Renée Simonsen
Renée Toft Simonsen ( born May 12, 1965 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a supermodel of the 1980's and children's book author.
Life
Career as a model
Simonsen 1981 accompanied a friend to a beauty contest. There, the fashion editor Birte Simonsen on Strandgaard was attentive and asked the photographer Leif Nygaard to take photos of her. Simonsen participated in the Ekstra Bladet Contest, finishing in 2nd place. Eileen Ford of the New York modeling agency Ford Models discovered Simonsen and was thrilled by it. Since Simonsen was at that time only 16 years old, she initially continued their education. In July 1981, the first title picture with Simonsen appeared for the Danish magazine photo cinema.
In 1982, Simonsen turn on Extra - Bladets beauty contest and won. Then she represented Denmark at the beauty contest Supermodel of the World and won the competition. In the December issue of American Vogue, a 20 - page editorial published with the title "A real change of pace " with Simonsen and her former roommate, Talisa Soto, photographed by Andrea Blanch.
In 1983, Simonsen was pictured on the covers of Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Elle and Harper 's Bazaar, for example, in February 1983, the front page of French Vogue, photographed by Albert Watson. For the German edition of Vogue cover girl was in March, April and September.
1985 learned Simonsen bassist John Taylor of the pop group Duran Duran, and began a relationship with the musician. She made first experiences as an actress in the film Vanzina Carlo Sotto il vestito niente ( The Last Shot ), in which she played a psychopathic murderer. However, the film was not a success and was released in Germany only on video.
In 1987, she turned her second film, again directed by Carlo Vanzina. But the comedy Via Montenapoleone with Carol Alt flopped as Simonsen's first film. In 1988, Simonsen moved to the separation of John Taylor for three months in an Israeli kibbutz back. The following year Simonsen explained her modeling career began and ended in Denmark for studying psychology. As early as 1991 took Simonsen again model contracts and worked for Vichy. 1993 Simonsen became the face of the new advertising campaign of the L' Oréal brand Biotherm.
Career as a writer
From 1997, she worked as a fashion editor for the Danish magazine Asschenfeldts Magasin. The magazine, however, was withdrawn from the market after only a few issues back. 2002 ended Simonsen her studies in Psychology with success, a year later, she campaigned for the French cosmetics company Clarins and published her first children's book Karla's cabal. The second volume, Karla og Katrine, appeared in 2004. After a move from Denmark to Spain, 2005, the third book, Karla svaere appeared valg in which it comes to the integration of foreigners. That same year, Simonsen published another children's book, Anthony Greenwood og amerikanske the President, which is for the Danish book prices " Orla " nominated in 2006. Simonens first book, Karla's cabal was filmed in 2007. In August 2007, her first novel, Tirsdag Formiddag appeared (Tuesday morning)
Family
After the failed relationship with John Taylor in 1990, she learned to know the Danish fish exporter Kristian Sandvad. From the relationship a daughter (* 1993) and one son (* 1995). End of 1995, Simonsen separated from Sandvad and began a relationship with musician Thomas Helmig, whom she married in the summer of 2000. 1998 their son was born.
Filmography
Publications
- Karla's cabal, Børnebog, 2003
- Karla og Katrine, Børnebog, 2004
- Anthony Greenwood og the amerikanske President, Børnebog, 2005
- Karla svære valg, Børnebog, 2005
- Karla og Jonas, Børnebog, 2006
- The sejeste, Børnebog, 2006
- Lillebror & kysse - kvælerslangen, Børnebog, 2006
- Lillebror & Silver, Børnebog, 2006
- Karla venindebog, 2006
- Anthony Greenwood og i gidslet Africa, Børnebog, 2007
- Tirsdag formiddag, 2007
- Kære dagbog, 2007