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{{short description|Danish fashion model}}<!--Do NOT add "Peruvian", see [[MOS:NATIONALITY]].-->
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| name = Helena Christensen
| name = Helena Christensen
| image = Helena Christensen 2012 Shankbone.JPG
| image = Helena Christensen 2012 Shankbone.JPG
| caption = Christensen at the 2012 [[Tribeca Film Festival]]
| caption = Christensen in 2012
| birth_place = [[Copenhagen]], Denmark
| birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|12|25|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|12|25|df=y}}
| haircolor = Brunette
| haircolor = Brown
| eyecolor = Green
| eyecolor = Green
| height = {{height|m=1.78}}
| height = {{height|m=1.78}}
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| occupation = Model
| known_for= [[Miss Universe 1986|Miss Universe Denmark 1986]]<br>[[Elite Model Look|Look of the Year Denmark 1987]] (Top 7 at Look of the Year 1987)
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| occupation = {{hlist|Model|photographer}}
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| partner = [[Michael Hutchence]] (1991–1995)<br/>[[Norman Reedus]] (1998–2003)<br/>[[Paul Banks (musician, born 1978)|Paul Banks]] (2008–2015)
| [[Michael Hutchence]] (1991–1995)
| [[Norman Reedus]] (1998–2003)
| [[Paul Banks (American singer)|Paul Banks]] (2008–2015)
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| [[Oliver Sonne]] (nephew)
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| children = 1
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* Unsigned Group (London)
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* One Management (New York)
* [[Women Management]] (New York)
* ZZO (Paris)
* ZZO (Paris)
* d'management group (Milan)
* d'management group (Milan)
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* Unsigned Group (London)
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'''Helena Christensen''' (born 25 December 1968) is a Danish supermodel and photographer. She is a former [[Victoria's Secret Angel]] and [[beauty queen]]. Christensen has also served as creative director for ''[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]]'' magazine, designed clothing, and supported funding for breast cancer organizations and other charities.
'''Helena Christensen''' (born 25 December 1968) is a <!--Do NOT add "Peruvian", see [[MOS:NATIONALITY]].-->Danish fashion model. She is a former [[Victoria's Secret Angel]], co-founder and original creative director for ''[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]]'' magazine, and she is a supporter of funding for [[breast cancer]] organizations and other philanthropic charities.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Christensen was born in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark, as the elder of two daughters of a Danish father and a Peruvian mother.<ref name=roots>{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/portraits-of-peru-why-supermodel-helena-christensen-returned-to-her-roots-1823080.html | title = Portraits of Peru: Why supermodel Helena Christensen returned to her roots | author = |date = 19 November 2009 | work = independent.co.uk | accessdate = 30 March 2011}}</ref><ref>Nome, Valerie. (7 May 2008).[https://archive.today/20120906133913/http://www.okmagazine.com/2008/05/helena-christensen-model-mom-6490/ "Helena Christensen: Model Mom"]. ''OK Magazine''.</ref> She is fluent in Danish, Spanish, and English, as well as French and German.<ref>http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/beauty/news-features/TMG11566579/Helena-Christensen-on-modelling-at-46-surgery-and-her-new-perfume.htmlP</ref> Winning the [[Miss Universe Denmark]] crown in 1986 at the age of 17,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribune.ie/archive/article/2003/aug/31/reversing-the-lens/ |title=Reversing the lens: Helena Christensen |first=Andrew |last=Mueller |date=31 August 2003 |location=Ireland |publisher=Tribune.ie |newspaper=[[Sunday Tribune]] |accessdate=12 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104180154/http://www.tribune.ie/archive/article/2003/aug/31/reversing-the-lens |archivedate= 4 January 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/helena-christensen-role-model-481685.html |title=Helena Christensen: Role Model|first=James |last=Mottram |newspaper=[[The Independent]]|location=London |publisher=independent.co.uk |date=10 June 2006 |accessdate=12 September 2010}}</ref> she subsequently represented Denmark in the [[Miss Universe 1986]] pageant.<ref>[http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Universe_1986.htm Miss Universe, 1986] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330013423/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Universe_1986.htm |date=30 March 2010 }} Pageantopolis.com. Retrieved 12 September 2010. Lists contestants, w/photo of Christensen & contestants.</ref> The following year, she participated in the [[Elite Model Look|Look of the Year 1987]] competition, where she was a finalist. Christensen left home soon after to pursue modeling in Paris.<ref>[http://www.superiorpics.com/helena_christensen/ "The Helena Christensen Picture Pages"]. Superiorpics.com.</ref>
Christensen was born on 25 December 1968 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her father, Fleming, is Danish and her mother, Elsa,{{cn|date=February 2024}} is Peruvian.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Nome|first=Valerie|title=Helena Christensen: Model Mom|url=http://www.okmagazine.com/2008/05/helena-christensen-model-mom-6490/|magazine=[[OK!]]|date=7 May 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906133913/http://www.okmagazine.com/2008/05/helena-christensen-model-mom-6490/|archive-date=6 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=roots>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/portraits-of-peru-why-supermodel-helena-christensen-returned-to-her-roots-1823080.html|title=Portraits of Peru: Why supermodel Helena Christensen returned to her roots|date=19 November 2009|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=30 March 2011}}</ref> She is the elder of two daughters.{{cn|date=February 2024}} Christensen is fluent in Danish, English, French and German.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mulkerrins|first=Jane|title=Helena Christensen on modelling at 46, surgery and her new perfume|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/beauty/news-features/TMG11566579/Helena-Christensen-on-modelling-at-46-surgery-and-her-new-perfume.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=3 May 2015|access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> Winning the [[Miss Universe Denmark]] crown in 1986,<ref name="Mueller">{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002321/20030831/481/0049|title=Reversing the lens: Helena Christensen|first=Andrew|last=Mueller|date=31 August 2003|url-access=registration|newspaper=[[Sunday Tribune]]|access-date=22 February 2024|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref><ref name="Mottram">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/helena-christensen-role-model-8061997.html|title=Helena Christensen: Role Model|first=James|last=Mottram|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=10 June 2006|access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> she subsequently represented Denmark in the [[Miss Universe 1986]] pageant held in Panama.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miss Universe, 1986|url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Universe_1986.htm|website=Pageantopolis.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330013423/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Universe_1986.htm|archive-date=30 March 2010|url-status=usurped|access-date=12 September 2010}}</ref> The following year, Christensen participated in the [[Elite Model Look|Look of the Year 1987]] competition, where she was a finalist. She left home soon after to pursue modelling in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Helena Christensen Picture Pages|url=http://www.superiorpics.com/helena_christensen/|website=Superiorpics.com|access-date=2008-06-20|archive-date=2012-06-30|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630024707/http://www.superiorpics.com/helena_christensen/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
===Modeling===
===Modeling===
Christensen rose to prominence in the 1990s, becoming one of the most popular models of her time. In 1990, she starred in the music video for [[Chris Isaak]]'s song "[[Wicked Game]]".<ref name="fmd"/> The video was later featured on [[MTV]]'s "Sexiest Video of All-Time", voted #4 on [[VH1]]'s "50 Sexiest Video Moments", and voted #13 on VH1's "100 Greatest Videos". She became a spokesmodel for [[Revlon]] cosmetics in 1992.<ref>{{cite news | first = James | last = Bjorkman |url= http://victoriassecret.filminspector.com/2014/10/helena-christensen-danish-delight.html |title = Helena Christensen, Danish Delight |accessdate=10 December 2014 |publisher = Filminspector.com }}</ref> She appeared on magazine covers including ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'', ''[[Harper’s Bazaar]]'', and ''[[W (magazine)|W]]'', and in fashion campaigns including [[Revlon]], [[Chanel]], [[Versace]], [[Lanvin (clothing)|Lanvin]], [[Prada]], [[Sonia Rykiel]], [[Hermes]], [[Valentino SpA|Valentino]] and [[Karl Lagerfeld]]. One noted campaign featured her in a {{convert|20|by|40|ft|m|0}} billboard in [[Times Square]], naked, "except for a strategically placed banana leaf."<ref>{{Cite book|publisher=New York Magazine |work=Intelligencer |last=Wechsler |first=Pat |last2=Feld |first2=David |date=20–27 December 1993|page=19 |title=Times Square bananas over billboard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDMAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19&dq=photographs+%22Helena+Christensen%22&hl=en&ei=wxlwTPPTA5O8sAPKzYmgCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=photographs%20%22Helena%20Christensen%22&f=false |accessdate=21 August 2010}}</ref> She was in the ''[[Victoria's Secret]]'' catalog and in their television commercials as one of the original [[Victoria's Secret Angels|"Angels"]], along with [[Tyra Banks]], [[Karen Mulder]], [[Daniela Pestova]], and [[Stephanie Seymour]].
Christensen rose to prominence in the 1990s, becoming one of the most popular models of her time. In 1990, she starred in the music video for [[Chris Isaak]]'s song "[[Wicked Game]]".<ref name="fmd"/> The video was later featured on [[MTV]]'s "Sexiest Video of All-Time", voted #4 on [[VH1]]'s "50 Sexiest Video Moments", and voted #13 on VH1's "100 Greatest Videos". She became a spokesmodel for [[Revlon]] cosmetics in 1992.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} She appeared on magazine covers including ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'', ''[[Harper’s Bazaar]]'', and ''[[W (magazine)|W]]'', and in fashion campaigns including [[Revlon]], [[Chanel]], [[Versace]], [[Lanvin (clothing)|Lanvin]], [[Prada]], [[Sonia Rykiel]], [[Hermès]], [[Valentino SpA|Valentino]] and [[Karl Lagerfeld]]. One noted campaign featured her in a {{convert|20|by|40|ft|m|0}} billboard in [[Times Square]], naked, "except for a strategically placed banana leaf."<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Wechsler|first1=Pat|last2=Feld|first2=David|date=20–27 December 1993|title=Times Square bananas over billboard|page=19|work=[[New York Magazine]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDMAAAAAMBAJ&q=photographs+%22Helena+Christensen%22&pg=PA19|access-date=21 August 2010}}</ref> She was in the ''[[Victoria's Secret]]'' catalog and in their television commercials as one of the original [[Victoria's Secret Angels|"Angels"]], along with [[Tyra Banks]], [[Karen Mulder]], [[Daniela Peštová]], and [[Stephanie Seymour]].


