Doutzen Kroes

At 39 years old, Doutzen Kroes has this physical status:

Doutzen Kroes (born 23 January 1985) is a Dutch model, singer, activist, and philanthropist.

She began modeling in 2003, in the Netherlands, and was immediately sent by her company to New York, where she was portrayed by lingerie company Victoria's Secret.

She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2008 to 2014.

Since 2006, she has been a brand ambassador for L'Oréal Paris.

Kroes has been one of the most well-paid models since 2008, with an estimated income of more than $5 million per year.

She came in second on Forbes' top-earning models list in 2014, earning $8 million in one year.

Models.com named her one of the "New Supers" in the fashion industry and the "Helen of Troy of advertising" as of December 2015. In 2013, she became the first model to land 4 separate international covers of Vogue's September issue in a single year.

She is one of the active members of Dance4Life, a Dutch non-profit group that educates youth about HIV and AIDS prevention.

She is also a member of the Wildlife Conservation and World Wildlife Fund.

Early life

Doutzen Kroes was born in the village of Eastermar on January 23, 1985 (Dutch: Oostermeer). Geartsje Leistra was a nurse, then a teacher, and Johan Kroes, her father, a psychotherapist, was a psychotherapist. Both champion speed skaters were born in the 1970s. Kroes as a youth aspired to be a speed skater.

Rens, the Kroes' younger sister, is a dietitian.

Personal life

Kroes began dating Dutch DJ Sunnery Gorré in 2009. She and Sunnery married in Eastermar on November 7th, 2010. The couple have two children, Phyllon Joy Gorré (born January 2011) and daughter Myllena Mae Gorré (born July 2014). Both children were born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Kroes said in an interview with her daughter in April 2014 that she'll have more aspirations in life than beauty and modeling. Though I love my work, I am not changing the world. I'd like for her to learn and have different aspirations. We need to tell girls that they can become presidents, but it is not about beauty all the time."

Kroes has disseminated conspiracy theories regarding COVID-19 and vaccines throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Kroes ignited some controversy on Instagram in September 2021, posting her anti-vaccine viewpoint. She says she would not be compelled to take the shot" in reference to the COVID-19 vaccine. Kroes posted a video on her Instagram account in November 2021 claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are part of a "satanist" scheme to "reduce the global population." Kroes, whose net worth is estimated at €29 million, has also been chastised for seeking government compensation of income loss as a result of COVID-19, while still disseminating inaccurate information about the pandemic.

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Career

Describing herself as a "tomboy" in her youth, she had never seriously considered modeling, but sent snapshots to modeling agency Paparazzi Model Management in Amsterdam, in 2003.

In 2005, Kroes won "Model of The Year" on Vogue.com by readers. She was presented on the May 2007 cover of Vogue as one of the "World's Next Top Models" along with 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. Forbes named Kroes fifth again in 2009 ($6 million), 2010 ($6 million) and 2012 ($6.9 million). Kroes escalated to the second position of the ranking in 2014, having earned $8 million the year before.

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 Obsessions".

There is a wax figure of Kroes in the Amsterdam branch of Madame Tussaud's wax museum. From November 2009 to July 2010, Kroes wrote a monthly column about her life for the Dutch edition of Marie Claire.

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.

In September 2013, Kroes became the first model in history to appear on the cover of four international editions of Vogue in one month.

In 2014, Kroes appeared in the new Calvin Klein Reveal Fragrance commercial alongside Charlie Hunnam, as well as continuing her long-standing contracts. She also announced that she was ending her contract with Victoria's Secret after seven years of being with the brand; she walked in the 2005–2009 (excluding 2007), and 2011–2014 Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows. Kroes is considered one of the "New Supers" by Models.com.

In 2016, Kroes was announced as the spokesmodel for Dutch lingerie retailer Hunkemöller. Kroes released her own collection line 'Doutzen's Stories' and has starred in several campaigns for the Hunkemöller brand to date.

On 24 November 2011, Kroes debuted in Nova Zembla, the first Dutch 3D film 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. In 2017, she appeared in the superhero film Wonder Woman, as an Amazon warrior.

Kroes is actively involved with the non-profit organization Dance4Life, which uses song and dance to educate youth about HIV and AIDS prevention. She is also an ambassador for "Praat mar Frysk" ("Just speak Frisian") campaign which aims to promote the Frisian language, which is spoken in Kroes' native Friesland.

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