Ana Hickmann was
born on
March 1, 1981 in
Santa Cruz do Sul,
Brazil. Her parents were German immigrants who sustained the family with farming.
Young Ana spent her impoverished
early years picking up
hen eggs and planting
strawberries before
dawn.
When
she was 13 years old, it was obvious
She had the kind of
body that was not destined for a starring role on
Green Acres.
she started modeling and won a number of local
beauty pageants. The first
born of her family, expectations were high.
Ana Hickmann gets noticedIn 1996,
she left her village to visit relatives in
Sao Paulo. A
friend of
hers convinced her to participate in a modeling
competition that
She reluctantly agreed to. Before she knew it, she was among the three who were awarded an
exclusive contract with
Mega Models.
On February 14, 1998, two weeks shy of her 17th birthday,
she got married to former model
Alexander Corra who was nine years her senior. Although the couple was madly in
love, the
real reason for the hasty marriage was that
Ana wanted to
go to
Paris, but the fact that
She was a
minor caused bureaucratic problems.
In 2000,
Paolo Zampolli, president of the
famous agency ID Models, flew to
southern Brazil to see what the Brazilian model hype,
begun by
Gisele Bundchen, was about. From the outset, Zampolli realized he had a
winner on his hands and signed her up to his
New York agency.
hickmann hits the big timeBefore
long,
she was traveling all over
the world in the employ of other agencies such as
Storm,
Paolo Tomei,
Max Models, and
Louisa.
famous fashion photographers
Patrick Demarchelier and the recently deceased
Helmut Newton stated that
Ana is their favorite subject.
This kind of relationship enabled her to work on ad campaigns for Cia Maritima, Versace,
Golden Lady,
La Perla,
Nivea, and Wella. In July 2002,
she was selected to participate in
Victoria's Secret's Very Sexy campaign for a fee of $250,000
US. The TV
commercial, which also featured
Adriana Lima,
Tyra Banks,
Gisele Bundchen, and
Laetitia Casta, was shot by
popular movie director
Michael Bay of
Pearl Harbor (2001)
fame.
Ana Hickmann's guaranteed futureStill married to Corra who is now the guiding
light of her career,
Ana explored a new direction in late 2002.
she has launched a
collection of makeup,
shoes, swimsuits, and eyewear simply called
Ana Hickmann.
She and her husband also own a photo studio, and a
DJ agency in
Sao Paulo. The idea is that when her modeling career comes to an end, she'll have something to
fall back on.
Adored in her native
country by legions of fans,
she is
one of the highest-paid models in
Brazil.
She devotes her
time to charity work and lives both in
Sao Paulo and
New York, where she has an
apartment. She still nurses
the dream of becoming the #1 supermodel in
the world.
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