In 1996, Frank DeCaro of the ''New York Times'' cited Christensen, along with [[Linda Evangelista]], [[Christy Turlington]], [[Cindy Crawford]], [[Naomi Campbell]], [[Elle Macpherson]] and [[Claudia Schiffer]], as "The Magnificent Seven". DeCaro reflected, "Known by their first names to legions of fans, they are the legends of the modern catwalk, the girl next door pretty underneath all the paint".<ref name="DeCaroChristensen">{{cite news|title=Supermodels Hot As Ever Or On Ice?; No Stars Means No Sizzle|first=Frank|last=DeCaro|authorlink=Frank DeCaro|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/21/style/supermodels-hot-as-ever-or-on-ice-no-stars-means-no-sizzle.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=21 April 1996|accessdate=27 May 2015}}</ref>
In 1996, Frank DeCaro of the ''New York Times'' cited Christensen, along with [[Linda Evangelista]], [[Christy Turlington]], [[Cindy Crawford]], [[Naomi Campbell]], [[Elle Macpherson]] and [[Claudia Schiffer]], as "The Magnificent Seven". DeCaro reflected, "Known by their first names to legions of fans, they are the [[supermodel]] legends of the modern catwalk, the girl next door pretty underneath all the paint".<ref name="DeCaroChristensen">{{cite news|title=Supermodels Hot As Ever Or On Ice?; No Stars Means No Sizzle|first=Frank|last=DeCaro|author-link=Frank DeCaro|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/21/style/supermodels-hot-as-ever-or-on-ice-no-stars-means-no-sizzle.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=21 April 1996|access-date=27 May 2015}}</ref>


