1. Jessica Gomes was born on 25 September 1985 and is an Australian model who appeared in the Swimsuit Issue of the American publication Sports Illustrated every year from 2008 to 2015.
29 Facts About Jessica Gomes
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Jessica Gomes has been a spokesperson for South Korean conglomerates LG Electronics and Hyundai.
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Jessica Gomes is the daughter of a Portuguese father, Joe Gomes, and a Singaporean mother of Chinese descent, Jenny, who both moved to Australia in the 1970s.
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Jessica Gomes was born in Sydney and raised in Perth in a semi-rural environment as the youngest child in her family, with two older sisters and an older brother.
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Jessica Gomes's mother sent her to modelling classes at Linda-Ann Model Academy in the Perth suburb of Midland at the age of 13.
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Jessica Gomes has enjoyed much success through South Korean advertising campaigns.
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Jessica Gomes's popularity grew, and by 2013 between her spokesmanships and Korean television show appearances, she had reached celebrity status.
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Beyond her South Korean success, Jessica Gomes has appeared in Vogue, Teen Vogue, Glamour, American Glamour and Victoria's Secret catalogue, has modeled for DKNY Jeans, Garnier, Levi's, Motorola, Urban Outfitters and Victoria's Secret, and appeared on the cover of Biba.
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Jessica Gomes signed with Estee Lauder as the face of Sean John's Unforgivable fragrance.
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Jessica Gomes has been featured in ads for Jay-Z Rocawear.
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Jessica Gomes was the Maxim Cover girl for November 2011.
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On Friday 22 March 2013, Jessica Gomes was announced as the fashion ambassador for Australian retail giant David Jones Limited, replacing Miranda Kerr and joining Megan Gale, Jason Dundas, Montana Cox, Gai Waterhouse and Emma Freedman.
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Jessica Gomes has shot editorials for the Australian and Vietnamese editions of Harper's Bazaar and modelled for the cover of Cleo.
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Jessica Gomes was listed at number 34,8 and 94 in the 2012,2013 and 2014 AskMen international poll of "world's most desirable women".
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Jessica Gomes is listed at number 25 in the Maxim Top 25 Hottest Females of 2012 and number 8 in Maxim Australia Hot 100 of 2012.
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The modeling school in Midland where Jessica Gomes attended was a child casting agency and in 1997, Jessica Gomes, along with many other students of the school, appeared as extras in the Australian miniseries The adventures of the Bush Patrol.
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Jessica Gomes made her dancing debut in the Korean version of Dancing with the Stars on 10 June 2011.
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In 2012, Jessica Gomes appeared in the 14th episode of the 7th cycle of Germany's Next Topmodel, assisting the candidates how to do jumping poses in fashion editorials.
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Jessica Gomes appeared in the 2014 film Transformers: Age of Extinction, the 2017 films Once Upon a Time in Venice starring Bruce Willis and in Father Figures co-starring with Owen Wilson and the 2020 Netflix film Tigertail alongside John Cho.
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Jessica Gomes has a variety of East Coast Hip Hop connections.
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In January 2012, Jessica Gomes was revealed as the voice behind saying the name of Rick Ross's label Maybach Music Group at the beginning of certain tracks that the company produces.
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Jessica Gomes is "name-dropped" in the Kanye West GOOD Fridays song "Christian Dior Denim Flow".
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Jessica Gomes participated as a celebrity driver in a promotional celebrity challenge racing event by Mazda associated with the 2013 Australian Grand Prix.
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One of Gomes' sisters, Bianca, was a successful model in Australia and overseas before Jessica began modeling seriously.
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Jessica Gomes counts Australian Elle Macpherson and Chinese-born model China Machado, the latter of whom was the first model of colour to appear on the cover of an American fashion magazine, as her role models.
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Jessica Gomes dined with Perth native and friend Heath Ledger in New York the day before he died.
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In 2005, Jessica Gomes moved to New York City and was a flatmate of Gemma Ward.
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Jessica Gomes continued to live in New York at the time of her Swimsuit Issue debut in 2008 and as late as 2011.
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From 2016 to 2018, Jessica Gomes was in a relationship with Xavier Samuel.