updated on 6/2/2012
First appearance in Vogue2000
birth
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Raquel Zimmermann was born May 6, 1983 in Rio Grande do Sul. She measures 1m78 for 52kg. Brazilian with German origins, Raquel Zimmermann began her career in Japan 14 years after a school of modeling. She is discovered by the fashion world in 1999, when she walked for Chanel and Valentino.
In February 2000 she appeared on the cover of Vogue Paris special ready-to-wear. In 2001, she signed a contract with Dior cosmetics, and poses on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel. Later she walked for the greatest, Chloe Dior, through Hermes, Prada, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Versace and Victoria's Secret. In 2005, the girl became the face of Hermes.
In October 2006, the beautiful Brazilian opens the Viktor & Rolf fashion show in Paris, and became the face of the campaign by H & M Viktor & Rolf. In 2007, she became a muse Chloe, Gucci and opened parades and Fendi in Milan. In late 2007, she was ranked number one on the website models.com, dethroning Gemma Ward. In 2008, the coronation Paris Vogue supermodel. In 2009 she became the face of the fragrance by Viktor & Rolf Eau Mega and appears in a series of Vogue Paris, in Crimea, Blondie, and photographed by Alasdair McLellan. If Raquel Zimmermann does not scroll more than Louis Vuitton in recent seasons, the top is none the less active. Favorite model of Vogue Paris, she embodied the headlights looks fall-winter 2011-2012 tops alongside Natasha Poly, Lara Stone, Freja Beha Isabeli Fontana or in the August edition of 2011. We saw also in many advertising campaigns for the fall-winter 2011-2012, Alexander McQueen Alexander Wang via Jimmy Choo, Yves Saint Laurent and Lanvin.