Josephine Skriver
Biography of Josephine Skriver
Josephine Skriver was born on April 14, 1993 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is a Danish model.
Josephine Skriver was born to a lesbian mother and a gay father. She also has a brother. She wishes to use her notoriety to represent children from LGBT couples, and has participated in Gay Pride for many years.
From an early age, she worked in the fashion industry thanks to her aunt who was a fashion consultant. For example, she poses for an advertisement for Pampersnappies. However, when she was five years old, she asked her mother to stop the photo shoots, in order to concentrate on football.
In 2008, she was discovered by the Unique Denmark modeling agency, which made her sign a contract, after a friend of her aunt sent them photos. She then decides to try the modeling experience again. The models.com website notices her and selects her as the model of the week for October.
In 2010, she signed a contract with the modeling agency Marilyn Agency.
In February 2011, Josephine Skriver participated in her first Fashion Week in New York, walking for the brands Rag & Boneand Calvin Klein. She is mentioned in the TOP 10 of the best new models of this season.
She opens the Prada fashion show and closes that of Alberta Ferretti in Milan. It scrolls about 90 times. Examples include Chanel, Gucci, Dolce&Gabbana, Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, and Balenciaga in Paris and Milan. During this season, she played the cabin model for Gucci. She poses for Vogue Deutschlandn 1, Vogue Italia and Dazed & Confused. She advertises Donna Karan and Gucci.
In 2012, she represented the Omnia perfume by Bvlgari and lent her image to the brands Gucci, MaxMara Weekend, Tasaki, Max&Co, Michael Kors, DKNY, M A C, Elie Saab, Belstaff, Ralph Lauren, Bottega Veneta and Carolina Herrera. She paraded almost a hundred times that year, including Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, Victoria Beckham, Diane von Fürstenberg, Chloé, Jason Wu, Giambattista Valli, Vanessa Bruno, Nina Ricci and Gucci.
In 2013, she paraded about seventy times. We can mention Victoria's Secret, Chanel, Valentino, Giorgio Armani, Emilio Pucci, Matthew Williamson, Oscar de la Renta or Vera Wang. She posed for the brands Blugirl, Santoni, Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, Victoria's Secret, Revolve and Prabal Gurung for Target, as well as for Lui magazine alongside Marlon Teixeira.
In 2014, she posed for Joie with Caroline Brasch Nielsen, and for Urban Outfitters. She walks the catwalks of Nina Ricci and Ralph Lauren.
In 2015, she posed for Victoria's Secret multiple times, including for their lingerie and for their sports line VSX. She also obtains the cover of two catalogs of this brand. She is one of the main faces of Sam Edelman for the Spring/Summer, G-Shock and Boulezar campaign and poses for Juicy Couture, Urban Outfitters, Zimmermann and Revolve Clothing.
In 2016, she became a Victoria's Secret Brand Angel.
Since December 2013, Josephine Skriver has been in a relationship with Alexander DeLeon, lead singer of The Cab. In November 2018, Josephine Skriver and Alexander Deleon got engaged.