Jessica Stam Photos Biography

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Jessica Stam
Jessica Stam for Tommy Hilfiger in February 2008
Date of birth 23 April 1986 (1986-04-23) (age 23)
Place of birth Kincardine, Ontario, Canada
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorBlue-Grey
Measurements 86-61-88 / 34-24-34.5
Dress size34 (EU) / 2 (US) / 6 (UK)
Agency International Model Management, Canada (mother agency)
Why Not Model Agency
IMG Models
Bravo Models
Jessica Stam (born April 23, 1986), also known simply as Stam, is a Canadian
model.
Contents
1 Early life and discovery
2 Career
3 Personal life



==Early life and discovery==
Stam was born in Kincardine, Ontario and grew up on a farm alongside her six
brothers. She came from a religious family and attended Sacred Heart High School
in Walkerton, Ontario. Her original intention was to become a dentist. Stam was discovered in a local Tim Hortons coffee shop by Michelle Miller (an
agent at the International Model Management agency in Barrie, Ontario) who found
Stam on the way back from Canada's Wonderland (a theme park just outside
Toronto).
==Career==
Stam won the Los Angeles Model Look Search in 2002.
Photographer Steven Meisel jump-started her career and soon after cast her in
every advertisement campaign of his. "I guess I'm his muse",
she has said. She has appeared on the cover of UK & German Vogue and in
advertisements for Marc Jacobs, Anna Sui, Giorgio Armani, Vera Wang, Valentino,
Miu Miu, Gucci, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace and Holt Renfrew, Dior, BCBG Max
Azria, Lanvin, Roberto Cavalli, Bulgari, H&M and DKNY. In 2004, Stam appeared in
the short film Agent Orange. She was once sued by New York Model Management in
2004, because of a breach of contract.
Fashion designer Marc Jacobs created The Marc Jacobs Stam, a bag inspired by and
named after her. For the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2006 she opened the
fourth runway theme "Pink". The appearance also included a featurette showing a
Victoria's Secret commercial shoot and what a model sees when walking the
runway. In the January 2006, she appeared in the Rochas ad campaign, shot and
directed by Bruno Aveillan.
For Spring 2006 Ready-to-Wear, Stam walked a total of 64 shows combined during
the New York, Milan, and Paris Fashion Weeks. During Paris's Spring/Summer 2007
Haute Couture fashion week she walked for Chanel, Christian Lacroix, Christian
Dior, Givenchy, and Jean Paul Gaultier. She currently stands at number five on
the "Top 50 Models" rating at models.com, tied with model Agyness Deyn. In the
May 2007 issue of American Vogue she was featured on the cover with fellow
models: Doutzen Kroes, Caroline Trentini, Raquel Zimmermann, Sasha Pivovarova,
Agyness Deyn, Coco Rocha, Hilary Rhoda, Chanel Iman, and Lily Donaldson as the
new crop of supermodels.

Jessica Stam modeling for Michael Kors, February 2008.In July 2007, earning at
an estimated total of $1.5 million in the past 12 months, Forbes named her
fifteenth in the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels. Currently
she stars in campaigns for Bulgari, Dior, Lanvin and Escada. She also appears in
the F/W 2007 Christian Dior, DKNY, Miss Sixty, Loewe and Roberto Cavalli ad
campaign. She has also walked in the 2006 and 2007 Victoria's Secret fashion
shows. For F/W 08 Stam can be seen in ads for Giorgio Armani "Onde" fragrance,
Dolce & Gabbana and Bulgari. She has appeared in an advertisement for the
Ricci Ricci fragrance by Nina Ricci.
In 2009 she returns as the face of Bulgari and in March she appears on the cover
of Tokyo Numero.
She has been included in the group of models considered "doll faces", alongside Gemma Ward, Vlada Roslyakova, Lily Cole, Caroline Trentini,
Lisa Cant, Devon Aoki, and Heather Marks.
==Personal life==
Stam has had some public relationships with Harrison Ford's son Malcolm, Anthony
Kiedis (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Adam Goldstein.
She has said the Paris runways are her favorite to walk: "It's the most
beautiful city and I have friends who live here. Plus, by this point all the
models have been together for a month so we're all pretty close. And of course,
there's a glimpse of the end!"
She is working on getting her pilot's license. She is a
fan of the Xbox 360 console and plays often.