1. Helena Christensen was born on 25 December 1968 and is a Danish fashion model.
20 Facts About Helena Christensen
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Helena Christensen is a former Victoria's Secret Angel, co-founder and original creative director for Nylon magazine, and she is a supporter of funding for breast cancer organizations and other philanthropic charities.
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Helena Christensen's father, Fleming, is Danish and her mother, Elsa, is Peruvian.
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Helena Christensen left home soon after to pursue modelling in Paris.
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Helena Christensen rose to prominence in the 1990s, becoming one of the most popular models of her time.
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Helena Christensen became a spokesmodel for Revlon cosmetics in 1992.
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Helena Christensen appeared on 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.
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Helena Christensen graced the covers of Vogue Italia, Portuguese Vogue, British Tatler, French Elle.
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Helena Christensen was co-founder and creative director of Nylon magazine in 1999 with Ray Gun magazine publisher Marvin Scott Jarrett, and Kung Faux creator Mic Neumann.
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Helena Christensen created a vintage clothing line, sold in her mother's store, the Yo-Yo Second Hand Shop, in Christianshavn, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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In 2014, Helena Christensen worked on a photography series: Liberty Ross, Liv Tyler, and The Pursuit of Grace.
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Helena Christensen has traveled extensively and often finds herself on both sides of the camera.
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Helena Christensen partnered with Oxfam in 2009 to document the impact of climate change in Peru, where her mother was born.
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Helena Christensen launched the second Fashion Targets Breast Cancer campaign, which involves the sale of designer t-shirts to raise money for Ireland's Action Breast Cancer and Europa Donna Ireland to help younger women with breast cancer.
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Helena Christensen dated and lived with INXS frontman Michael Hutchence on and off in France and Denmark for five years in the early 1990s.
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Helena Christensen was in a relationship with actor Norman Reedus for five years; together they have a son born October 1999.
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Helena Christensen has an apartment in Copenhagen, a house in Catskill, New York, and lives in Manhattan, where she drives "the only type of car I've ever had", a Morris Minor.
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Helena Christensen reported in 2007 that she had been residing in Monaco.
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In 2024, Helena Christensen was awarded the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization Model Pioneer Award at the United Nations, in recognition of her groundbreaking achievements and dedication to empowering others to create lasting change.
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Helena Christensen's contributions were further acknowledged by the United States Congress and officially recorded in the Congressional Record.