Navia Nguyen

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Navia Nguyen, born in 1973 in Saigon, Vietnam, is a Vietnamese American model and actress.

Navia grew up in New York City and moved to London after finishing school to study at St. Martin's College of Art. She was spotted by a photographer while shopping in Camden Town. Navia appeared in the 1996 Pirelli Calendar and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1997, the first Asian Model to do so. Selected by People Magazine's as being among the "50 Most Beautiful People". She has been a model for some of the leading houses of fashion to include Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano, Fendi, Christian Dior), as well as large American firms as: GAP, Diesel and Tommy Hilfiger. She is currently married to William Robertson and resides in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles.

[edit] Partial filmography

• Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
• Hitch (2005)
• The Quiet American (2002)
• Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit '97 (1997)

[edit] Selected TV guest appearances

• As If (2001)
• Sex and the City (1998)

[edit] External links

• Navia Nguyen at the Internet Movie Database
• Photos