Christensen has continued to model. She graced the covers of ''[[Vogue Italia]]'' (2016), Portuguese ''Vogue'' (2016), British ''[[Tatler]]'' (2018), French ''Elle'' (2018). In September 2017, Christensen, along with Schiffer, Campbell, Crawford, and [[Carla Bruni]], closed the Versace spring/summer 2018 fashion show, which was an homage to the late [[Gianni Versace]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2018-ready-to-wear/versace |title=Spring 2018 Ready-to-Wear: Versace |magazine=Vogue |first=Sally |last=Singer |date=22 September 2017}}</ref> She walked the runway for [[Dolce & Gabanna]] and appeared in their spring/summer 2019 advertisement campaign with Carla Bruni, [[Eva Herzigova]] and [[Marpessa Hennink]]. Christensen is signed to ZZO Management in Paris, D Management in Milan, Unsigned Management in London and 1/One Management in New York City.<ref name="fmd">[http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Helena_Christensen "Helena Christensen Profile"]. [[Fashion Model Directory]] database. Retrieved 11 July 2008.</ref>
Christensen has continued to model. She graced the covers of ''[[Vogue Italia]]'' (2016), Portuguese ''Vogue'' (2016), British ''[[Tatler]]'' (2018), French ''Elle'' (2018). In September 2017, Christensen, along with Schiffer, Campbell, Crawford, and [[Carla Bruni]], closed the Versace spring/summer 2018 fashion show, which was an homage to the late [[Gianni Versace]] and [[supermodel]] history.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2018-ready-to-wear/versace|title=Spring 2018 Ready-to-Wear: Versace|magazine=Vogue|first=Sally|last=Singer|date=22 September 2017}}</ref> She walked the runway for [[Dolce & Gabbana]] and appeared in their spring/summer 2019 advertisement campaign with Carla Bruni, [[Eva Herzigová]] and [[Marpessa Hennink]]. Christensen is signed to ZZO Management in Paris, D Management in Milan, Unsigned Group in London and 1/One Management in New York City.<ref name="fmd">[http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Helena_Christensen "Helena Christensen Profile"]. [[Fashion Model Directory]] database. Retrieved 11 July 2008.</ref>


[[File:Christensen, Helena (FMC) crop.jpg|thumb|At a 2007 Sustainable/Green Home opening party]]
[[File:Christensen, Helena (FMC) crop.jpg|thumb|At a 2007 Sustainable/Green Home opening party]]


=== Business and photography ===<!-- now in RS date order, roughly -->
=== Business and photography ===<!-- now in RS date order, roughly -->
Christensen was co-founder and [[creative director]] of ''[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]]'' magazine in 1999<ref name="LAT1999"><!-- lists HC as Creative Director -->{{cite web |title=Nylon Not a Stretch for the Man Behind Ray Gun |work=latimes.com |date=3 March 1999|first=Paul D. |last=Colford|publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1999/mar/03/news/cl-13368 |accessdate=21 August 2010 |quote=[Jarrett's] partners in the new venture include supermodel Helena Christensen, who acts as creative director.}}</ref> with [[Raygun (magazine)]] publisher Marvin Scott Jarrett.<ref name="Forbes1999">{{cite web|first=Melanie |last=Wells |title=Entrepreneur as Stunt Man |date=1 November 1999 |page=2 |publisher=Forbes.com Magazine |accessdate=21 August 2010 |url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/1999/1101/6411228a_2.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000901044311/http://forbes.com/forbes/99/1101/6411228a.htm |archivedate=1 September 2000 |quote=Upstart style magazine Nylon has gotten ink for making supermodel Helena Christensen its creative director. |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Kung Faux]] creator Mic Neumann.<ref>[http://www.sassybella.com/2007/11/did-you-know-helena-christensen-co-founded-nylon-magazine/ Nylon Magazine Co-Founders] by Helen Lee, Sassy Bella Magazine, November 7, 2007.</ref> She launched her own clothing line, ''Christensen & Sigersen,'' with lifelong friend Leif Sigersen. The pair previously ran Butik, a shop in New York's [[West Village]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Vine |first=Sarah|date=24 March 2007|url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article1543161.ece |title=Model's own - Helena Christensen is the latest model to turn fashion designer|newspaper=The Times |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Butik.com website, circa 2008|url=http://www.butik.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516021530/http://butiknyc.com/ |archivedate=16 May 2008 |accessdate=21 August 2010}}</ref> Christensen created a [[vintage clothing]] line, sold in her mother's store, the Yo-Yo Second Hand Shop, in [[Christianshavn]], Copenhagen, Denmark.<ref name="O.DK">{{cite web|title=Helena Christensen er vintage-dronning ("a vintage Queen") |date=11 May 2008 |first=Lea Kathrine |last=Bahnsen |publisher=Oestrogen.dk |url=http://www.oestrogen.dk/Mode/Shopping/25423.aspx |language=Danish |accessdate=21 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719130247/http://www.oestrogen.dk/Mode/Shopping/25423.aspx |archivedate=19 July 2011 }}([https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.oestrogen.dk/Mode/Shopping/25423.aspx&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=UTF-8 English tr.])</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aok.dk/shopping/yo-yo-second-hand-shop|title=Yo-Yo Second Hand Shop}}</ref> In 2012, she created a lingerie collection, ''Helena Christensen for Triumph'', for the UK-based lingerie brand.<ref name="Vogue2012">{{cite journal|title=Helena Christensen Talks Lingerie |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/helena-christensen-underwear-collection-triumph-lingerie |date=18 September 2012|first=Sarah |last=Karmali|magazine=Vogue.co.uk|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> Christensen's collaboration with Triumph started in 2008 as the face of the Triumph brand.
Christensen was co-founder and [[creative director]] of ''[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]]'' magazine in 1999<ref name="LAT1999"><!-- lists HC as Creative Director -->{{cite web|title=Nylon Not a Stretch for the Man Behind Ray Gun|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=3 March 1999|first=Paul D.|last=Colford|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-03-cl-13368-story.html|access-date=21 August 2010|quote=[Jarrett's] partners in the new venture include supermodel Helena Christensen, who acts as creative director.}}</ref> with [[Ray Gun (magazine)|''Ray Gun'' magazine]] publisher Marvin Scott Jarrett,<ref name="Forbes1999">{{cite web|first=Melanie|last=Wells|title=Entrepreneur as Stunt Man|date=1 November 1999|page=2|publisher=Forbes.com Magazine|access-date=21 August 2010|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/1999/1101/6411228a_2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000901044311/http://forbes.com/forbes/99/1101/6411228a.htm|archive-date=1 September 2000|quote=Upstart style magazine Nylon has gotten ink for making supermodel Helena Christensen its creative director.|url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''[[Kung Faux]]'' creator Mic Neumann.<ref>[http://www.sassybella.com/2007/11/did-you-know-helena-christensen-co-founded-nylon-magazine/ Nylon Magazine Co-Founders] by Helen Lee, Sassy Bella Magazine, November 7, 2007.</ref> She launched her own clothing line, Christensen & Sigersen, with lifelong friend Leif Sigersen. The pair previously ran Butik, a shop in New York's [[West Village]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Vine|first=Sarah|date=24 March 2007|url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article1543161.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008031831/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article1543161.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 8, 2009|title=Model's own - Helena Christensen is the latest model to turn fashion designer|newspaper=The Times|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Butik.com website, circa 2008|url=http://www.butik.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516021530/http://butiknyc.com/|archive-date=16 May 2008|access-date=21 August 2010}}</ref> Christensen created a [[vintage clothing]] line, sold in her mother's store, the Yo-Yo Second Hand Shop, in [[Christianshavn]], Copenhagen, Denmark.<ref name="O.DK">{{cite web|title=Helena Christensen er vintage-dronning ("a vintage Queen")|date=11 May 2008|first=Lea Kathrine|last=Bahnsen|publisher=Oestrogen.dk|url=http://www.oestrogen.dk/Mode/Shopping/25423.aspx|language=da|access-date=21 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719130247/http://www.oestrogen.dk/Mode/Shopping/25423.aspx|archive-date=19 July 2011 }}([https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.oestrogen.dk/Mode/Shopping/25423.aspx&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=UTF-8 English tr.])</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aok.dk/shopping/yo-yo-second-hand-shop|title=Yo-Yo Second Hand Shop}}</ref> In 2012, she created a lingerie collection, Helena Christensen for Triumph, for the UK-based lingerie brand.<ref name="Vogue2012">{{cite journal|title=Helena Christensen Talks Lingerie|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/helena-christensen-underwear-collection-triumph-lingerie|date=18 September 2012|first=Sarah|last=Karmali|journal=Vogue.co.uk|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref> Christensen's collaboration with Triumph started in 2008 as the face of the Triumph brand.


