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Supermodel Devon Aoki Beefed Up By Training With 30-Pound Gu

FOXNews.com - Found Jun. 20, 2009
Seacrest?s Restaurant Opening Skinny to Solid: Supermodel Devon Aoki Forced to Beef Up by Training With a 30-Pound Gun Devon Aoki is one of...
Devon Aoki forced to beef up by training with 30-pound gun - Malaysia Sun
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Posted on June 20, 2009, 3:59 am

Model Devon Aoki Works Out with Guns

CD Insight - Found Jun. 20, 2009
Devon Aoki, was discovered while gate crashing a Rancid concert. After being introduced to Kate Moss, the trendsetting model mentored Devon and...
Devon Aoki forced to beef up by training with 30-pound gun - NewKerala.com
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Posted on June 20, 2009, 12:48 pm

Devon Aoki forced to beef up by training with 30-pound gun

Daily India - Found Jun. 20, 2009
Washington, Jun 20: American model/actress Devon Aoki has revealed that when she entered the world of films, she was made to tone up her muscles by

Posted on June 20, 2009, 10:32 am

Devon Aoki forced to beef up by training with 30-pound gun

Africa Leader - Found Jun. 20, 2009
: American model/actress Devon Aoki has revealed that when she entered the world of films, she was made to tone up her muscles by training with a 30-

Posted on June 20, 2009, 6:45 am

ZOO Magazine No. 23, 2009 is OUT NOW

Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion - Found Jun. 9, 2009
... in ZOO 23 Summer Issue: www.zoomagazine.de Denisa Dvorakova and Clement Chabernaud by Philip Gay Devon Aoki by Aneta Bartos Later, Diane

Posted on June 9, 2009, 9:07 am

Best Dressed Of The Week - Eva Longoria and Devon Aoki

Red Carpet Fashion Awards - Found May. 17, 2009
Atelier Versace Spring 2009 gown with sweeps of large ruffles, won most of you over. I was blow away by Devon, who looked stunning a in a...

Posted on May 17, 2009, 9:00 am

Red Carpet: Cannes

Daily Beast - Found May. 17, 2009
... to View Gallery Tags: abbie cornish, aishwarya rai, bright star, cannes film festival, devon aoki, elizabeth banks, entertainment, frederique...
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Posted on May 17, 2009, 4:50 am

Photographs Auction at Phillips de Pury

SHOWstudio - Found May. 14, 2009
Nick?s iconic image of Devon Aoki dressed in Alexander McQueen will be going up for auction at Phillips de Pury & Company?s 'Photographs' ...

Posted on May 14, 2009, 6:55 am

"Chopard "Cascade" Perfume Launch

Red Carpet Fashion Awards - Found May. 14, 2009
... t have the black underlay, like the runway version, but the gown is still retains it's elegance. Devon Aoki wore a luscious lime green...

Posted on May 14, 2009, 5:00 am

MUTANT CHRONICLES sets Sci Fi Channel dates; GARGOYLES coming too

Fangoria - Found May. 8, 2009
MUTANT CHRONICLES, with Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, John Malkovich and Devon Aoki, has its first Sci Fi showing Saturday, June 27 at 9 p.m...

Posted on May 8, 2009, 8:53 am

Devon Aoki Biography

Devon Aoki
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Devon Aoki
Birth name Devon Edwenna Aoki
Date of birth August 10, 1982 (1982-08-10) (age 26)
Place of birth New York City, New York, U.S.
Height ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Hair color Light brown
Eye color Hazel
Measurements 33-23-33 in
84-58.5-84 cm
Dress size (US) 4; (EU) 34
Shoe size (US) 7; (EU) 38
Agency One Model Management New York, d-Management Milan and City Paris.

Devon Edwenna Aoki (born August 10, 1982) is an American model and actress.

