Jourdan Dunn

At 34 years old, Jourdan Dunn has this physical status:

Jourdan Sherise Dunn (born 3 August 1990) is an English supermodel and actress.

She was first discovered in Hammersmith Primark in 2006 and subsequently joined Storm Management in London.

In early 2007, she first appeared on international runways.

She was the first black model to walk a Prada runway in over a decade in February 2008.

Models.com named her a symbol as of July 2014.

Dunn is one of a select group of modern day models that are considered to be this generation's best models.

Early life and discovery

Jourdan Dunn was born in Brent, London, and with her mother she grew up in nearby Greenford. She attended Elthorne Park High School in Hanwell. Jourdan is of Jamaican, Grenadian, and Syrian-Lebanese descent. Due to her height and weight, she confessed to being self-conscious as a teen. She said that as she grew up, people would often suggest she become a model, but she was unsure what a model did not know. As she gave her a fresh look at her work, she said that it seems that America's Next Top Models astound her.

When accompanying a friend in a London Primark in early 2006, she was scouted by a Storm Management agent at the age of 15.

Riley, she has a boy who was born in 2009, is a girl who was born in 2009. Dunn became engaged to rapper Dion Hamilton on February 1, 2020.

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Career

Dunn made her runway debut in the New York show in 2007, assisting Marc Jacobs and Polo Ralph Lauren, among others. She came to prominence in the industry right away. She was named as a "new star" on British Vogue in 2007, and Style.com named her as one of the top ten newcomers in 2008. During the 2008 season, Louis Vuitton and Valentino appeared in 75 shows, including Louis Vuitton and Valentino. Dunn has since been a major fixture on runways, having walked for the industry's top designers. She was often praised for being the only black model in shows, which she later chastised designers. During the spring 2009 season, she has drew notice for her legs and walked, saying she exercises often with very high heels.

Steven Meisel selected Dunn to be on the front page of the Vogue Italia issue in July 2008, which was solely dedicated to black models. In May 2009's US Vogue, she appeared as a 'Face of the Moment.' She has also appeared on the front page of American Vogue, British Vogue, Vogue Turkey, Vogue Japan, Vogue Brazil, Teen Vogue, Miss Vogue, YouTube Japan, and Teen Vogue, Miss Vogue Korea, Elle, The Sunday Times Style, Vancouver, Japan, Brazil, Japan, and Brazil, Wonderland is a newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom.

Ann Taylor, Burberry, Balmain, Calvin Klein, DKNY, John Galliano, Victoria's Secret, Tommy Hilfiger, Topshop, Benetton, Gap, Banana Republic, Habs Fifth Avenue, and Yves are among the designers of Rihanna's collections for River Island. She was also the face of Rihanna's River Island campaigns.

She has appeared in journals for the American, Italian, French, British, Russian, Turkish, Turkish, Turkish, Greek, Turkish, Japanese, Japanese, Brazilian, and Brazilian editions of Vogue, Elle, Dazed & Confused, W, Pop, Centrefold, and Vogue, among other things. She and Chanel's previous rivalry, as well as the challenges she faced being black models in the fashion industry, in Teen Vogue's November 2009 issue, where she appeared alongside Chanel Iman. Dunn, who was 18 at the time, revealed her pregnancy at the time. Teen Vogues were chastised by the media, who accused them of glorifying teenage pregnancy.

She continued to model until she was six months pregnant and couldn't fit into any of the clothes, particularly on the catwalk for the Spring 2010 Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition, with a baby bump. Dunn returned to the runway at London Fashion Week for the Winter 2010 season at the age of 19. She cited her son as the primary reason for returning to work so quickly:

Dunn was one of the British models wearing bespoke fashions created by British designers specifically for the occasion at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, David Gandy, Karen Elson, Lily Donaldson, Lily Cole, Georgia May Jagger, and Stella Tennant were among the other models on the show. Jonathan Saunders' gold and white gown with feathered headdress by Stephen Jones. On her first appearance in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2012, she made her Victoria's Secret Fashion Show debut.

Dunn appeared in Net-a-Porter's "The Edit" in March 2013. In it, she discussed facing discrimination, including the fact that casting agents would tell the magazine that clients "didn't want any more black girls." She received media attention in July 2013 after tweeting that she had been banned from a Dior haute couture show "for her boobs"; rather than her skin color, which she described as "normal."

Maybelline New York had signed her to join the company in April 2014. Go Extreme Mascara will be fronting the brand in its first role, as well as print and television advertisements.

Dunn was featured in Forbes' top-earning models list for 2014, with one year earning $US4 million in one year. She made $3.5 million on the 2015 list, and now appears on the Forbes.

In the September 2015 issue of Vogue, she is depicted as a J. Mendel fox fur boa.

Dunn and British multinational retailer Marks & Spencer have agreed to produce a kidswear clothing collection. The series, titled "Lil' LonDunn by Jourdan Dunn, debuted in April 2016.

In April 2017, Jourdan and British fashion store Missguided formed a joint venture, which featured athletic clothing. The company's revenues increased by 75%, with overseas exposure up by 130%, but the Dunn campaign was ongoing.

In May 2017, she appeared in a music video for Nicki Minaj titled "Regulation In Your Tears," directed by Mert and Marcus.

Dunn became the first Black model to walk in a Prada fashion exhibition during the 21st century in February 2008.

At the British Fashion Awards in November 2008, Dunn was named "Model of the Year" for the first time.

She was named "Model of the Year" at the Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards in November 2013.

Since being on their "Top 50 Models Women" list for seven years, she was named a hero by models.com in July 2014.

Models.com named her as a "New Super," a collection of models who are recognised as modern day supermodels; having transcended the fashion industry and established themselves as brands and celebrities as of May 2015.

She received the Glamour Women of the Year Award in 2015 for her philanthropic efforts in raising Sickle-cell disease and her persistent advocacy for representation in the modeling industry.

For the second time, she was named "Model of the Year" at the British Fashion Awards in November 2015.

Forbes included Dunn in their top-earning models list in 2014, estimating that she had earned $US4 million in one year. She was the first Black British model to make the list. In 2015, she appeared on British Vogue's February cover, becoming the first solo Black model to grace the pages in 12 years.

Dunn appeared on the music videos for Beyoncé's fifth self-titled studio album, "Yoncé" and "XO" on Beyoncé's fifth self-titled studio album, which is commonly referred to as a "visual album" due to every song being accompanied by a music video. Both the videos were shot in Brooklyn and Coney Island, New York. Ricky Saiz produced the "Yoncé" video, which also stars Joan Smalls and Chanel Iman. The video was inspired by George Michael's 1990 David Fincher's film "Freedom," which also featured actresses like Naomi Campbell. Terry Richardson produced the "XO" video, which stars Dunn, Jessica White, and Diandra Forres.

On Jay Z's Life+Times YouTube channel, Dunn currently hosts a cooking show named Well Dunn. Several celebrity guest chefs, such as 2 Chainz, Wale, Karlie Kloss, Chanel Iman, Cara Delevingne, and Joan Smalls, have appeared on the web show.

In March 2013, she appeared on The Jonathan Ross Show in March 2013 and later in 2019, to reflect on her career.

She appeared in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows in 2012, 2013, and 2014.

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