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Doutzen Kroes
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Height

176 cm / 5 ft 9½ in
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Hair Color

Blonde
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Eye Color

Blue
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Bust

88 cm / 34½ in, Cup Size: B
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Waist

62 cm / 24½ in
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Hips

88 cm / 34½ in
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Dress Size

EU 36 / US 4 / UK 8
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Shoe Size

Ladies EU 41 / US 10 / UK 7.5 / JP 26
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Type(s)

  • Fashion/Runway Model
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Active?

Yes
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Ethnicity

White
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Nationality

flag Netherlands
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Residence

flag United States
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Birth Place

Eastermar (Oostermeer), Friesland, The Netherlands
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Date of Birth

23 January 1985 ( Age: 25 )

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Biography

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Doutzen Kroes (pronounced Dow-tzen Kroos) (born January 23, 1985 in Oostermeer, the Netherlands is a Dutch model and currently one of the Victoria's Secret Angels.

Kroes was born in the town of Eastermar, Province of Friesland, the Netherlands. After graduating high school (HAVO), she sent snapshots to modeling agency Paparazzi in Amsterdam.

Kroes has made the covers of Time, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Seventeen, Elle, marie claire, glamour, W, Avantgarde, Dazed & Confused and Numéro. She also appears regularly in the Victoria's Secret catalog and walked the runway of the company's fashion show in 2005, 2006 and 2008. Kroes' campaigns include Gucci, Tommy Hilfiger, Escada, Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino, Versace, Hugo Boss, Guerlain,Botegga Venetta, De Beers, Escada, GAP, Gianfranco Ferre, and Neiman Marcus. In August 2005, she was named spokesmodel for the Calvin Klein "Eternity" fragrance campaign, replacing American actress Scarlett Johansson, and, in April 2006, she signed a three-year contract with L'Oréal Paris. Kroes can currently be seen in the company's commercials alongside Eva Longoria and Kerry Washington.

In 2005, Kroes was selected as "Model of The Year" on Vogue.com by readers[citation needed] and was featured on the cover of the May 2007 issue with Hilary Rhoda, Caroline Trentini, Raquel Zimmermann, Sasha Pivovarova, Agyness Deyn, Coco Rocha, Jessica Stam, Chanel Iman, and Lily Donaldson as the new crop of "supermodels." Along with several of these models, she appeared in the 2008 Pirelli Calendar.

In July 2007, earning at an estimated total of $4.9 million in the past twelve months, Forbes named Kroes fourteenth in the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels. In April 2008, she soared to the fifth position, with an estimated income of $6 million.

Kroes also is in the official Frisian provincial campaign for the West Frisian language which is her mother tongue.

In 2006, Omrop Fryslân made a documentary about Kroes. Piter Claus follows Kroes during the fashion week in Milan. The documentary won a NL-Award for best regional documentary.

Victoria's Secret recently confirmed to People magazine that Kroes is the newest Victoria's Secret Angel. Her first campaign as the brand's newest Angel is "Supermodel Obsession", alongside Adriana Lima. She was recently signed to be the new face for Swiss cashmere label Repeat for two years.

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  • In 2005, she was selected as Model of The Year on Vogue.com by readers.
  • In April 2006, she signed a three-year contract with cosmetics company L'Oréal Paris.
  • In May 2009, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award, part of the Dutch
    Model Awards.

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  • "I was 18, spending my holidays in a camp, complaining about not having pocket money. A friend of mine suggested that I could be a model. I found stupid the idea of sending pics of me to an agency, I had the fantasy of being 'discovered' like Claudia Schiffer, in a nightclub. But I sent them anyways, without telling neither my family nor my friends, thinking that 'if I become famous I'll invent a more glamorous story for the press...' and if I had been rejected, it would have saved my honour. An agency in Amsterdam immediately made me sign a contract. And I kept my somewhat cheesy story..."

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