Aside from her modeling work, Christensen is an accomplished photographer herself, whose work has appeared in ''Nylon,''<ref name="LAT1999"/> ''[[Marie Claire]],'' and ''[[Elle (magazine)|ELLE]].''<ref name="fmd"/> Her exhibition "A Quiet Story," curated by Jim Cook, premiered at the Locus Gallery in [[Rotterdam]], 2006,<ref>{{cite web|title=Helena Christensen, A Quiet Story|publisher=Locus Gallery|url=http://www.locus010.nl |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515102530/http://www.locus010.nl/tonen/default.asp?pagina_code=210481ED101B3D51E8A91B83C1BCA31D70D1BCA3214AF|archivedate=15 May 2007}}</ref> and HotelArena in Amsterdam, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fashioncapital.co.uk/Issues/InternationalTradingRegime/Helena_Christensen_Selections_From_A_Quiet_Story.html|title=Helena Christensen - Selections from A Quiet Story|publisher=HotelArena|work=FashionCapital.co.uk|accessdate=22 August 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724230109/http://www.fashioncapital.co.uk/Issues/InternationalTradingRegime/Helena_Christensen_Selections_From_A_Quiet_Story.html|archivedate=24 July 2011}} Press release.</ref> Her exhibition "Far From, Close" appeared at [[Dactyl Foundation]] in 2008–09, to benefit [[International Center of Photography]] educational programs and [[Chernobyl Children's Project International]].<ref>{{cite web |work=Style |title=The Imperfectionist|first=Karin |last=Nelson |publisher=New York Times |date=14 December 2008 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E1DA153EF937A25751C1A96E9C8B63&scp=1&sq=%22The%20Imperfectionist%22%20helena%20christensen&st=cse|accessdate=23 August 2010}} [https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/12/12/fashion/20081214-pulse_4.html Slideshow]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Helena Christensen, Far From, Close, photography exhibition - December 15th 2008 – January 18, 2009 |publisher=[[Dactyl Foundation]]|date= |format=includes Flash gallery |url=http://dactylfoundation.org/?p=1546 |accessdate=23 August 2010}}</ref>
Aside from her modeling work, Christensen is an accomplished photographer herself, whose work has appeared in ''Nylon,''<ref name="LAT1999"/> ''[[Marie Claire]],'' and ''[[Elle (magazine)|ELLE]].''<ref name="fmd"/> Her exhibition "A Quiet Story," curated by Jim Cook, premiered at the Locus Gallery in [[Rotterdam]], 2006,<ref>{{cite web|title=Helena Christensen, A Quiet Story|publisher=Locus Gallery|url=http://www.locus010.nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515102530/http://www.locus010.nl/tonen/default.asp?pagina_code=210481ED101B3D51E8A91B83C1BCA31D70D1BCA3214AF|archive-date=15 May 2007}}</ref> and HotelArena in Amsterdam, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fashioncapital.co.uk/Issues/InternationalTradingRegime/Helena_Christensen_Selections_From_A_Quiet_Story.html|title=Helena Christensen - Selections from A Quiet Story|publisher=HotelArena|work=FashionCapital.co.uk|access-date=22 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724230109/http://www.fashioncapital.co.uk/Issues/InternationalTradingRegime/Helena_Christensen_Selections_From_A_Quiet_Story.html|archive-date=24 July 2011}} Press release.</ref> Her exhibition "Far From, Close" appeared at [[Dactyl Foundation]] in 2008–09, to benefit [[International Center of Photography]] educational programs and [[Chernobyl Children's Project International]].<ref>{{cite web|work=Style|title=The Imperfectionist|first=Karin|last=Nelson|publisher=New York Times|date=14 December 2008|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E1DA153EF937A25751C1A96E9C8B63&scp=1&sq=%22The%20Imperfectionist%22%20helena%20christensen&st=cse|access-date=23 August 2010}} [https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/12/12/fashion/20081214-pulse_4.html Slideshow]</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Helena Christensen, Far From, Close, photography exhibition - December 15th 2008 – January 18, 2009|date=15 December 2008|publisher=[[Dactyl Foundation]]|format=includes Flash gallery|url=http://dactylfoundation.org/?p=1546|access-date=23 August 2010}}</ref>


