Nadja Auermann

Nadja Auermann (born 19 March 1971) is a German model and actress. She was once stated by the Guinness Book of Records<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> to have the longest legs of any model in the world.

Biography

In 1989, Auermann was discovered in a cafe in Berlin and signed to Karin Modeling Agency in Paris.<ref name="nymag" /> In 1991, she moved from Karin to Elite Model Management and appeared in Vogue Paris and in Benetton clothing advertisements. In September 1994, she was featured on the cover of both Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.<ref>Noticed; On-the-Cover Coup, New York Times, August 28, 1994, pg. A39.</ref>

Auermann has walked the runway for many brands, including Thierry Mugler, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi and Yves Saint Laurent She has appeared in advertising campaigns for, among others, Prada, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana and Hermès. She was the international spokesperson for Shiseido in the late 1990s.<ref name="nymag">Template:Cite news</ref> Auermann has appeared on more than 100 magazine covers worldwide,<ref name="nymag" /> including Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar and i-D.<ref name="fmd" /><ref name="nymag" /><ref name="dna models" />

Throughout her career she has worked with renowned photographers including Helmut Newton, Steven Meisel, Craig McDean, Juergen Teller and Peter Lindbergh, who saw her as his muse.<ref name="nymag" /><ref name="dna models">Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

In 1997, Auermann had her first child, a daughter named Cosima, with Olaf Björn Tietz. Cosima is now a model.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1999, Auermann married German actor Wolfram Grandezka. Their son, Nicolas, was born in the same year. Nicolas is also now a model.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Auermann and Grandezka divorced a few years later. Auermann gave birth to her third and fourth children in 2010 and 2013.<ref name="voguepedia" />

Auermann enjoys spending her holidays in the spa town of Heiligendamm on Germany's Baltic coast.<ref>A Spa Town Reclaims Its Glory, New York Times, June 3, 2007, pg. 5.4.</ref> She was convicted of tax evasion by a German court in 2011 and was fined 90,000 EUR.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In an interview with the German press in 2013, she revealed that she was living with her children and partner, whose name she has kept secret, in Dresden.<ref name="voguepedia">Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

• List of people from Berlin

External links

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