Lara Stone Top Dutch Fashion Model

Nationality: Dutch

Ethnicity: English / Dutch
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Brown
Date of Birth: December 20 1983
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Height: 5′9.5″ ; 176.5cm
Bust: 86.5 cm
Waist: 61 cm
Hips: 89 cm
Dress Size: (US) 6 ; (EU) 36
Shoe Size: (US) 7 ; (EU) 39

Lara Stone was born on December 23, 1983 in Geldrop, the Netherlands to a Dutch mother and a British father. She grew up in the small town of Mierlo in the Netherlands. At the age of 16, she was expelled from high school and sent away to Paris by her mother.

Stone entered the Elite Model Look contest in 1999, as a 15-year-old. Although she didn’t win, she did impress Elite execs and was signed to the Elite modeling agency nonetheless. After years of working as a struggling model, her career took a positive turn when she managed to get signed by IMG in 2006. Soon after, she opened the Givenchy haute couture show in Paris and she has been a fashion frontrunner ever since.

She has walked shows for Louis Vuitton, Lanvin, Miu Miu, Fendi, MaxMara, Pollini, Prada, Anna Sui, Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Miu Miu, Stella McCartney, Zac Posen, Balmain, Celine, Hermès, Isabel Marant, Jean Paul Gaultier, Dolce & Gabbana, D&G, Givenchy, Karl Lagerfeld, Missoni, Emanuel Ungaro, and many others. During the runway season of SS-2009 Lara opened the shows of Gile Deacon, Isabel Marant, and Christopher Kane. She also opened the finale of the coveted Prada show that very same season in a striking gold dress and sky high heels that made numerous models fall flat on the concrete ground. In FW-2008, Lara opened the Fendi and MaxMara shows, and closed the Diesel and Stella McCartney shows. In SS-2008, Lara closed the Prada and Balmain shows, and opened the Miu Miu show.

Lara was also photographed alongside Malgosia Bela, Daria Werbowy, Randal Moore, Mariacarla Boscono, Emanuela De Paula, and Isabeli Fontana for the 2009 Pirelli Calendar. She spent ten tiring days on the savanna in Africa to shoot the calendar. She shot in front of a fire, jumped off of elephants and climbed up trees in heels as she said in an interview on location.

She is one of the 10 new models to watch, according to Vogue. She was considered the best model in 2006 by MODTV and the best model in the Fall 2007 season by FashionTV. She was featured on the ELLE article “Supermodel Generation 2006″, along with Jessica Stam, Gemma Ward, Hilary Rhoda and Natasha Poly. She was also number 1 in the First Faces Fall 2007 Countdowns from FashionTV.

Her trademarks include the gap between her front teeth and her wobbly runway walk, which can be atrributed to her size 7 feet, smaller than the regular runway shoe which are size 8-10.

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