In 2014, Christensen worked on a photography series: Libery Ross, Liv Tyler, and The Pursuit of Grace. "I like doing personal, very intimate projects that don’t require a lot of pre-meetings".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vogue.com/contributer/alessandra-codinha/|title=Helena Christensen on her latest photography series: Liberty Ross, Liv Tyler, and the pursuit of grace|last=Codinha|first=Alessandra|date=|website=Vogue|access-date=}}{{dead link|date=May 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
In 2014, Christensen worked on a photography series: Liberty Ross, Liv Tyler, and The Pursuit of Grace. "I like doing personal, very intimate projects that don't require a lot of pre-meetings".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Codinha |first=Alessandra |date=2014-04-23 |title=Helena Christensen on Her Latest Photography Series: Liberty Ross, Liv Tyler, and The Pursuit of Grace |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/helena-christensen-latest-photo-series-for-rika |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref>


Christensen has traveled extensively and often finds herself on both sides of the camera. In 2016, she was announced as the "Global Explorer" for the Luxury Collection Hotels and Resorts. Her major project for the company was documenting a trip from the seaside town of Paracas to the colonial city of Cusco and the nearby [[Urubamba Valley]].
Christensen has traveled extensively and often finds herself on both sides of the camera. In 2016, she was announced as the "Global Explorer" for the Luxury Collection Hotels and Resorts. Her major project for the company was documenting a trip from the seaside town of Paracas to the colonial city of Cusco and the nearby [[Urubamba Valley]].


===Climate change awareness===
===Climate change awareness===
Christensen partnered with [[Oxfam]] in 2009 to document the impact of climate change in Peru, where her mother was born. "Climate change in Peru is already devastating and we welcome Helena’s commitment to show this to the rest of the world," said Frank Boeren, Oxfam’s coordinator in Peru. "Peru is on the frontline of climate change, along with other developing countries, which have played little part in causing the problem".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/helena-christensen-witnesses-impacts-of-climate-change-in-peru/|title=Helena Christensen witnesses impacts of climate change in Peru|date=8 September 2009|publisher=Oxfam America|accessdate=1 August 2016}}</ref>
Christensen partnered with [[Oxfam]] in 2009 to document the [[effects of climate change|impact of climate change]] in Peru, where her mother was born. "[[Climate change]] in Peru is already devastating and we welcome Helena's commitment to show this to the rest of the world," said Frank Boeren, Oxfam's coordinator in Peru. "Peru is on the frontline of climate change, along with other developing countries, which have played little part in causing the problem".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/helena-christensen-witnesses-impacts-of-climate-change-in-peru/|title=Helena Christensen witnesses impacts of climate change in Peru|date=8 September 2009|publisher=Oxfam America|access-date=1 August 2016}}</ref>


