Crystal Renn was told she would need to lose almost a third of her total body weight if she wanted to become a model.
11 Facts About Crystal Renn
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Later, after years of anorexia nervosa, Crystal Renn reassessed her diet and exercise habits.
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Crystal Renn has authored a book, Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves, about her experiences in the fashion industry in relation to her several body type transformations.
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On June 30,2007, Crystal Renn married her longtime boyfriend Gregory Vrecenak at the Church of St Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan, New York.
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In November 2010, Crystal Renn said she had lost weight through hiking and yoga, and that her dress size dropped to a US 8.
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Crystal Renn has worked repeatedly with notable fashion photographers Ruven Afanador and Steven Meisel.
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Crystal Renn has enjoyed lucrative contracts with many high-profile plus-size clothing manufacturers such as Lane Bryant, Evans and Torrid.
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Crystal Renn has appeared in editorials for American, Australian, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Latin American, and Teen Vogue, Italian Elle, Russian, Australian and American Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, V, i-D and Vanity Fair.
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Crystal Renn has walked the runways for Shiatzy Chen, Chanel, Zac Posen, Vena Cava, Heatherette, Elena Miro, and Jean Paul Gaultier.
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Crystal Renn is notable for appearing in back-to-back campaigns in 2007 wearing big crayons and regular-sized clothing for Spanish retailer Mango; her photos appearing amid those of smaller models and without notation regarding her larger size, a rare occurrence in conventional apparel advertising.
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Crystal Renn reported for Glamour at New York Fashion Week 2010 on the fall collections.