Iselin Vollen Steiro (born 15 September 1985) is a Norwegian supermodel. She grew up in Harstad in the northern part of Norway. Iselin was discovered in 1999 while Christmas shopping with her parents in London. In fact, she was scouted twice on the same trip. The first scout was turned down by her mother who answered "over my dead body", when asked if Iselin would be interested in modeling. The second scout sent a letter to a local agency in Norway, which sought her up in Harstad. After her father went with her to one of her first jobs, he gave the "OK". She started to model "high fashion" in 2003, and walked for Prada and Calvin Klein in her first season.
She lived in New York for two years, where she modelled full time, but has now moved back to Norway, where she is to start at University. She is represented by Women Model Management in New York, Paris and Milan, and FM in London. Her mother agency is Team Models in Oslo, Norway.
She is among the most sought after models in the world and regularly does editorials for magazines including Numèro, French Vogue, Vogue Italia and Harper's Bazaar. Her covers include French, Flair, Korean Harper's Bazaar, Vogue Italia, and several Norwegian magazines. She works with world famous photograpers as Steven Meisel, Craig McDean, Mario Sorrenti, David Sims, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot, Paolo Roversi, Sølve Sundsbø, Mikael Jansson and Camilla �?krans.
She has campaigned brands including Adidas, Benetton, Paul and Joe, Aquascutum, Jil Stuart, Hugo Boss Orange Label, Just Cavalli, Balenciaga, Gucci (3 campaigns), D&G, Dolce & Gabbana, Loewe (2 campaigns), Versace and Chanel. She is currently (SS07) the face of Valentino, Loewe, Lancome, TSE and Time.
Steiro is planning to start her studies at some Norwegian university in the autumn of 2007. She will continue to model and do "especially interesting jobs" in addition to being a student. Iselin is currently dating Norwegian actor Anders Danielsen Lie.
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