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| Manon Von Gerkan |
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"It was the most physical thing I have ever done. I just planted one right smack in the middle of him. It's been so frustrating seeing David have all these things thrown at him over the last few days, it was a great moment to finally fire one back in the other direction."
- Von Gerkan
| Date of Birth: 1972. |
| Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany. |
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| With a stunning array of ad campaigns and runway appearances, Manon Von Gerkan has emerged as a top model and potentially, the love of our lives. Why wouldn't she be, with that angelic face and those killer thighs? To boot, she struts her stuff without the snobbiness of many other models and men everywhere have taken notice. |
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| Von Gerkan shows off a standard jet-setting supermodel resume, doing fashion shows for Donna Karan and Moschino, and advertising campaigns for L'Oral and Victoria's Secret. She has been featured in Vogue, Elle and Sports Illustrated as well. Of late, however, it is her relationship with urban magician David Blaine that has garnered the most attention. |
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Though she won't reveal the date, Manon Von Gerken was born in 1972 in Hamburg, Germany. Father Meinhard was a well-to-do architect and this allowed for a comfortable upbringing for his daughter. She was able to rise up the social ladder and, by the time basic schooling was completed, Manon was well established. Settling in at a designer store called Pyrate Style, she entered the fashion industry initially as a maker of leather items.
During a new marketing campaign at Pyrate Style, Von Gerkan was asked to model for one of their catalogues. At the shoot, a top modeling scout from Germany's biggest agency took notice of her. Soon a deal was struck and it didn't take long for Von Gerkan to abandon her ambitions for the glamour of modeling.
Interestingly enough, when she wished to expand her horizons and try her hand at modeling in the United States, she accepted her VISA for entirely different reasons. A lover of motorcycles, Von Gerkan moved to the U.S. in order to get her license as quickly as possible -- laws in Germany were more stringent. Of course, the prospect of modeling in New York must have been promising as well.
It didn't take long for Von Gerkan to establish herself. Magazines were the first to really get the word out: she appeared on international covers of Self, Shape, and Elle in 1995-'96. She followed that up with a breakthrough appearance in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue in 1996, and more features in Vogue and Glamour. |
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