Jourdan Dunn

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Jourdan Dunn

Dunn backstage at Anna Sui.
Born (1990-08-03) 3 August 1990
London, England
Nationality British
Modeling information
Height 6 ft 0. in (1.83 m)[1]
Hair color Black
Eye color Brown
Measurements 32-23-34 (US); 81-59-86 (EU)
Dress size 2 (US), 6 (UK), 34 (EU)
Shoe size 10 (US), 40 (EU)
Manager Storm Model Management

Jourdan Dunn (born 3 August 1990)[2] is a British fashion model. She was discovered in Hammersmith Primark in 2006[2] and signed to Storm Model Management in London shortly thereafter. In 2008, she was the first black model to walk a Prada runway in over a decade.[3][4] She has attracted attention because of the paucity of black models in the fashion modelling industry.[3]

Career

Dunn made her runway debut in the New York shows in the fall of 2007, walking in shows for Marc Jacobs and Polo Ralph Lauren, among others.[5] In 2007, she was featured on British Vogue as a "new star," and in 2008 Style.com listed her as one of the top 10 newcomers.

In July 2008, Steven Meisel selected Dunn to appear on the cover of the Vogue Italia issue devoted entirely to black models.[3] She has also been featured on the cover of American Vogue, British Vogue and Teen Vogue, as well as covering i-D, Elle, Pop, Russh, Muse, The Sunday Times Style, Ponystep, Antidote and Luella.

In November 2008, Dunn was named "Model of the Year" at the British Fashion Awards.[6] She has garnered attention for her legs and for her walk which she says she practises frequently with very tall heels,[7] walking over 60 shows during the spring 2009 season.

She has modelled for Burberry, Calvin Klein, Yves Saint Laurent, DKNY, John Galliano, Victoria's Secret, Tommy Hilfiger, Topshop, Jaeger, Rag & Bone, Gap, Aldo, Shiatzy Chen, Benetton, H&M, Banana Republic, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue,[8] and is the face of Rihanna's collections for River Island.

She has appeared in editorials for American, Italian, French, British, Russian, Spanish, Japanese and Teen Vogue, Elle, i-D, Dazed & Confused, W, Pop, Centrefold and V. In Teen Vogue's November 2009 issue on which she appears alongside Chanel Iman, she discusses her and Chanel's previous competitive relationship in the accompanying article.[9]

London 2012 Models (1)
During the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Dunn was one of the British models wearing bespoke fashions created by British designers specifically for the event. The other models were Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, David Gandy, Karen Elson, Lily Cole, Georgia May Jagger and Stella Tennant.[10] She wore a gold and white gown by Jonathan Saunders with feathered headdress by Stephen Jones.[11]

In March 2013, Dunn appeared as the cover story in Net-a-Porter's "The Edit." In it she spoke of encountering discrimination telling the magazine that casting agents would say clients “didn't want any more black girls”.[12] In July, 2013, she received media attention for tweeting that she had been cancelled from a Dior haute couture show, "for her boobs"; rather than her skin colour - which she noted, "usually happens".[13]

In November 2013, she won "Model of the Year" at the Harper's Bazaar Women Of The Year Awards.[14]

She is currently ranked 28th on the Top 50 Models Women list by models.com.

Dunn also currently hosts a cooking show entitled, "Well Dunn", on Jay Z's Life+Times YouTube channel. The web show has featured celebrity guest co-chefs, such as Wale, Karlie Kloss, Cara Delevingne and 2 Chainz among others.

Personal life

Dunn grew up in Greenford, West London.

She has one child, Riley, a boy, born 8 December 2009 in London. She announced her pregnancy in the 2009 issue of Teen Vogue, which garnered some negative press reaction since Dunn was 19 at the time. She had been with her boyfriend, the baby's father, for five years [15] before he was arrested for dealing cocaine two months after her son was born.[16] Riley has been diagnosed with Sickle-cell disease.[17]

She's friends with fellow models, Joan Smalls, Chanel Iman, Anais Mali, Cara Delevingne and Karlie Kloss, who is godmother to her son Riley.

References

  1. ↑ "Profile Jourdan Dunn on twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 8 December 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Jourdan Dunn". New York. Retrieved 4 December 2008. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Marrin, Minette (11 March 2008). "Jourdan Dunn is the colour of money". The Sunday Times (London). Retrieved 4 December 2008. 
  4. ↑ "Jourdan Dunn". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 4 December 2008. 
  5. ↑ Jones, Dolly (14 September 2007). "A New Star from Storm". Retrieved 4 December 2008. 
  6. ↑ "Jourdan model of the year". The Scotsman (Edinburgh). 27 November 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009. 
  7. ↑ "Catching Up with Jourdan Dunn". Teen Vogue. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008. 
  8. ↑ Bumpus, Jessica (6 October 2008). "The New Vogue". Retrieved 4 December 2008. 
  9. ↑ Keltner, Jane. "Double Whammy". teenvogue.com. Retrieved 2009-10-12. 
  10. ↑ British Fashions | London Olympics Closing Ceremony
  11. ↑ Olympic Closing Ceremony | Fashion Shoot
  12. ↑ Cover Story | Jourdan Dunn: Thy Will be Dunn
  13. ↑ http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/07/02/jourdan-dunn-cancelled-from-dior-couture-show
  14. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2488091/Rita-Ora-wears-grill-Jourdan-Dunn-glows-afterparty.html
  15. ↑ http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/091210-jourdan-dunn-gives-birth-to-a-boy.aspx
  16. ↑ Moss, Hilary (26 February 2010). "Jourdan Dunn's Baby's Father Arrested For Dealing Cocaine: Report". Huffington Post. 
  17. ↑ Moss, Hilary (28 March 2011). "Jourdan Dunn Opens Up About Son's Illness, Being A Single Mother". Huffington Post. 

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