===Breast cancer fundraising===
===Breast cancer fundraising===
Christensen launched the second [[Fashion Targets Breast Cancer]] campaign, which involves the sale of designer t-shirts to raise money for Ireland's Action Breast Cancer ([[Irish Cancer Society]]) and [[Europa Donna]] Ireland to help younger women with breast cancer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Erin-go-bra - Fashion targets breast cancer|first=Jason |last=O'Brian |date=8 June 2007 |publisher=Independent. IE |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/erin-go-bra----fashion-targets-breast-cancer-693286.html |accessdate=21 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.papierdoll.net/themag/2009/03/06/tommy-hilfiger-teams-up-with-helena-christensen-for-limited-edition-bags/|title=Tommy Hilfiger Teams Up With Helena Christensen For Limited Edition Bags|date=6 March 2009 <!-- states 'opened 2nd campaign' -->|work=The Daily|publisher=PapierDoll.net|agency=AHN|accessdate=21 August 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930222244/http://www.papierdoll.net/themag/2009/03/06/tommy-hilfiger-teams-up-with-helena-christensen-for-limited-edition-bags/|archivedate=30 September 2011}}</ref>
Christensen launched the second [[Fashion Targets Breast Cancer]] campaign, which involves the sale of designer t-shirts to raise money for Ireland's Action Breast Cancer ([[Irish Cancer Society]]) and [[Europa Donna]] Ireland to help younger women with breast cancer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Erin-go-bra - Fashion targets breast cancer|first=Jason|last=O'Brian|date=8 June 2007|publisher=Independent. IE|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/erin-go-bra----fashion-targets-breast-cancer-693286.html|access-date=21 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.papierdoll.net/themag/2009/03/06/tommy-hilfiger-teams-up-with-helena-christensen-for-limited-edition-bags/|title=Tommy Hilfiger Teams Up With Helena Christensen For Limited Edition Bags|date=6 March 2009 <!-- states 'opened 2nd campaign' -->|work=The Daily|publisher=PapierDoll.net|agency=AHN|access-date=21 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930222244/http://www.papierdoll.net/themag/2009/03/06/tommy-hilfiger-teams-up-with-helena-christensen-for-limited-edition-bags/|archive-date=30 September 2011}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Christensen dated and lived with [[INXS]] frontman [[Michael Hutchence]] on and off in France and Denmark for five years in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite book|title=Inxs: Story to Story: The Official Autobiography|author=INXS |first2=Anthony |last2=Bozza|publisher=Atria|page=225 |year=2006|isbn=978-0-7432-8404-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MxTMEwwCIK8C&lpg=PT243&dq=Helena%20Christensen&pg=PT225#v=onepage&q&f=false <!-- don't trim - no page #s-->|accessdate=21 August 2010}}</ref> She was in a relationship with actor [[Norman Reedus]] for five years; together they have a son, Mingus Lucien Reedus (born 13 October 1999).<ref>[http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/helenachristensen/ "Helena Christensen profile"]. [[Hello! magazine]]. 2006.</ref> Reedus and Christensen separated in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/celebrity/a-z/163138/helena-christensen.html|title=Helena Christensen profile|work=Marie Claire|accessdate=1 March 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108111404/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/celebrity/a-z/163138/helena-christensen.html|archivedate=8 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/09/02/helena-christen-5/|title=Helena Christensen's son Mingus is a chess prodigy|date=2 September 2007|work=People.com|accessdate=1 March 2011}}</ref> Later, she dated [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] singer [[Paul Banks (musician, born 1978)|Paul Banks]] for 7 years.<ref name="wallstreetjournal">{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390444799904578050991234575634?mod=WeekendHeader_Rotator&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10000872396390444799904578050991234575634.html%3Fmod%3DWeekendHeader_Rotator |title=Queen of the Runway |author= David Kaufman |newspaper=[[Wall Street Journal]] |date=19 October 2012 |accessdate=26 August 2014}}</ref>
Christensen dated and lived with [[INXS]] frontman [[Michael Hutchence]] on and off in France and Denmark for five years in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite book|title=Inxs: Story to Story: The Official Autobiography|author=INXS|first2=Anthony|last2=Bozza|publisher=Atria|page=225|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7432-8404-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MxTMEwwCIK8C&lpg=PT243&dq=Helena%20Christensen&pg=PT225 <!-- don't trim - removing lpg breaks preview-->|access-date=21 August 2010}}</ref> She was in a relationship with actor [[Norman Reedus]] for five years; together they have a son born October 1999.<ref>[http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/helenachristensen/ "Helena Christensen profile"]. [[Hello! magazine]]. 2006.</ref> Reedus and Christensen separated in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/celebrity/a-z/163138/helena-christensen.html|title=Helena Christensen profile|work=Marie Claire|access-date=1 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108111404/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/celebrity/a-z/163138/helena-christensen.html|archive-date=8 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/09/02/helena-christen-5/|title=Helena Christensen's son Mingus is a chess prodigy|date=2 September 2007|work=People.com|access-date=1 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715063805/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/09/02/helena-christen-5/|archive-date=15 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later, she dated [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] singer [[Paul Banks (musician, born 1978)|Paul Banks]] from 2011 to 2015.<ref name="wallstreetjournal">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390444799904578050991234575634?mod=WeekendHeader_Rotator&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10000872396390444799904578050991234575634.html%3Fmod%3DWeekendHeader_Rotator|title=Queen of the Runway|author= David Kaufman|newspaper=[[Wall Street Journal]]|date=19 October 2012|access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref>


Christensen has an apartment in Copenhagen and lives in Manhattan, where she drives "the only type of car I've ever had", a [[Morris Minor]].<ref>Gerard, Jasper (27 November 2005). [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2105-1890657,00.html "Me and My Motors: Helena Christensen"]. ''[[The Sunday Times]].'' Retrieved 26 August 2010.</ref><ref>Philby, Charlotte (21 November 2009) [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-helena-christensen-supermodel-40-1823676.html "My Secret Life: Helena Christensen, Supermodel, 40"]. ''[[The Independent]]''. Retrieved 26 August 2010.</ref> She reported in 2007 that she would be giving up her place in Monaco.<ref name="Torcuil2007">{{cite web|title=Helena Christensen Interview|first=Torcuil |last=Crichton |date=21 July 2007 |publisher=Herald-Scotland|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/helena-christensen-interview-1.835415|accessdate=21 August 2010}}</ref>
Christensen has an apartment in Copenhagen, a house in Catskill, NY, and lives in Manhattan, where she drives "the only type of car I've ever had", a [[Morris Minor]].<ref>Gerard, Jasper (27 November 2005). [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2105-1890657,00.html "Me and My Motors: Helena Christensen"]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. ''[[The Sunday Times]].'' Retrieved 26 August 2010.</ref><ref>Philby, Charlotte (21 November 2009) [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-helena-christensen-supermodel-40-1823676.html "My Secret Life: Helena Christensen, Supermodel, 40"]. ''[[The Independent]]''. Retrieved 26 August 2010.</ref> She reported in 2007 that she had been residing in Monaco.<ref name="Torcuil2007">{{cite web|title=Helena Christensen Interview|first=Torcuil|last=Crichton|date=21 July 2007|publisher=Herald-Scotland|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/helena-christensen-interview-1.835415|access-date=21 August 2010}}</ref>

== Honors and Awards ==
In 2024, Helena Christensen was awarded the [https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-170/issue-171/extensions-of-remarks-section/article/E1168-4 Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO) Model Pioneer Award]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Helena Christenson - Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization |url=https://www.joinwedo.org/winner/helena-christenson/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |language=en-US}}</ref> at the United Nations, in recognition of her groundbreaking achievements and dedication to empowering others to create lasting change. Her contributions were further acknowledged by the United States Congress and officially recorded in the Congressional Record.

