of LOVE’s August issue, where she was hailed as the ‘It Girl’ of the season.
During the month of September 2014, Jenner walked in New York for Donna Karan, Diane Von Furstenberg, Tommy Hilfiger and Marc Jacobs; Milan for Fendi, Ports 1961, Bottega Veneta, Pucci, and Dolce & Gabbana; and Paris for Sonia Rykiel, Balmain, Givenchy, and Chanel. In December 2014, Jenner and Delevingne walked  Chanel’s Metiers D’Art in Salzburg. On November 15, 2014, Jen- ner announced through her social media accounts that she had been selected as the new global face of Estée Lauder. Within three days of the announcement, the company’s Instagram account gained 50,000 new followers, increasing their fanbase over 19 percent to 308,000 Instagrammers. Jenner has since been featured in Little Black Primer mascara and Modern Muse Le Rouge fragrance campaigns for the company. On November 26, 2014, Jenner was added to Models.com’s Top 50 list and placed No.1 on their combined Social list: Jenner ranked as the No.1 most followed model on Facebook and Instagram and No.2 most followed model on Twitter behind Tyra Banks, with a combined reach of 33.19 million followers by the end of Decem- ber 2014. Jenner was named the second most Googled model in the world in December 2014.
Jenner walked the Autumn/Winter 2015 Fashion Weeks in New York for Chanel Haute Couture, Alexander Wang, Diane Von Furstenberg, Donna Karan, Vera Wang, Michael Kors, Marc Jacobs and Oscar de la Renta; London for Giles Deacon; Milan for Fendi and N°21; and Paris for H&M, Balmain and Chanel. In March 2015, Jenner signed to become the new face of Calvin Klein Jeans. In April 2015, Jenner appeared on the covers of both Harper’s Bazaar and GQ and was featured in a Fendi campaign with Victoria’s Secret Angel Lily Donaldson. In June, Jenner wore five outfits when she walked in the annual Dosso Dossi Fashion Show in Antalya, Turkey. In July, the Jenner sisters were featured in a Balmain campaign with Gigi and Bella Hadid and Joan and Erika Smalls. The same month Jenner was featured in a selfie-themed ad for Estée Lauder and was featu- red in LOVE magazine with Bella Hadid and Suki Waterhouse.
In November, 2014, Dazed’s editors chose Jenner as the top creative to watch out for in 2015, ranking first on the Dazed 100. Media rumors of a Kendall & Kylie clothing line collaboration with Topshop were confirmed in February, 2015.

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GIGI HADID

Her full name is Jelena Noura Hadid. Gigi Hadid was named one of 12 rooki- es in Sports Illustrateds annual swimsuit issue in 2014.
Hadid was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of real-estate developer Mohamed Hadid and former model Yolanda Foster. Following her parents’ divorce, her mother married music producer David Foster. Hadid attended Malibu High School where she was captain of the varsity volleyball team as well as a competitive horseback rider. She graduated in 2013.
Following high school, she moved to New York City to focus on her mode- ling career.
Hadid signed with IMG Models in 2011. Her modeling career started when she was 2 years old after she was discovered by Paul Marciano, of Guess. She started modeling with Baby Guess. Then, she stopped so she could concentrate in school. She eventually got back to modeling, continued working with them, and was named the face of the Guess campaign in 2012. She has done three campaigns with Guess as an adult.
In February 2014, she made her New York Fashion Week debut by modeling at Desigual’s show.
She has appeared in music videos, playing Australian singer Cody Simpson’s love interest in the video for his song “Surfboard” which was released on April 14, 2014. She has also appeared on another music video, playing the love interest of American grammy-winner singer Miguel’s song “Simplethings” which released on May 29, 2014.
Hadid appeared in the 2015 Pirelli calendar.
In January 2015, she was named a Maybelline brand ambassador.
Hadid was in a relationship with Australian singer Cody Simpson, which her representative confirmed had ended by May 2015. She subsequently began dating American singer Joe Jonas.

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KARLIE KLOSS

Karlie Elizabeth Kloss was born on August 3, 1992. Vogue Paris declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s. She was a Victoria’s Secret Angel from 2013 to 2015.
Kloss was born in Chicago, Illinois, and later moved to St. Louis at the age of 2. She is the daughter of Tracy, a freelance art director, and Kurt Kloss, an emergency physician. Her family has Danish roots. She has three sisters, Kristine, and twins Kimberly and Kariann. Kloss has called her classical ballet training “a beautiful thing” that taught her how to move in the modeling world and was a great training ground for her runway walk. Kloss was “discovered at a local benefit runway show”. In 2006, at the age of 14, Kloss posed for a cover and editorial shoot for the June issue of Scene Magazine in Chicago with Photographer David Leslie Anthony,in an editorial spread titled “Almost Famous”. Elite Chi- cago then forwarded these tear sheets to Elite NY, who then brought Kloss to New York.
One of her first modelling stints was for Abercrombie kids when she posed for the brand’s photography shot by Bruce Weber. In January 2008 she left Elite and signed with NEXT Model Management. She en- ded up walking 31 runways in New York Fashion Week notably, closing for Marc Jacobs, opening Carolina Herrera, and occupying both spots at Doo.Ri. After New York she went on to walk 20 shows in Milan, and 13 in Paris for the fall 2008 collections, with a total of 64 shows in a single season.
She has been in advertisements for Rebecca Taylor, Jean Paul Gaultier, Donna Karan, Nina Ricci, Chloé, Sportmax, Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, Elie Saab, Dolce & Gabbana, Pringle of Scotland, Dior, Hermes, Oscar de la Renta, Sonia Rykiel, Aquascutum, Topshop, Uniq- lo, American Eagle, and Victoria’s Secret PINK. Kloss is the face of the Marc Jacobs fragrance Lola. She has walked for numerous designers in New York, London, Milan and Paris, including Shiatzy Chen, Calvin Kle- in, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Zac Posen, Givenchy, Gucci, Valentino, Louis Vuitton and Versace, Elie Saab.
She has ventured into TV when she appeared in Season Four, Episode 1 of Gossip Girl as herself. She co-hosted with the revival of the MTV series House of Style with fellow model Joan Smalls. She also appeared in that year’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.