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Caroline Trentini

Caroline Trentini's photoPATRICK MCMULLAN

Nationality:
Brazilian
Birthday:
July 6, 1987
Born in:
Panambi, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Lives now:
New York, NY
Agencies:
Marilyn Agency, Storm, Why Not
Known for:
My breasts, my body, my walk
Status:
Cover girl, established, sexy girl
Friends with:
Arlenis Sosa, Boyd Holbrook, Bruna Erhardt, Bruna Tenorio, Caroline Ribeiro, Cintia Dicker, David Gandy, Doutzen Kroes, Emanuela de Paula, Emina Cunmulaj, Lisa Cant, Masha Novoselova, Natasha Poly, Raquel Zimmerman
Interests:
Volleyball

Career

Vogue, 2007

Jul 6, 1987
Born in Panambi, Brazil
1988
Father dies, leaving mother to raise three daughters
2000
Discovered by modeling agent (the same one who scouted Gisele Bundchen) in hometown while walking down the street with her family
2002
At age 14, unable to speak English, moves to NYC to pursue modeling
2003
Major breakthrough: Juergen Teller photographs Trentini for Marc by Marc Jacobs
Jan 2004
Opens the spring Emanuel Ungaro couture show in Paris
Mar 2004
Opens and closes the fall Christian Lacroix show in Paris
Jul 2004
Closes the fall Anne Valerie Hash couture show in Paris
Oct 2004
Appears in W editorial with Lisa Cant and Heather Marks, photographed by Paolo Roversi
Nov 2004
Becomes a vegetarian after Steven Klein photographs her topless in a meat freezer
Feb 2005
Opens the fall Marc Jacobs show in New York
Feb 2005
Appears in editorials for British Vogue and Italian Vogue
2005
Patrick Demarchelier photographs Trentini alongside Jessica Stam for BCBG Max Azria
Nov 2005
First major American television appearance in Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Video »
2006
Becomes the face of Gucci’s 85th-anniversary ad campaign with Iselin Steiro, photographed by Craig McDean Video »
Feb 2006
Closes the fall Vera Wang show in New York
Apr 2006
Appears in editorials for Vogue and Numéro
2006
David Sims photographs Trentini for Balenciaga alongside Hana Soukupova, Hilary Rhoda, and other top models
Nov 2006
Walks in the annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show
Dec 2006
Appears in Vogue editorial
2007
Debuts the Anne Demeulemeester white-lamb jacket in the American Vogue spread “Cloud Atlas”
2007
Becomes the face of Oscar de la Renta
Feb 2007
Opens the fall Oscar de la Renta and Bottega Veneta shows in New York and Milan
Feb 2007
Closes the fall Anna Sui and Chanel shows in New York and Paris
Feb 2007
Walks the Chloé show in Paris and is interviewed backstage by Fashion TV Video »
Feb 2007
Walks in the fall Gianfranco Ferre show in Milan and is interviewed backstage by Fashion TV Video »
Mar 2007
Appears in editorials for French Vogue and British Vogue
Apr 2007
Makes her American daytime-television debut on the Today Show
May 2007
Featured on the cover of Vogue as one of the world's next top supermodels, photographed by Steven Meisel
May 2007
In the same issue of Vogue, Anna Wintour notes in her “Letter from the Editor” that Trentini “sexily swagger[s]”
Jun 2007
Chosen as one of Vogue’s Top 45 Best-Dressed Girls of Summer
Jul 2007
Featured on the cover of Numéro, photographed by Greg Kadel
Jul 2007
Opens the fall Christian Lacroix couture show in Paris
2007
Steven Meisel photographs Trentini for the fall Mulberry and DSquared2 ad campaigns
Sep 2007
Appears in two editorials for Italian Vogue
Sep 2007
Opens the spring Carlos Miele and Oscar de la Renta shows in New York
Sep 2007
Closes the spring Carlos Miele, Tibi, and Dolce & Gabbana shows in New York and Milan
Nov 2007
Appears on the cover of Spanish Vogue
2008
Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier for the Pirelli calendar
Jan 2008
Appears in Vogue editorial alongside good friend Raquel Zimmermann
2008
Becomes the face of DKNY and DKNY Underwear
Jan 2008
Designs a limited-edition shirt for Carlos Miele to benefit the Rainforest Foundation Photo »
Feb 2008
Closes the fall Bill Blass, DKNY, Ports 1961, and Tibi shows in New York
Mar 2008
Appears in three editorials for Vogue, and a Harper's Bazaar and Italian Vogue editorial
Apr 2008
Appears in four editorials for Vogue, working with the legendary Irving Penn, Steven Meisel, Annie Leibowitz, and Patrick Demarchelier
Jun 2008
Appears in editorials for Numéro, photographed by Camilla Akrans and Vogue, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
2008
Steven Klein photographs Trentini for Dolce & Gabbana alongside Jessica Stam and Lily Donaldson
Jul 2008
Walks the fall Christian Dior couture show in Paris
Sep 2008
Appears in two editorials for Vogue
Sep 2008
Opens the fall Ruffian show in New York
Oct 2008
Appears in editorials for Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue

Quoted

“Moving from São Paulo to [New York] wasn’t that big of a deal. But from my little town in Brazil to São Paulo? That was scary.”

Vogue

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