- Crystal Renn
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Crystal Renn Born Crystal Renn
June 18, 1986
Miami, Florida, United StatesOccupation Fashion model Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] Hair color Dark Brown Eye color Brown Measurements (cm) 85-73-97[1]
(in) 34C-28.5-38Dress size (US) 10 ; (EU) 40 ; (UK) 12 Shoe size (US) 9 ; (EU) 40[1] Agency Ford Models Spouse Gregory Vrecenak, (2007- 2009) Website http://www.crystalrenn.com Crystal Renn (born June 18, 1986 in Miami, Florida) is an American fashion model and author.[2]
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Personal life
Renn started her modeling career in high fashion at the age of 14 after being spotted by a professional scout in her hometown in Clinton, Mississippi.[3] Renn was told she would need to lose almost a third of her total body weight if she wanted to become a model. Later, after years of anorexia nervosa, Renn reassessed her diet and exercise habits.[3] After gaining 70 pounds (32 kg) and re-emerging as a U.S. size 12, she was re-marketed by her agents as a plus-size model. Renn has authored a book, Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves, about her experiences in the fashion industry in relation to her several body type transformations.
On June 30, 2007, Renn married her longtime boyfriend Gregory Vrecenak at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan, New York. Fashion portraits of her wedding were taken by photographer Brian Boulos. In mid-2009 the couple ended their marriage. Renn currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
In November 2010, Renn said she had lost weight through hiking and yoga, and that her dress size dropped to a US 8.[4]
Career
In addition to working repeatedly with notable fashion photographers Ruven Afanador and Steven Meisel and being the only plus-size model to appear on a Harper's Bazaar cover[citation needed] and appearing in four international Vogue editions. Renn has enjoyed lucrative contracts with many high-profile plus-size clothing manufacturers such as Lane Bryant, Evans and Torrid, and has also appeared on the runway for Vena Cava, Heatherette, Elena Miro, and most notably for Jean-Paul Gaultier in his Spring/Summer prêt-à-porter 2006 collection in Paris, garnering favorable and extensive media interest. Recently, she walked in the Chanel Resort 2011 runway show. She recently appeared in the F/W 2010 Jean Paul Gautier campaign and has appeared in campaigns for H&M, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Saks Fifth Avenue, Jean Paul Gautier, Jimmy Choo, Barneys, Dsquared, and Nordstrom. She has also appeared in editorials for American, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Latin American, and Teen Vogue, Italian Elle, Russian and American Harpers Bazaar, Glamour, V, i-D and Vanity Fair.[5]
Renn is also notable for appearing in back-to-back campaigns in 2007 wearing big crayons and regular-sized (not specifically plus-size) clothing for Spanish retailer Mango; her photos appearing amid those of smaller models and without notation regarding her larger size, a rare occurrence in conventional apparel advertising.[citation needed]
In 2011, Renn became the face of the spring/summer campaign for Jimmy Choo[6] and the spring/summer MR Denim Collection by Marina Rinaldi, a plus-size jeans collection.[7]
Renn's first book, Hungry, was co-authored by Marjorie Ingall and released on September 8, 2009.[8] During an on-camera interview at an Australian industry function[9][dead link], Renn's agent Gary Dakin noted that her total income would now be "close to 7 figures".[citation needed]
Renn reported for Glamour at New York Fashion Week 2010 on the fall collections.[10]
References & Sources
- Verlag, Wilhelm Heyne (2009). Crystal Renn-Hungry - ICH WOLLTE ESSEN. ABER ICH WOLLTE AUCH IN DER VOGUE SEIN..
References
- ^ a b c "Elite Model Management Paris: CRYSTAL RENN Portfolio". 2010. http://management.elitemodel.fr/details.aspx?modelID=511021&ln=fr&nav=1&subid=2859&mainsubid=2859&divID=7&indx=2&letter=. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ "Crystal Renn Profile". New York Magazine. http://nymag.com/fashion/models/crenn/crystalrenn/. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ a b Rettberg, Felix (2009-10-07). "SPIEGEL Interview With Plus-Size Model: 'I Was Asking How Many Calories Chewing Gum Had'". Der Spiegel. http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,653745,00.html. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ Yuan, Jada (2010-01-25). "Crystal Renn on Her Weight Loss, New Exercise Routine, and Walking for Karl Lagerfeld". New York (magazine). http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/10/crystal_renn_qa.html. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ Wilson, Eric (January 13, 2010). "The Triumph of the Size 12s". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/fashion/14CRYSTAL.html. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- ^ Odell, Amy (2011-01-06). "Crystal Renn on Her Weight Loss, New Exercise Routine, and Walking for Karl Lagerfeld". New York (magazine). http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2011/01/crystal_renn_is_the_new_face_o.html. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ "Crystal Renn : the movie of the new MR Denim campaign on vogue.it". MarinaRinaldi.com]]. 2010-11-19. http://blog.marinarinaldi.com/en/post/2010/11/crystal-renn-the-movie-of-the-new-mr-denim-campaign-on-vogue-it/. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ Crystal Renn; Marjorie Ingall. Hungry. Simon & Schuster. http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Crystal-Renn/48958993/books. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- ^ [1], CityChic plus-size model search
- ^ Cindi Leive (02/11/2010). "On The C.L.: Meet Our Brand-New Fashion Week Blogger (Our Whole Staff Has a Girl Crush)". Glamour. http://www.glamour.com/fashion/blogs/slaves-to-fashion/2010/02/on-the-cl-meet-our-brand-new-f.html. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
External links
- Australia photo shoot, May 2009 at Harper's BAZAAR
- Interview with Models
- Interview 2009 with The Guardian
- Articles by Crystal Renn at Glamour
Categories:- 1986 births
- American female models
- Living people
- Plus-size models
- People from Miami, Florida
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