She is the number one top model of the site Models.com, since the end of 2007. The gaucho of Bom Retiro do Sol, walks an average of 60 parades yearly and an enormity of advertising campaigns. Raquel Zimmermann, 26 years, however, has nothing of star quality. She is a normal person, that worships rock´n´roll clothes- boot, jacket, undershirt -, plays guitar, surfs and rides horses. And she is, I repeat, the top number 1 in the world.
For her, it is a pleasure to be able to speak of her work, she likes to do this and recount some things about her life outside of the catwalk. It was like this that she received Terra soon after she arrived from London, after photographing for Shiseido, catching a plane and landing, late, in São Paulo. The result of the interview is in video, but what I want to say here is the following: despite being a top model, she is simple, pleasant and considerate. With three hours of delay, she arrived apologizing and ashamed, with the expensive one washed and natural hair.
Raquel is in Brazil for walk for Animale, that closes the presentations of this Saturday, afterwards she photographs the campaign and stays for other works. We, simple mortal, seeing the work of the models, pretty and marvelous, many times we find that the life of them is alone of that skill: of photographers, designer clothes and face carried of makeup. But no, there is normal life outside of the backstage and of the photographs. It is clear that it is not so normal as ours. In a week, for example, she can be in three different parts of the world. Or if she want she can also buy a leather jacket of US $1million.
But Raquel, beyond everything, also eats barbecue and chocolate. Without exaggerations. And she has her private life centered. She has dated the Chilean photographer Ruy Sanchez Blanco for eight years and already is going to have children, from here in some four years. She likes art. Whenever has opportunity, she visits galleries and museums of the cities which way works and, if is able to, to purchase some little things.
The even most better one is that she does not feel like star, receiving the press with attention and delicacy. A phrase of her left me thinking: "I stayed very satisfied that you will give myself opportunity of speak about my work." Or it be, she does the work of her and respects ours, the work of the press. And that is very lawful. Not, she is not a celebrity. She is just a model. And hopefully it serve of "model" for other that are going to follow the career.