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Early life

Aoki was born in New York City, New York, and grew up in California and London, attending high school at The American School in London. Her Japanese American father, Rocky Aoki, a former Olympic wrestler, was the founder and owner of the Benihana restaurant chain until his death on July 10, 2008. Her mother, Pamela Hilburger, is a jewelry designer of German and English heritage.1

Aoki was discovered in New York at a Rancid concert she had gatecrashed. She started modeling when she was 13, the same year Aoki was introduced by her godmother to Kate Moss, who would later take the young Devon under her wing. She was signed onto Storm Model Management at age 14.

In 1998, at the age of 16, Devon replaced Naomi Campbell as the face of Versace. An A-grade student at school, Devon chose not to go on to college, believing that working and traveling offered her a "broader and deeper education" than a degree.

Career

Aoki has modeled for the fashion houses Lancôme, Chanel, and Versace. Aoki is 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)2 — an almost unheard of height for runway models, who are usually at least 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) height. Aoki has done ad campaigns for Chanel Ready to Wear, Chanel Couture by Karl Lagerfeld, Versace by Steven Meisel, YSL by Juergen Teller, Alessandro Del Aqua, Hugo Boss, Moschino, Ungaro, Fendi, Junko Shimada by Bettina Kimenda and Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons.

Early on in her career Aoki made cameo appearances in several music videos, including Duran Duran's "Electric Barbarella", Primal Scream's "Kowalski" (with Kate Moss), Elton John's "Something About the Way You Look Tonight", Ginuwine's "In Those Jeans" video and, later, in Ludacris' "Act a Fool". Music from this video was featured in the soundtrack of 2 Fast 2 Furious, which Ludacris and Aoki both appeared in. In 2006, she made an appearance in The Killers' video "Bones". Aoki has also made a cameo appearance in the short films accompanying the new Sean Lennon album, Friendly Fire.

Her acting career includes films like 2 Fast 2 Furious, D.E.B.S., Sin City, Dead or Alive, War and Mutant Chronicles. She did not have her driver's license prior to filming 2 Fast 2 Furious and had to learn to drive during filming.3

Aoki has joined L.A.'s International Creative Management for representation and The Firm for management.

Aoki has been on the cover of I-D magazine three times. She was also the face of Lancome cosmetics for four years. Aoki posed for renowned Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee for Kee's 2006 charity photo-book "Super Stars", dedicated to the victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami disaster, which consists of photographs of 300 Asian celebrities by Kee. The same year, Aoki posed for photographer Marc Baptiste’s book Nudes wearing a dress:

It's funny. People have been saying that, and I saw the book. I'm the only person in the book who is wearing clothes. I'm wearing a dress. I'm like 'why am I in this book?' because it's nudes and I'm not nude at all.

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In September 2007, it was announced she was designing jeans line for Levi's, although the line was only available in Asia.4

Aoki recently made a return to the runway, walking for the Chanel Pre-Fall 2008 show in London. She is signed to 1/One Management New York (owned by her mother), d-Management Milan, and City Paris.

Trivia

Aoki lives on her own in Los Angeles, and keeps her personal life private. She has dated Lenny Kravitz.citation needed

She is interested in writing poetry, playing the drums and hanging out with her two pet snakes.

In 2006, Aoki's father, Hiroaki Aoki, sued four of his seven children for attempting to take control of the companies he founded. Devon, uninvolved in the family business, was not one of the four.5

Her half-brother, Steve Aoki, is a Los Angeles DJ and the founder of Dim Mak Records. Aoki also has three sisters—Ellie, Grace, and Echo—and three other brothers—Kyle, Kevin, and Cole Price.citation needed

She is currently the shortest supermodel globally.

Filmography

Year Title Role
2003 Death of a Dynasty Picasso
2 Fast 2 Furious Suki
2004 D.E.B.S. Dominique
2005 Sin City Miho
2006 Sean Lennon's Friendly Fire a Mermaid (Wait For Me)
DOA: Dead or Alive Kasumi
2006 Zoom Daravia
2007 War Kira Yanagawa
2008 Mutant Chronicles Valerie Duval
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead Anna
2010 Sin City 2 Miho

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