Helena Christensen

Christensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, as the eldest of two daughters of a Danish father and a Peruvian mother. She is fluent in Danish, Spanish, and English as well as French and German. Winning the Miss Universe Denmark crown in 1986, at the age of just 17, she subsequently represented Denmark in the Miss Universe 1986 pageant. The following year, she participated in the Look of the Year 1987 competition, where she was a finalist. Christensen left home soon after to pursue modeling in Paris.\n', '

Christensen appeared on over 600 magazine covers—including Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and W—and in fashion campaigns (including Revlon, Chanel, Versace, Lanvin, Prada, Sonia Rykiel, Hermes, Valentino and Karl Lagerfeld) during the 1990s. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as one of the most popular models of her time and hailed as one of the supermodels by the media for her fame a…