Helena Christensen – Danish Celebrity, Model, Photographer

Helena Christensen was born on 25th December, 1968 in Copenhagen at Denmark. Her Height is 5' 10". As a child Helena Christensen wanted to become a musician, but as fate would have it began modeling at the age of nine. After leaving school, she moved to Paris in France to model for the French magazine 'Elle', in 1986 she competed in the Miss Universe contest as Miss Denmark, however unfortunately didn’t receive a placing. Her big break came in June of 1989 while she was discovered by photographer Friedemann Hauss, who impulsively knew that Helena was a 'natural' in terms of modeling ability. Since then her career has taken off, & she’s now one of the top worldwide catwalk queens. Helena Christensen has since taken on the movie industry which is starring in a British TV movie Inferno, 1980 & following it up with a small role in Robert Altman's Prêt-à-Porter in 1994.

She has son named Mingus Luchien Reedus who was born on 22nd October 1999 in Copenhagen at Denmark. Gianni Versace told that she has the most stunning body in the world. She is a creative director of a new magazine named 'Nylon'. She got her first modelling job at the age of nine. She is one of the world's top fashion models in the 1980s & 1990s. Helena Christesen's father is a Danish typographer and mother is Peruvian & collects perfume bottles. Helena Christensen has homes in New York City, France & in Monaco and she’s an accomplished photographer. Her cousin is actress or singer, Christine Buchart. She is good friends with Gwyneth Paltrow. Helena Christensen was one of the first people to visit Gwyneth in hospital behind she gave birth to her son Moses.

She owns, with her friend Leif Sigersen, a little shop in New York named "butik". She had a 4 year relationship with actor Norman Reedus. The relationship produced one son named Mingus. She has a 4 years younger sister named Anita. She’s good friends with Michael Stipe. Helen is speaking in grand under statement about her famous catwalk figure; "I have a bit here & a bit there / as we say in Denmark, something to the courtyard & something to the street." 

During March, 1990, she made her first of 6 appearances on the cover of British Vogue & went on to become a part of the model phenomenon of the 90’s with Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell & Kate Moss. Helen Christensen moved to Paris in 1991 to focus on her modeling career then she appeared topless in the Herb Ritts-shot video clip for Chris Isaak's Wicked Game, which was featured on MTV's Sexiest Videos of All Time. 

She became half of one of the world's highest profile couples while she dated INXS's Michael Hutchence. Gianni Versace described her "the most gorgeous body in the world" behind she starred in his 1994 campaign. She was a part of Nylon magazine's launch team like the original creative director in 1999. She started dating actor Norman Reedus, 1993. The couple was married in 1998 & had a son, Mingus Luchien Reedus. They divorced during 2003.

She is a talented photographer whose work has been exhibited in Amsterdam, New York etc. & appeared in Spanish Vogue then "My main curiosity is photography - the shop, the clothes & the modelling aside. While you work behind the lens you do not have to think any limits" which she said to The Times. She owns Butik, a New York boutique that sells antiques, clothes, furniture & collected bric-a-brac with lifetime friend Leif Sigersen. The couple collaborated on a clothing line in 2007. She created a haircare collection in 2007 with Erin O'Connor for Toni & Guy called Model.Me. In October 2009, Helen Christensen said to The Sunday Times that "My work is forty per cent modeling, forty per cent photography & twenty per cent all kinds of interesting, strange, weird stuff."

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