PROFILE
BIOGRAPHY
Marisa Miller was born Maria Bertetta on August 16, 1978 in Santa Cruz, California.
She was very athletic in her youth and excelled at many sports, including volleyball and surfing. In fact, one year her high school volleyball team was undefeated due to her skills.
It was her love of surfing that gave her a big break into the world of modeling. In 2001,while scooping out bigger waves in Santa Barbara, she was discovered by Mario Testino, a famous photographer. He took a few pictures of her and went back to his studio. Not long afterwards, Marisa was called and asked if he wanted to become a model.
Her first real magazine pictorial was for Perfect 10 magazine. Because she was so new to the industry, the photo layout was of her posing nude. However, her this spread lead this beautiful California surfer girl to better things and she next appeared in the 2001 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
After that, the job offers came pouring in. She has since modeled for Victoria’s Secret, Tommy Hilfiger, J. Crew and Nordstrom. She has also appeared in magazines such as Shape, Fitness and Vogue – not to mention a few more issues Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
In 2004, she made her way onto television as a judge for the TV series Manhunt: The Search for America’s Most Gorgeous Male Model. She has also appeared on a few talk shows including The View and The Sharon Osbourne Show. She likes television and would like to one day become a television sportscaster.
She made her first really big impact on the media when she appeared as a Victoria Secret's Angel in VS commercial (with Heidi Klum).
In 2008, Marisa Miller appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. It was Sports Illustrated best selling issue of all time. In 2008 Marisa also ranked #1 on Maxim’s “Hot 100” list.
In the Victoria Secrects Fashion Show in 2009, Marisa Miller was chosen to wear the “Fantasy Bra” that was studded with diamonds and came with a 3 million dollar price tag.
Shee was voted the “Sexiest Woman In The World” in FHM’s May 2010 poll.
Not only is she beautiful, she is also generous and is an ambassador for the American Cancer Society
Hobbies & Interests: Surfing, volleyball, watching football and NASCAR.
She was very athletic in her youth and excelled at many sports, including volleyball and surfing. In fact, one year her high school volleyball team was undefeated due to her skills.
It was her love of surfing that gave her a big break into the world of modeling. In 2001,while scooping out bigger waves in Santa Barbara, she was discovered by Mario Testino, a famous photographer. He took a few pictures of her and went back to his studio. Not long afterwards, Marisa was called and asked if he wanted to become a model.
Her first real magazine pictorial was for Perfect 10 magazine. Because she was so new to the industry, the photo layout was of her posing nude. However, her this spread lead this beautiful California surfer girl to better things and she next appeared in the 2001 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
After that, the job offers came pouring in. She has since modeled for Victoria’s Secret, Tommy Hilfiger, J. Crew and Nordstrom. She has also appeared in magazines such as Shape, Fitness and Vogue – not to mention a few more issues Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
In 2004, she made her way onto television as a judge for the TV series Manhunt: The Search for America’s Most Gorgeous Male Model. She has also appeared on a few talk shows including The View and The Sharon Osbourne Show. She likes television and would like to one day become a television sportscaster.
She made her first really big impact on the media when she appeared as a Victoria Secret's Angel in VS commercial (with Heidi Klum).
In 2008, Marisa Miller appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. It was Sports Illustrated best selling issue of all time. In 2008 Marisa also ranked #1 on Maxim’s “Hot 100” list.
In the Victoria Secrects Fashion Show in 2009, Marisa Miller was chosen to wear the “Fantasy Bra” that was studded with diamonds and came with a 3 million dollar price tag.
Shee was voted the “Sexiest Woman In The World” in FHM’s May 2010 poll.
Not only is she beautiful, she is also generous and is an ambassador for the American Cancer Society
Hobbies & Interests: Surfing, volleyball, watching football and NASCAR.
CAREER
Miller moved from a start as an amateur magazine model to high profile mainstream work after an acquaintance showed a picture of her to famed fashion photographer Mario Testino in 2001. Testino asked to meet Miller, who was running a surf school at the time, and was invited to Manhattan Beach, California, where she would be surfing.
Noticing her, Testino snapped pictures of her and approached her with a job offer. It turned out to be editorials for both the American and Italian editions of Vogue. Within six months, Miller was working for Victoria's Secret and the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, in which she appeared in every issue from 2002 to 2008. In particular, she famously posed wearing only an iPod in the 2007 issue. She has also appeared in a diverse range of magazines, many of them international editions, such as GQ, Maxim, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle, and Vanity Fair,. She has featured in advertisements for Nordstrom, J.Crew, Guess?, Tommy Hilfiger, Bath & Body Works, and True Religion jeans.
