Liu Wen - Chinese Model
Born - January 27, 1988 (age 32 years), Yongzhou, China
Height - 1.78 m
Nationality - Chinese
Eye color - Brown
Elite Model Management (Paris, Milan, Barcelona), The new society management new york, storm management London
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/liuwenlw/
Chinese Owns Interntional Model .
Curtesy the Caffe fashion blog italy
Chinese Owns International Model, Started Showing intensiveness in modeling at a very young age in 2005, she started her modeling career, in 2012, the New York Times dubbed her China first bona fida model and she’s the first-ever Chinese model to walk the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, she’s the first east Asian spokesmodel for Estée Lauder cosmetics, between 2007 and 2008, wen worked with various top brands
n September 2007, Liu caught the attention of the international fashion industry when she shot an editorial in clothes designed by Karl Lagerfeld and Viktor and Rolfand would later walk for both of those brands. She was invited to Paris in 2008 to sign with an agency and participate in Paris Fashion Week.
In February 2008, she appeared in four fashion-related articles for Chinese Vogue. She debuted on international runways in the same month, walking for Burberry and closing the fall Trussardishow in Milan. The week after, she walked for Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Hermès in Paris.[2] A year later in February and March 2009, Liu Wen appeared in 74 shows in New York, London, Milan, and Paris for the Fall 2009 ready-to-wear season — this was the highest number shows for a model in that season. It also remains the record for the most shows ever walked by a model of Asian descent in a single season. She followed that up with the Spring 2010 ready-to-wear season, walking 70 shows in the same four cities. This statistic made her the second most booked model for the season following French model Constance Jablonski.
Liu has appeared in campaigns for Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana, Roberto Cavalli, Oscar de la Renta, Hugo Boss, Alexander Wang, Rag & Bone, H&M, Marni, Lane Crawford, Bergdorf Goodman, Diesel, Gap, and Vivienne Tam. Her record for a single season is seven[21] including DKNY Jeans, The GAP, Barneys New York, Benetton, Alexander Wang, Converse, and cKone in Spring 2009. She has been featured as the only female in major Vogue editorials for Vogue Germany, Vogue Espana, Vogue China, Vogue Italia, British Vogue, and American Vogue. She has also been featured in editorials for Numéro (as well as a cover), GQ, V magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Pop Magazine, Allure, i-D (as well as a cover), Interview, and W.[21]
In 2009, Liu became the first woman of Chinese descent to walk in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.[6] Liu also participated in the 2010-2012 shows.[22][23] She returned to the Victoria's Secret runway again in 2016, 2017, and 2018.
In April 2010, it was announced that Liu along with Constance Jablonski and Joan Smalls would help to represent the cosmetics company Estée Lauder.[25] In March 2012, The New York Times featured Liu Wen on the cover and in the main feature for their Style "T" Magazine's Travel Issue, and she was dubbed "China’s first bona fide supermodel".[5] In the same year, she attended the Cannes Film Festival for the first time. In Spring 2013, Liu Wen was dubbed one of "The New Icons" by H&M for her widely admired street-style.
In 2013 she also became the first Asian to be in the top five on Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid models, as number 5. She repeated the feat in 2014, with her salary rising from $4.3 million the previous year to $7 million.Also in 2013, Liu gained a rank of #3 on the Top 50 Models Women List by Models.com.She is the highest-ranked model of Asian descent in history. In July 2014, Models.com elevated her to the status of "New Supermodel", the first Asian model to ever receive that honor.She remains on that list as of February 2015.
Liu Wen has garnered a heavy social media following on platforms such as Instagram and Weibo. The immensity of her audience led American Vogue to dub her as a leader in the digital movement, saying in their April 2014 issue, in an article about social media’s rise in the fashion industry, that "Liu also has, by far, the biggest social-media audience of any model".Models.com dubbed her the first ever Asian "New Supermodel" in July 2014.
In October of the same year, Liu became the first person in the world to showcase an Apple Watch on a magazine cover when she appeared on Vogue China's November 2014 issue.
Later on, in January 2011, Liu Wen signed a contract with Estée Lauder – an American multinational that manufactures high-end beauty products. This development allowed Wen to become more involved in the United States. The New York Times in 2012 published a photo of Wen on the cover of the Style "T" Magazine's Travel Issue.[36] In 2013, Wen was listed on the Forbes magazine as being among the highest-paid supermodels globally.[37] In 2014, the supermodel was also on Forbes’ list, with the report mentioned that the model had earned approximately $7 million in 2013 alone from her modeling contracts.[38] Moreover, the article also indicated that Wen had a strong presence on social media, with over 2.7 million followers on Instagram and 18 million followers on Weibo. During the same year, Wen marketed the Apple Watch and attained the title of the first East Asian supermodel to work in such a capacity for Apple, Inc.
As a model, Wen has been associated with several major global brands. Examples of brands that have featured Wen in their marketing efforts include Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss, Roberto Cavalli, and Dolce & Gabbana.[39] The model has also marketed products manufactured by Gap, H&M, Prada, and Bergdorf Goodman. Also, Chanel Beauty – a French company that produces luxury clothes and accessories – has appointed Wen as its global ambassador. These engagements have contributed significantly to Wen's growth as a professional in her modeling career.
Currently, Wen resides in New York. The model has previously indicated that she is yet to consider having romantic relations and that she is more focused on pursuing her career. The supermodel also enjoys traveling, and she created a hashtag on Instagram titled #WenInFlight and which documents her experiences across the world. Moreover, the model has also participated in acting stints that have enabled her to feature in dating shows. In 2018, Wen was criticized by Chinese online users for affiliating herself with other countries and forgetting her heritage. The incident took place following a post by the supermodel on social media. Nonetheless, Wen has managed to avoid controversy throughout her modeling career and the first Asian model to ever make Forbes
magazine's annual highest-paid models list.
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