1. Nicole Trunfio was born on 16 March 1986 and is an Australian model.
45 Facts About Nicole Trunfio
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Nicole Trunfio's father was of Italian descent and she says her Italian upbringing made her feel "more Italian than Australian growing up".
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Nicole Trunfio would ride dirt bikes and make Italian sausage, pasta sauce and wine with her grandparents.
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Nicole Trunfio grew up poor but never felt poor as "there was always food on the table and love in the household".
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Nicole Trunfio attended St Mary's Primary School in Merredin, Western Australia.
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Sixteen-year-old Nicole Trunfio worked at Australian supermarket Coles, packing shelves before she dropped out of school in Year 11 to move to New York City after winning a modelling competition, with only 5,000 dollars in her bank account.
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Nicole Trunfio was going to come back to Australia and study law at university after she was told that a model had a five-year shelf life.
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Nicole Trunfio was the winner of the third installment of the Australian television series Supermodel of Australia in 2002 and came second in the international version Supermodel of the World.
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In 2006, Nicole Trunfio began several years of studying acting in New York City at Stella Adler Studio.
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Nicole Trunfio attended NIDA, and was featured in the Australian movie Two Fists, One Heart, playing the role of Italian temptress Jessica.
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Nicole Trunfio served as a mentor for the female models in the second season of the American version of Make Me a Supermodel.
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Nicole Trunfio was a mentor for one of the three teams on the first season of The Face Australia.
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Nicole Trunfio replaced Miranda Kerr as the face of David Jones' winter 2011 launch.
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Nicole Trunfio is represented by IMG Models in New York City, Iconic Management in Berlin and Viviens Model Management in Australia.
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Nicole Trunfio was scouted when she was fifteen years old as she was shopping with her best friend in Perth by Christine Fox from Vivien's Model Management.
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In 2002, Nicole Trunfio won the third season of the Australian talent show television series Search for a Supermodel.
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When she was sixteen, Nicole Trunfio moved from Dubbo to New York and signed a contract with modelling agency, Ford, in New York, after placing third place in Supermodel of the World, an international version of the show.
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In 2012, Nicole Trunfio left her agency Chic Management and signed a contract with high-profile modelling agency IMG Models.
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Nicole Trunfio is represented by IMG Models in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Milan and Sydney.
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In 2015, Nicole Trunfio featured on the June issue cover of Elle Australia, photographed by Australian fashion photographer, Georges Antoni.
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In 2002, Nicole Trunfio featured on the third season of the Network Ten Australian reality television series Search for a Supermodel and won, sparking her modelling career.
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Nicole Trunfio featured on the international version, Supermodel of the World, where she placed third.
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In 2008, Nicole Trunfio played the role of Italian temptress Jessica in the Australian film Two Fists, One Heart.
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Nicole Trunfio played the role of Sappho in the 2008 drama The Last International Playboy.
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In 2009, Nicole Trunfio joined the second season of the American reality television series Make Me a Supermodel.
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Nicole Trunfio joined Tyson Beckford and replaced Niki Taylor, becoming the new mentor for the female contestants.
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Nicole Trunfio made a cameo as a "brunette bikini babe" in Sofia Coppola's 2010 film Somewhere.
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In 2010, Nicole Trunfio had a lead role in the dramatic short film My First Time, playing a mysterious girl named Jasmine.
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In 2014, Nicole Trunfio starred in the first season of the Australian reality television modelling competition series The Face Australia.
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Nicole Trunfio was a mentor for one of the three teams, alongside mentors Cheyenne Tozzi and Naomi Campbell.
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In 2014, Nicole Trunfio starred as Cindy in the Australian children's film Paper Planes alongside Australian actor Sam Worthington.
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In November 2014, when Nicole Trunfio was seven months pregnant, she announced their engagement.
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In 2015, Nicole Trunfio announced the birth of her first child, a son.
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Nicole Trunfio has been living on a 50-acre horse ranch near Austin, Texas with her husband and their three children since 2017.
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Nicole Trunfio is the founder and CEO of maternity clothing brand Bumpsuit, sustainable and ethical jewellery brand Erth Jewellery, and swimwear line Erth Swim.
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In December 2016, Nicole Trunfio launched her own jewellery brand, Erth Jewellery, that focuses on sustainability.
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In 2018, Nicole Trunfio collaborated with Australian luxury candle and fragrance brand Lumira, creating a candle titled "The Vow" to promote self-love and positivity.
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Nicole Trunfio was inspired by the scents of dark, mysterious hotels and late-night meals and cocktails after living in Paris for a year, as well as being on a yacht in the Mediterranean, between the Amalfi Coast, Italy and the South of France.
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In February 2020, Nicole Trunfio launched her own maternity brand, Bumpsuit.
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Nicole Trunfio created Bumpsuit when she was pregnant with her third baby and felt frustrated with the lack of chic maternity options.
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In July 2020, Nicole Trunfio launched her sustainable swimwear line Erth Swim, designed to "minimise its impact on the planet".
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Nicole Trunfio decided to create this brand after visiting Bali and seeing the state of the beaches after people had taken advantage of their environment, to raise awareness of this issue.
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In 2015, Nicole Trunfio faced backlash in regards to her Australian edition Elle magazine story, which featured her breastfeeding her four-month-old son.
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Nicole Trunfio's image was criticized as the media has continued to shy away from images of breastfeeding mothers.
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In January 2017, Nicole Trunfio participated in the women's march in Austin, where she carried two signs that read "Your silence will not protect you" and "Women's rights, black rights, trans rights, immigrant rights are human rights".