Miller backstage at the Fashion for Relief show, a charity event in aid of victims of Hurricane Katrina.
It was not until 2007 that she filmed her first television commercial for Victoria's Secret, appearing alongside Heidi Klum for the It bra.
On December 4, 2007, Miller made her debut in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and opened a segment in the following year's edition. Other runway credits of Miller's include 2007's Fashion for Relief show, benefiting victims of Hurricane Katrina, as well as MTV's Fashionably Loud, Imitation of Christ, Inca, and Amir Slama's Rosa Cha, for which she was one of the most anticipated models.
On the February 12, 2008 episode of The Late Show with Davi Letterman, it was revealed via a three-story billboard in New York City that Miller would grace the cover of that year's Sports Illustrate
Noticing her, Testino snapped pictures of her and approached her with a job offer. It turned out to be editorials for both the American and Italian editions of Vogue. Within six months, Miller was working for Victoria's Secret and the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, in which she appeared in every issue from 2002 to 2008. In particular, she famously posed wearing only an iPod in the 2007 issue. She has also appeared in a diverse range of magazines, many of them international editions, such as GQ, Maxim, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle, and Vanity Fair,. She has featured in advertisements for Nordstrom, J.Crew, Guess?, Tommy Hilfiger, Bath & Body Works, and True Religion jeans.
Miller backstage at the Fashion for Relief show, a charity event in aid of victims of Hurricane Katrina.
It was not until 2007 that she filmed her first television commercial for Victoria's Secret, appearing alongside Heidi Klum for the It bra.
On December 4, 2007, Miller made her debut in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and opened a segment in the following year's edition. Other runway credits of Miller's include 2007's Fashion for Relief show, benefiting victims of Hurricane Katrina, as well as MTV's Fashionably Loud, Imitation of Christ, Inca, and Amir Slama's Rosa Cha, for which she was one of the most anticipated models.
On the February 12, 2008 episode of The Late Show with Davi Letterman, it was revealed via a three-story billboard in New York City that Miller would grace the cover of that year's Sports Illustrate
Swimsuit Issue. The tandem online launch of the issue drew record page views to the SI website: 228 million, a 41% increase over 2007. In September 2008, Sports Illustrated released a "Best of Marisa Miller" swimsuit calendar for the 2009 year.
Victoria's Secret also put her to work in 2008, with a five-city tour to promote the 2008 Swim collection's release in stores; the April–May tour included stops in New York City, Miami, Chicago (where she threw the opening pitch at a Chicago Cubs baseball game), Boston, and Minneapolis. The relaunch of Victoria Secret's sports line, VSX, soon followed, along with her first official campaign as an Angel .promoting the company's fragrance Very Sexy Dare.
For the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Miller was chosen to wear the year's "Fantasy Bra," a harlequin design featuring 2,300 white, champagne, and cognac diamonds, and a 16-carat heart-shaped brown-yellow diamond pendant for a $3-million value and 150 total carats.Damiani, the designer of the bra, went on to feature it at BaselWorld 2010.
In response to claims that Miller had parted with Victoria's Secret in January 2010, the Chief Marketing Officer for Limited Brands responded, saying the claims were "unfounded and untrue" while adding "we adore Marisa and we will continue to work with her in the future." In late 2010 Miller confirmed she had moved on from Angel status.
Victoria's Secret also put her to work in 2008, with a five-city tour to promote the 2008 Swim collection's release in stores; the April–May tour included stops in New York City, Miami, Chicago (where she threw the opening pitch at a Chicago Cubs baseball game), Boston, and Minneapolis. The relaunch of Victoria Secret's sports line, VSX, soon followed, along with her first official campaign as an Angel .promoting the company's fragrance Very Sexy Dare.
For the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Miller was chosen to wear the year's "Fantasy Bra," a harlequin design featuring 2,300 white, champagne, and cognac diamonds, and a 16-carat heart-shaped brown-yellow diamond pendant for a $3-million value and 150 total carats.Damiani, the designer of the bra, went on to feature it at BaselWorld 2010.
In response to claims that Miller had parted with Victoria's Secret in January 2010, the Chief Marketing Officer for Limited Brands responded, saying the claims were "unfounded and untrue" while adding "we adore Marisa and we will continue to work with her in the future." In late 2010 Miller confirmed she had moved on from Angel status.
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