And today’s Timeless feature is none other than the super, super hot Helena Christensen. Even at 54, this woman packs enough heat to sizzle your afternoon.
Your 2nd workday will just become awesome because of this feature. Though, she might distract you from your usual tasks. But who cares, really? What’s important is you saw something beautiful today and it’s enough to get you through until tomorrow. Now, let’s have a short break from whatever it is we are doing and bask in the hotness of this woman.
Who is Helena Christensen?
Helena is a Danish supermodel who rose to prominence as a ‘Victoria’s Secret Angel’. Because of her success as a beauty queen, people in the industry became aware of her. She won ‘Miss Denmark’ in 1986 and competed in ‘Miss Universe’ the following year. She to Paris to further her modeling career and since then has appeared on countless magazine covers, and billboard ads, and has become an icon.
Helena became a spokeswoman for ‘Revlon’ and appeared in Chris Isaak’s music video for ‘Wicked Game,’ which was voted 13th on VH1’s list of best music videos in 1990. She was named creative director of the pop culture and fashion magazine ‘Nylon’ in 1999. She has photographed for this magazine, as well as ‘ELLE’ and ‘Marie Claire’. Photography has been a hobby for her since she was a young child, and she has achieved much success with it, opening galleries such as ‘A Quiet Story’ and ‘Far From, Close’. Helena has since launched a fashion line that sells vintage-style clothing and has advocated for breast cancer fundraisers.
Her Early Life
Helena Christensen was born on December 25, 1968. She is of Peruvian and Danish descent. She has stated that growing up in Denmark with a South American mother was a formative experience for her.
Helena is multilingual, having grown up speaking Danish, Spanish, and English. Despite being bullied at school for it, she is grateful for the opportunities these skills have provided her.
Career Journey
In 1983, she entered a beauty pageant by mistake, thinking it was a charity fashion show. She won it when she was 16 years old. In 1986, at the age of 18, she was crowned Miss Denmark. This compelled her to compete in the Miss Universe pageant, which was held in Panama the same year.
She appeared on the cover of the British edition of ‘Vogue’ magazine in March 1990. This would be the first of six cover appearances. She was one of the original ‘Victoria’s Secret Angels,’ along with Tyra Banks, Stephanie Seymour, Karen Mulder, and Daniela Pestova. Throughout the 1990s, she worked with this company in print, commercials, and on the catwalk.
In 1991, she co-starred in Chris Isaak’s music video for “Wicked Game,” which was a hit, ranking fourth on MTV’s ‘Sexiest Video of All-Time’ and thirteenth on VH1’s 100 Greatest Videos. She became the spokesmodel for ‘Revlon’ and their makeup brand a year later, in 1992. During the early to mid-1990s, she worked on campaigns for Prada, Hermes, Versace, Chanel, and other high fashion labels.
In 1999, Marvin Scott Jarrett founded ‘Nylon’ magazine and hired Helena as creative director. Her photographs were published in the magazine. In 2005, she launched the second ‘Fashion Target Breast Cancer’ campaign to raise breast cancer awareness. The proceeds from T-shirt sales are used to assist breast cancer patients.
She took a brief break from modeling in 2006 to pursue a career behind the camera. Jim Cook curated her first photography gallery, ‘A Quiet Story,’ which opened in Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
Christensen and her longtime friend Leif Sigersen founded ‘Christensen & Sigersen’ in 2008. They had previously run a store called ‘Butik’ in the West Village and were successful business partners. They started designing vintage-inspired clothes for the new label and selling them in Denmark.
In 2008-2009, she opened her second photography gallery, ‘Far From, Close,’ to benefit the educational program ‘Chernobyl Children’s Project International.’
She stated in a 2009 statement to ‘The Sunday Times’ that she would continue to split her time equally between modeling and photography.
Facts and Trivia
In 1991, she moved to Paris and began dating Michael Hutchence, the lead singer of the Australian rock band INSX. They dated intermittently for five years.
She began dating Norman Reedus, an American actor and model, in 1998. A year later, they had a son named Mingus Lucien Reedus. Four years later, the couple divorced.
She received the ELLE Style Icon award in 2005, as part of the ‘Elle Style Awards’.
She launched the second campaign of ‘Fashion Targets Breast Cancer,’ a company that sells designer T-shirts to help young women with breast cancer, in 2002.
Helena has been dating Paul Banks, the frontman of the American rock band ‘Interpol,’ since 2008.
This supermodel was allegedly named after Helen of Troy and stated that being named after the world’s most beautiful woman has given her a lot to live up to.
This famous personality does not use brushes when applying her own makeup for everyday use and instead uses her pinky finger as an applicator.
Helena has stated that modeling does not require her to use her brain, which is why she has pursued other interests like photography and boxing.
Her Body Measurements
Helena stands 5 feet, 10 inches and she possesses a 36-26-35 figure.
Helena Christensen Photos
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