Vanessa Lorenzo
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Vanessa Lorenzo (born December 7, 1976 in Barcelona, Spain) is a supermodel. She has been featured in famous magazines such as Vogue, ELLE,Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
Measuring a mere 5' 7½", Lorenzo can be classified as a petite model. Lorenzo started modeling when she was ten years old. Later, at the age of 17, she left Spain for Paris where a local modeling agency thought her figure and characteristics would do well. The day after she arrived, she was rushed to London to shoot a campaign for Pepe Jeans. After that she began to work internationally. She lived in Paris for three years, but always returned to Spain because of her family in Barcelona. Lorenzo currently lives in New York with her boyfriend, also model, Jordi Roselló.
Lorenzo was signed by the Group modeling agency at a young age. After finishing second in the Elite Look of the Year modeling competition when she was 16, she moved to Paris and then New York to work as a fashion model.
Over the years, she has worked for companies like Pepe Jeans, Ralph Lauren, Escada, Giorgio Armani, L'Oreal, Yves Saint Laurent, Gap, Laura Biagiotti, Victoria's Secret, Christian Dior, and Pantene.
As far as magazine appearances go, she was in Marie Claire, Vogue, Elle, as well as the 2002 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. As a testament to her success in this business, she has made the covers of Neo, Cosmopolitan, Self, Vogue, Amica, Lucky, Woman, Elle, and Glamour.
In the movies, she was in the Spanish Entreacte (1989), the successful Italian romantic comedy Fuochi d'artificio (Fireworks, 1997) and the short fantasy film El topo y el hada (1998).