== See also ==
* [[Bower Studios]]


==References==
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*[http://www.entertainmentbookingagency.com/artists/helena-christensen/ Helena Christensen] at EBA Artist Listings
*[http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/helenachristensen/ Helena Christensen Profile] HELLO! Magazine
*[http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/helenachristensen/ Helena Christensen Profile] HELLO! Magazine
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101021023504/http://foodbanknyc.org/index.cfm?objectid=520D5E80-3048-651A-20AA887135C6FA02#awarenessraising Awareness Raising: ''"What's Your Excuse?"'' [[Food Bank For New York City]] Past Campaigns public service announcement]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101021023504/http://foodbanknyc.org/index.cfm?objectid=520D5E80-3048-651A-20AA887135C6FA02#awarenessraising Awareness Raising: ''"What's Your Excuse?"'' Food Bank For New York City Past Campaigns public service announcement]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723235140/http://www.foodbanknyc.org/index.cfm?objectid=2304030C-3048-651A-200CA7FA3FBD7499 Christensen's acceptance speech at the 2008 Can-Do Awards Dinner]. Food Bank For New York City.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723235140/http://www.foodbanknyc.org/index.cfm?objectid=2304030C-3048-651A-200CA7FA3FBD7499 Christensen's acceptance speech at the 2008 Can-Do Awards Dinner]. Food Bank For New York City.
*[https://meaww.com/helena-christensen-interview-victorias-secret-angel-charts-her-journey-from-modelling-to-working-behind-the-lens Helena Christensen: ''"Journey in fashion, from being Victoria's Secret Angel to working behind the lens"''] Interview with MEAWW
*[https://meaww.com/helena-christensen-interview-victorias-secret-angel-charts-her-journey-from-modelling-to-working-behind-the-lens Helena Christensen: ''"Journey in fashion, from being Victoria's Secret Angel to working behind the lens"''] Interview with MEAWW
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Helena Christensen
Christensen in 2012
Born (1968-12-25) 25 December 1968 (age 56)
Copenhagen, Denmark
OccupationModel
Partners
Children1
Relatives
Modeling information
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorGreen
Agency
  • Unsigned Group (London)
  • Women Management (New York)
  • ZZO (Paris)
  • d'management group (Milan)
  • R1 Mgmt (Barcelona)[1]

Helena Christensen (born 25 December 1968) is a Danish fashion model. She is a former Victoria's Secret Angel, co-founder and original creative director for Nylon magazine, and she is a supporter of funding for breast cancer organizations and other philanthropic charities.

Early life

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Christensen was born on 25 December 1968 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her father, Fleming, is Danish and her mother, Elsa,[citation needed] is Peruvian.[2][3] She is the elder of two daughters.[citation needed] Christensen is fluent in Danish, English, French and German.[4] Winning the Miss Universe Denmark crown in 1986,[5][6] she subsequently represented Denmark in the Miss Universe 1986 pageant held in Panama.[7] The following year, Christensen participated in the Look of the Year 1987 competition, where she was a finalist. She left home soon after to pursue modelling in Paris.[8]

Career

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Modeling

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Christensen rose to prominence in the 1990s, becoming one of the most popular models of her time. In 1990, she starred in the music video for Chris Isaak's song "Wicked Game".[9] The video was later featured on MTV's "Sexiest Video of All-Time", voted #4 on VH1's "50 Sexiest Video Moments", and voted #13 on VH1's "100 Greatest Videos". She became a spokesmodel for Revlon cosmetics in 1992.[citation needed] She appeared on magazine covers including Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and W, and in fashion campaigns including Revlon, Chanel, Versace, Lanvin, Prada, Sonia Rykiel, Hermès, Valentino and Karl Lagerfeld. One noted campaign featured her in a 20 by 40 feet (6 by 12 m) billboard in Times Square, naked, "except for a strategically placed banana leaf."[10] She was in the Victoria's Secret catalog and in their television commercials as one of the original "Angels", along with Tyra Banks, Karen Mulder, Daniela Peštová, and Stephanie Seymour.

In 1996, Frank DeCaro of the New York Times cited Christensen, along with Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Elle Macpherson and Claudia Schiffer, as "The Magnificent Seven". DeCaro reflected, "Known by their first names to legions of fans, they are the supermodel legends of the modern catwalk, the girl next door pretty underneath all the paint".[11]

Christensen has continued to model. She graced the covers of Vogue Italia (2016), Portuguese Vogue (2016), British Tatler (2018), French Elle (2018). In September 2017, Christensen, along with Schiffer, Campbell, Crawford, and Carla Bruni, closed the Versace spring/summer 2018 fashion show, which was an homage to the late Gianni Versace and supermodel history.[12] She walked the runway for Dolce & Gabbana and appeared in their spring/summer 2019 advertisement campaign with Carla Bruni, Eva Herzigová and Marpessa Hennink. Christensen is signed to ZZO Management in Paris, D Management in Milan, Unsigned Group in London and 1/One Management in New York City.[9]

At a 2007 Sustainable/Green Home opening party

Business and photography

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Christensen was co-founder and creative director of Nylon magazine in 1999[13] with Ray Gun magazine publisher Marvin Scott Jarrett,[14] and Kung Faux creator Mic Neumann.[15] She launched her own clothing line, Christensen & Sigersen, with lifelong friend Leif Sigersen. The pair previously ran Butik, a shop in New York's West Village.[16][17] Christensen created a vintage clothing line, sold in her mother's store, the Yo-Yo Second Hand Shop, in Christianshavn, Copenhagen, Denmark.[18][19] In 2012, she created a lingerie collection, Helena Christensen for Triumph, for the UK-based lingerie brand.[20] Christensen's collaboration with Triumph started in 2008 as the face of the Triumph brand.

Aside from her modeling work, Christensen is an accomplished photographer herself, whose work has appeared in Nylon,[13] Marie Claire, and ELLE.[9] Her exhibition "A Quiet Story," curated by Jim Cook, premiered at the Locus Gallery in Rotterdam, 2006,[21] and HotelArena in Amsterdam, 2007.[22] Her exhibition "Far From, Close" appeared at Dactyl Foundation in 2008–09, to benefit International Center of Photography educational programs and Chernobyl Children's Project International.[23][24]

In 2014, Christensen worked on a photography series: Liberty Ross, Liv Tyler, and The Pursuit of Grace. "I like doing personal, very intimate projects that don't require a lot of pre-meetings".[25]

Christensen has traveled extensively and often finds herself on both sides of the camera. In 2016, she was announced as the "Global Explorer" for the Luxury Collection Hotels and Resorts. Her major project for the company was documenting a trip from the seaside town of Paracas to the colonial city of Cusco and the nearby Urubamba Valley.

