1. Jon Kortajarena Redruello was born on 19 May 1985 and is a Spanish model and actor.
13 Facts About Jon Kortajarena
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Jon Kortajarena was discovered in September 2003 while vacationing in Barcelona and accompanying a friend who was invited to attend a fashion show.
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Jon Kortajarena left Bilbao, his hometown, and ventured into the fashion industry in Paris.
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In 2004, at the age of 18, Jon Kortajarena became the face of Just Cavalli for Roberto Cavalli's spring campaign which quickly jet started his career.
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Jon Kortajarena made his international fashion show debut at the fall Milan and Paris fashion weeks for Emporio Armani and John Galliano.
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Jon Kortajarena appeared in a commercial for the sugar-free Fanta Z "Mediterraneo", a TV ad in 2005 which poked fun at the departed Fanta Lite.
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In 2007, Jon Kortajarena signed with Guess and renewed his contract again in 2008.
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Jon Kortajarena fronted the cover of the March 2011 issue of Vogue Spain alongside Anja Rubik and compatriot Andres Velencoso.
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Jon Kortajarena played Alex in one episode of the 2020 Amazon Prime Video series Tales from the Loop.
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Jon Kortajarena went to an ikastola school until he was 10 years old, but due to traveling he went on to enroll in public, private, and Catholic schools thereafter.
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Jon Kortajarena's mother is a hairdresser and she often styles his hair.
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Jon Kortajarena's hobbies include watching films, reading books by Hermann Hesse, sunbathing, going to the mountains with friends, and listening to music.
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Between 2014 and 2016, Jon Kortajarena dated Welsh actor Luke Evans.