Doutzen Kroes

Doutzen Kroes
Kroes at Cannes Film Festival in 2015
Born (1985-01-23) 23 January 1985 (age 39)
Gytsjerk, Friesland, Netherlands
Occupations
  • Model
  • actress
  • philanthropist
Years active2003–present
Spouse
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(m. 2010)​
Children2
Modeling information
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[1]
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorBlue
AgencyDNA Models (New York)[1]

Doutzen Kroes (West Frisian: [ˈdɔutsn̩ ˈkrus], Dutch: [ˈdʌutsə(ŋ) ˈkrus]; born 23 January 1985[2][3]) is a Dutch fashion model. She began her modelling career in 2003, in the Netherlands and was quickly sent by her agency to New York where she was cast by lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2008 until 2014, making her the second Dutch "Angel" after Karen Mulder.[4] She has been a brand ambassador for L'Oréal Paris since 2006.[5] Kroes has been one of the highest-paid models, with an estimated income of more than $5 million per year, since 2008. In 2014, she came in second on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $8 million in one year.[6] As of December 2015, she was ranked as one of the "New Supers"[7] in the fashion industry and dubbed "Helen of Troy of advertising"[8] by Models.com. In 2013, she became the first model to land four different solo international covers of Vogue's September issue in a single year.[9]

Her film debut was in Nova Zembla (2011).

  1. ^ a b "DNA Models Doutzen Kroes". DNA Model Management LLC. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Victoria's Secret Angel Doutzen Kroes celebrates turning 30". Hello!. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. ^ Kroes, Doutzen [@doutzen] (23 January 2015). "Turning 30 with everything I could ever wish for when I blew out the candles as a kid. Blessed!" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 January 2022 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ De Klerk, Amy (30 November 2016). "Why didn't Doutzen Kroes walk in the Victoria's Secret show?". Harper's Bazaar.
  5. ^ "Doutzen Kroes Model Profile". New York Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016.
  6. ^ Robehmed, Natalie (18 August 2014). "The World's Highest Paid Models". Forbes. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  7. ^ "MODELS.com's New Supers". Models.com. Retrieved 4 December 2015. Victoria's Secret, L'Oreal, Miu Miu and every human with a pair of eyes and a pulse can't be wrong; Doutzen is the face of a generation. The meteoric rise of Ms. Kroes can be summed up in one word - destiny.
  8. ^ "MODELS.com's The Money Girls". MODELS.com. Retrieved 4 December 2015. Will the massive money jobs ever stop for the Dutch wonder called Doutzen? L'Oreal as far as the eye can see booked alongside that long running Victoria's Secret contract. She's like the Helen of Troy of advertising.
  9. ^ Kruspe, Dana (27 August 2013). "Doutzen Kroes Lands an Unprecedented Four September Vogue Covers". Fashionista. Fashionista.com. Retrieved 4 December 2015.