34 Facts About Claudia Schiffer

Claudia Schiffer rose to fame in the 1990s as one of the world's most successful models, attaining supermodel status.

Claudia Schiffer's striking looks and appeal garnered international success, making her a fixture on magazine covers across Elle, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and Time, among others.

Claudia Schiffer appeared on over 1,000 magazine covers and walked for high-profile fashion houses, boasting a runway fee of $20,000 per show in 1992.

Claudia Schiffer holds the record for model with the most covers, listed in Guinness World Records.

Beyond modeling, Claudia Schiffer ventured into acting, with roles in films like Richie Rich and Love Actually, and engaged in charity work with UNICEF and Make Poverty History.

Claudia Maria Schiffer was born in Rheinberg, a small town 15 kilometres northwest of Duisburg, on 25 August 1970, to mother Gudrun and father Heinz Schiffer, a lawyer.

Claudia Schiffer originally aspired to become a lawyer and used to work in her father's law firm.

Early on in her career, Claudia Schiffer was said to resemble Brigitte Bardot.

In 1992, Claudia Schiffer signed an exclusive global contract ith Revlon, for an estimated $6 million a year for 10 years; this agreement made heer the highest-paid model in history.

Claudia Schiffer was one of 10 models on Vogues 100th anniversary cover in 1992.

In May 1997, Claudia Schiffer was featured on the cover and in the pictorial of Playboy.

Claudia Schiffer has appeared on a total of more than 1,000 magazine covers.

In 1997, Claudia Schiffer signed an exclusive worldwide contract with L'Oreal.

Claudia Schiffer still holds a contract with L'Oreal and is one of their longest standing ambassadors.

Claudia Schiffer made her runway return in September 2023, closing out Versace's Spring 2024 show at Milan Fashion Week.

Claudia Schiffer made her film debut in the children's movie Richie Rich.

Claudia Schiffer then starred opposite Dennis Hopper and Matthew Modine in The Blackout.

Films in which Claudia Schiffer has made cameo appearances include Ben Stiller's Zoolander.

Claudia Schiffer made a cameo appearance in the music video for Bon Jovi's "Say It Isn't So" in 2000, and appeared in the music video for Comic Relief's 2001 charity single, Westlife's "Uptown Girl".

Claudia Schiffer has hosted the French Fashion Awards, and the 1995 World Music Awards in Monaco.

Claudia Schiffer helped present and carry the trophy with Pele during the opening ceremonies at the 2006 World Cup.

Claudia Schiffer presented Prince William with a polo trophy in 2002.

In collaboration with Iris von Arnim, Claudia Schiffer launched her eponymous cashmere collection during Paris Fashion Week in March 2011.

From 2015, she served as creative director for Claudia Schiffer Made by TSE, another women's cashmere collection.

In 2014, Claudia Schiffer partnered with Rodenstock on an eyewear collection featuring sunglasses and optical frames for women.

In 2020, Claudia Schiffer partnered with numerous fashion and cosmetics brands including Frame, Bamford and Lucie Kaas, which released special limited edition and one-off pieces in celebration of her 50th birthday.

Also in 2020, Claudia Schiffer unveiled her first collaboration with ceramics-maker Bordallo Pinheiro called Cloudy Butterflies, a detailed decorative collection adorned with butterflies in several colors.

Claudia Schiffer was a spokeswoman for Make Poverty History, and appeared in their "Click" campaign.

In 1993, at a Berlin celebrity gala, Claudia Schiffer met the American magician David Copperfield when he brought her on stage to participate in a mind reading act and in his flying illusion, and they became engaged in January 1994.

Claudia Schiffer appeared alongside Copperfield in David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic, a 1994 documentary in which she played the role of a reporter interviewing him, and at the end of which they reprised their performance of the flying illusion.

In 1997, Copperfield and Claudia Schiffer both sued Paris Match after the magazine claimed their relationship was a sham, that Claudia Schiffer "[was] paid for pretending to be Copperfield's fiancee and [didn't] even like him".

In 1999, Claudia Schiffer won an undisclosed sum and a retraction from Paris Match when a French court ruled that the magazine's story was false.

Copperfield's publicist confirmed that while Claudia Schiffer had a contract to appear in the audience at Copperfield's show in Berlin where they met, she was not under contract to be his "consort".

In 2004, a Canadian man was accused of harassing Claudia Schiffer, repeatedly leaving letters at her Suffolk residence.