Climate change awareness

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Christensen partnered with Oxfam in 2009 to document the impact of climate change in Peru, where her mother was born. "Climate change in Peru is already devastating and we welcome Helena's commitment to show this to the rest of the world," said Frank Boeren, Oxfam's coordinator in Peru. "Peru is on the frontline of climate change, along with other developing countries, which have played little part in causing the problem".[26]

Breast cancer fundraising

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Christensen launched the second Fashion Targets Breast Cancer campaign, which involves the sale of designer t-shirts to raise money for Ireland's Action Breast Cancer (Irish Cancer Society) and Europa Donna Ireland to help younger women with breast cancer.[27][28]

Personal life

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Christensen dated and lived with INXS frontman Michael Hutchence on and off in France and Denmark for five years in the early 1990s.[29] She was in a relationship with actor Norman Reedus for five years; together they have a son born October 1999.[30] Reedus and Christensen separated in 2003.[31][32] Later, she dated Interpol singer Paul Banks from 2011 to 2015.[33]

Christensen has an apartment in Copenhagen, a house in Catskill, NY, and lives in Manhattan, where she drives "the only type of car I've ever had", a Morris Minor.[34][35] She reported in 2007 that she had been residing in Monaco.[36]

Honors and Awards

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In 2024, Helena Christensen was awarded the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO) Model Pioneer Award[37] at the United Nations, in recognition of her groundbreaking achievements and dedication to empowering others to create lasting change. Her contributions were further acknowledged by the United States Congress and officially recorded in the Congressional Record.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Helena Christensen models.com
  2. ^ Nome, Valerie (7 May 2008). "Helena Christensen: Model Mom". OK!. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Portraits of Peru: Why supermodel Helena Christensen returned to her roots". The Independent. 19 November 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  4. ^ Mulkerrins, Jane (3 May 2015). "Helena Christensen on modelling at 46, surgery and her new perfume". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  5. ^ Mueller, Andrew (31 August 2003). "Reversing the lens: Helena Christensen". Sunday Tribune. Retrieved 22 February 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ Mottram, James (10 June 2006). "Helena Christensen: Role Model". The Independent. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Miss Universe, 1986". Pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  8. ^ "The Helena Christensen Picture Pages". Superiorpics.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  9. ^ a b c "Helena Christensen Profile". Fashion Model Directory database. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  10. ^ Wechsler, Pat; Feld, David (20–27 December 1993). "Times Square bananas over billboard". New York Magazine. p. 19. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  11. ^ DeCaro, Frank (21 April 1996). "Supermodels Hot As Ever Or On Ice?; No Stars Means No Sizzle". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  12. ^ Singer, Sally (22 September 2017). "Spring 2018 Ready-to-Wear: Versace". Vogue.
  13. ^ a b Colford, Paul D. (3 March 1999). "Nylon Not a Stretch for the Man Behind Ray Gun". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 August 2010. [Jarrett's] partners in the new venture include supermodel Helena Christensen, who acts as creative director.
  14. ^ Wells, Melanie (1 November 1999). "Entrepreneur as Stunt Man". Forbes.com Magazine. p. 2. Archived from the original on 1 September 2000. Retrieved 21 August 2010. Upstart style magazine Nylon has gotten ink for making supermodel Helena Christensen its creative director.
  15. ^ Nylon Magazine Co-Founders by Helen Lee, Sassy Bella Magazine, November 7, 2007.
  16. ^ Vine, Sarah (24 March 2007). "Model's own - Helena Christensen is the latest model to turn fashion designer". The Times. London. Archived from the original on October 8, 2009.
  17. ^ "Butik.com website, circa 2008". Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  18. ^ Bahnsen, Lea Kathrine (11 May 2008). "Helena Christensen er vintage-dronning ("a vintage Queen")" (in Danish). Oestrogen.dk. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2010.(English tr.)
  19. ^ "Yo-Yo Second Hand Shop".
  20. ^ Karmali, Sarah (18 September 2012). "Helena Christensen Talks Lingerie". Vogue.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  21. ^ "Helena Christensen, A Quiet Story". Locus Gallery. Archived from the original on 15 May 2007.
  22. ^ "Helena Christensen - Selections from A Quiet Story". FashionCapital.co.uk. HotelArena. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2010. Press release.
  23. ^ Nelson, Karin (14 December 2008). "The Imperfectionist". Style. New York Times. Retrieved 23 August 2010. Slideshow
  24. ^ "Helena Christensen, Far From, Close, photography exhibition - December 15th 2008 – January 18, 2009" (includes Flash gallery). Dactyl Foundation. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  25. ^ Codinha, Alessandra (2014-04-23). "Helena Christensen on Her Latest Photography Series: Liberty Ross, Liv Tyler, and The Pursuit of Grace". Vogue. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  26. ^ "Helena Christensen witnesses impacts of climate change in Peru". Oxfam America. 8 September 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  27. ^ O'Brian, Jason (8 June 2007). "Erin-go-bra - Fashion targets breast cancer". Independent. IE. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  28. ^ "Tommy Hilfiger Teams Up With Helena Christensen For Limited Edition Bags". The Daily. PapierDoll.net. AHN. 6 March 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  29. ^ INXS; Bozza, Anthony (2006). Inxs: Story to Story: The Official Autobiography. Atria. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-7432-8404-2. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  30. ^ "Helena Christensen profile". Hello! magazine. 2006.
  31. ^ "Helena Christensen profile". Marie Claire. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  32. ^ "Helena Christensen's son Mingus is a chess prodigy". People.com. 2 September 2007. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  33. ^ David Kaufman (19 October 2012). "Queen of the Runway". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  34. ^ Gerard, Jasper (27 November 2005). "Me and My Motors: Helena Christensen"[dead link‍]. The Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  35. ^ Philby, Charlotte (21 November 2009) "My Secret Life: Helena Christensen, Supermodel, 40". The Independent. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  36. ^ Crichton, Torcuil (21 July 2007). "Helena Christensen Interview". Herald-Scotland. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  37. ^ "Helena Christenson - Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization". Retrieved 2024-12-06.
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