Claudia Schiffer

German Female model Claudia Schiffer from Rheinberg, Germany

Charming, sensual and captivating, Claudia Schiffer is considered to be one of the most beautiful women in the world. Claudia gained her greatest exposure by appearing in GUESS? ads in early 1989 and by becoming the spokesmodel for GUESS? perfume. GUESS? certainly boosted her to international stardom.
Claudia Schiffer was born on August 25, 1970 in Dusseldorf, Germany to a successful lawyer father and a homemaker mother. With three younger siblings, she had once dreamed of becoming a lawyer in her father's law firm but this all changed when she was discovered dancing in a nightclub in 1987 by a modeling agent. With protective parents by her side, Claudia went to Paris for her first test shoot where a star was born!
Her first magazine appearance was in Elle Magazine. Claudia first began getting noticed by magazines in Europe and then she was chosen as the new GUESS? Girl in 1989. Simultaneously with the stunning GUESS? campaign, Claudia appeared on five magazine covers in the US and seven in Europe.
At 5'11" with light blonde hair and sapphire blue eyes, she has appeared on over 500 magazine covers and her yearly calendar is always a best seller. She's been a guest star on many television shows including the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Larry King Live and The Late Show with David Letterman, in addition to appearing in a number of feature films and her own exercise video. She is also one of the founders of the Fashion Cafe, together with Naomi Campbell, Elle MacPherson and Christy Turlington.
In her spare time, she enjoys painting, reading, playing tennis, riding horses, skiing, dancing and speaking several languages fluently - German, English and French. At nearly 27, she hopes to continue modeling and one day become a respected and successful actress and raise a family of her own.