Doutzen Kroes ˈkrus]; born 23 January 1985) is a Dutch model and actress, who is a Victoria's
Secret Angel. She started working for the brand in 2004 and became an Angel in 2008.
She is on contract with L'Oréal. In 2012 she came in fifth on the Forbes top-earning
models list, estimated to have earned $6.9 million in one year.
Early life Kroes was born on 23 January 1985 in the village
of Eastermar, in the province of Friesland, Netherlands, to a Frisian family. She has
a younger sister called Rens who is an aspiring singer-songwriter. As a young girl, Kroes
aspired to be a professional speed skater. Modeling career
Kroes described herself as a "tomboy" in her youth, although she applied to modeling agency
Paparazzi Model Management in the Netherlands when she was older. The agency sent her to
New York City, and after being cast a few times by Victoria's Secret, they asked her
to try out as an "angel". When she moved to New York from the Netherlands, she had never
heard of the brand before. Kroes has been featured on the covers of Time,
Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Seventeen, Elle, Marie Claire, Glamour, W, Avantgarde, Dazed & Confused,
and Numéro. She also appears regularly in the Victoria's Secret catalog and walked the
runway of the company's fashion show in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Kroes's
campaigns include Gucci, Tommy Hilfiger, Versace, Valentino, Blumarine and Calvin Klein for
both their 'White' label and their fragrance 'Eternity'. In 2005, Kroes was selected as
"Model of The Year" on Vogue.com by readers. She was presented on the May 2007 cover of
American Vogue as one of the “World’s Next Top Models” next to Chanel Iman among
others. Along with several of these models, she appeared in the 2008 Pirelli Calendar.
In 2006, a Frisian documentary directed by J. J. M. Jansen about a week in Kroes' life
as a model was released. It documented Kroes at Milan Fashion Week and her thinking about
the modeling industry. In July 2007, earning at an estimated total
of $1.5 million in the previous twelve months, Forbes named Kroes fourteenth in the list
of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels. In April 2008, she was in fifth position,
with an estimated income of $6 million. In May 2009 and May 2010 respectively, Forbes
named Kroes fifth again in the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels.
Kroes is in the official Frisian provincial campaign for the Frisian language, her mother
tongue. At the end of August 2008, Victoria's Secret
confirmed to People magazine that Kroes was to be the newest Victoria's Secret Angel.
Her first campaign as the brand's newest Angel was "Supermodel Obsession". In September 2009,
she signed to be the new face for Swiss cashmere label Repeat for two years.
There is a wax figure of Kroes in the Amsterdam branch of Madame Tussaud's wax museum.
From November 2009 to July 2010, she wrote a monthly column about her life for the Dutch
edition of Marie Claire. Currently, she is signed by DNA Model Management.
In February 2010, Kroes returned to the catwalk during fashion week for Prada with fellow
Angels Alessandra Ambrosio and Miranda Kerr. Prada was praised by former editor-in-chief
of Glamour, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire magazines, Bonnie Fuller in her blog for using
a curvy model such as Kroes for the fashion show.
Since 2011 Kroes has shot major campaigns for both L'Oreal and Tiffany & Co.
Acting career On 24 November 2011, she debuted in Reinout
Oerlemans', Nova Zembla, the first Dutch 3D movie ever made. Kroes has been taking acting
classes in New York City for several years and has stated in interviews that she plans
to act in more movies to come. Personal life
Kroes started dating Dutch DJ Sunnery James in 2009. On 7 November 2010, she and James
married in Amsterdam. On 21 January 2011, Kroes gave birth to her first child, son Phyllon
Joy Gorré. In February 2014 she announced her second pregnancy. On March 22, 2014, the
gender was revealed to be a daughter. The daughter, named Myllena Mae, was born on the
morning of July 30, 2014. She is actively involved with the non-profit organization
Dance4Life, which uses song and dance to educate youth about HIV and AIDS prevention.
References
External links Doutzen Kroes on Twitter
Doutzen Kroes on Facebook Doutzen Kroes at the Internet Movie Database
Doutzen Kroes at the Fashion Model Directory Profile at YES Model Management