Victoria's Secret Model Marisa Miller Breast Chat
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The National Ledger - Pop Culture - Found Jun. 5, 2009 Victoria's Secret model Marisa Miller says she is a workout warrior and has laughed off claims she has had breast implants - and insists: "I'm 100 |
Marisa Miller Shares Victoria's Secret's 2009 Swimwear Collection
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ShoppingBlog.com - Found May. 28, 2009 Marisa Miller shares and models some of Victoria's Secret's 2009 swimwear collection for TV Guide . She also wears one of the Victoria's Secret's |
How Marisa Miller Keeps Her Bikini Body in Shape
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FitSugar -- Healthy, happy you. - Found May. 21, 2009 Marisa Miller is in a bikini-body league of her own. |
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Examiner.com - Found Jul. 1, 2009 In honor of Alexis below is a great boxing workout with Marisa Miller Did Alexis Arguello commit suicide? - USA Today Nicaragua Mayor, 3-Time Boxing Champ Found Dead - Fox News Boxing Hall of Famer, Managua mayor Arguello dead at 57 - USA Today Alexis Arguello, ex-boxing champ, found dead - ESPN Explore All |
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Reuters - Found Jul. 1, 2009 49. Maria Sharapova 50. Monica Bellucci 51. Keira Knightley 52. Sandra Bullock 53. Hilary Duff 54. Marisa Miller 55. Kristen Bell 56. Audrina... Chickipedia?s Top 100 Most Wanted Women - PR inside Chickipedia?s Top 100 Most Wanted Women - Earthtimes.org Explore All |
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FOXNews.com - Found Jun. 26, 2009 Those are my favorite moments of her.' Marisa Miller: 'That (swimsuit) poster is just one of the most iconic images out there. Farrah Fawcett: Photographer Bruce McBroom remembers her iconic ... - Entertainment Weekly Online Michael Jackson & Farrah Fawcett TV Specials Slated - EOnline.com Farrah Fawcett, a Sex Symbol Who Aimed Higher - New York Times APPRECIATION: Bianco: TV made Fawcett the star that she was - USA Today Explore All |
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Top Secret shoot
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The Sun - Found Jun. 25, 2009 And if anyone knows how to get the best out of a swimsuit it's MARISA MILLER, MIRANDA KERR and ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO. |
WIN! Lux gift package from LA Boxing
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Examiner.com - Found Jun. 25, 2009 ... among celebrities such as Victoria?s Secret models Adriana Lima (who just announced her pregnancy!) and Marisa Miller, The Office funny girl... |
Miranda Kerr in hot new Victoria's Secret video.Watch now
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Brisbane Courier-Mail - Found Jun. 24, 2009 A SAUCY video of Victoria's Secret supermodels Marisa Miller, Miranda Kerr and Alessandra Ambrosio has hit the internet. |
Supermodels show off their secrets
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Brisbane Courier-Mail - Found Jun. 24, 2009 A SAUCY video of Victoria's Secret supermodels Marisa Miller, Miranda Kerr and Alessandra Ambrosio has hit the internet. |
Marisa Miller Biography
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Marisa Miller
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| Marisa Miller | |
Marisa Miller backstage during Fashion for Relief benefiting victims of Hurricane Katrina. |
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| Birth name | Marisa Lee Bertetta |
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| Date of birth | August 6, 1978 |
| Place of birth | Santa Cruz, California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Eye color | Hazel |
| Measurements | 34D-23-35 (US) 86.5-58-89 (EU) |
| Weight | 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st) |
| Dress size | 2 (US), 32 (EU), 5 (UK) |
| Shoe size | 7 (US), 37½ (EU), 4½ (UK) |
| Agency | Cartel Management |
| Spouse(s) | Jim Miller (2000–2002) Griffin Guess (2006–present) |
| Official website | |
Marisa Lee Miller (born August 6, 1978)12 is an American model best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues, and her work for lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret. After a stint shooting with photographer Mario Testino for fashion magazines like Vogue,3 Miller began working for both companies in 2002. As of late 2007, she is a Victoria's Secret Angel, and graced the cover of the 2008 SI Swimsuit Issue to record-setting numbers,4 accomplishments that have led to her being dubbed the "return of the great American supermodel."5
She is also known for contracts with companies like Harley-Davidson and for taking the #1 spot on Maxim magazine's 2008 "Hot 100" list.5 Aside from modeling, she is an ambassador for the American Cancer Society.6
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Early life
Born Marisa Lee Bertetta in Santa Cruz, California, she was first "discovered" at age 16 walking through a San Francisco café by two Italian modeling agents.7 After talking to her mother Krista Bertetta, she was on a plane to Italy with her mother a few months later, despite such a "shy and conservative" personality growing up that she had to put on all her clothes just to go to the trash can while at the beach.3 Miller gained attention when she appeared in a 1997 issue of Perfect 10 magazine. Although she came in third behind Ashley Degenford and Monica Hansen in Perfect 10 magazine's first annual model search,8 she was repeatedly showcased in following issues, including the covers of the Winter 1998, Aug/Sept 1999, and Fall 2004 editions.
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.3
Noticing her, Testino snapped pictures of her and approached her for a job offer that turned out to be editorials for both the American and Italian editions of Vogue. Within six months,3 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. 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,9 as well as working on campaigns/advertisements for Nordstrom, J.Crew, Guess?, Tommy Hilfiger, Pepsi, Panasonic, Bath & Body Works, and most recently, for True Religion jeans and motorcycle company Harley-Davidson.9 In July 2008, Miller took her first step beyond modeling when her shoe line with skateboarder/surfer-oriented company Vans launched.5
Television spots of Miller's include the short-lived reality television series Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model (2004),10 Puddle of Mudd's "Spin You Around" music video (2004), the pilot episode and finale of VH1's reality show The Shot (2007), and cameos in HBO's Entourage and the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother (both 2007), the latter with her fellow Victoria's Secret Angels. However, it wasn't until 2007 that she filmed her first television commercial for Victoria's Secret, appearing alongside Heidi Klum for the It bra. Miller's other commercials include a 2008 viral video on YouTube with All Star baseball player Ryan Braun for Remington's ShortCut clippers11 and a commercial for the NFL Network.12
On December 4, 2007, Miller made her debut at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show,1 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,1 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.13
On the February 12, 2008 episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, it was announced via a three-story billboard in New York City that Miller would grace the cover of that year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The tandem online launch of the issue drew record page views to the SI website: 228 million, a 41% increase over 2007.4 In September 2008, Sports Illustrated released a "Best of Marisa Miller" swimsuit calendar for the 2009 year.1
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 Cubs game), Boston, and Minneapolis. The relaunch of Victoria Secret's sports line, VSX, soon followed, along with her first official campaign as an Angel14: promoting the company's newest fragrance, Very Sexy Dare.
Media recognition
The swell in publicity resulting from her 2008 work served to land Miller in the number one spot on Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" rankings for 2008, beating out list regulars such as Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, and Eva Longoria-Parker. This marked the first time anyone has debuted on the list in the number one position.5 In her subsequent cover story for the July issue, Maxim proclaimed her as the "return of the great American supermodel." Marisa admits "I get a kick out of it" but she - an ambassador for the American Cancer Society - was more modest about the award noting "I didn’t find the cure for cancer"15
She also finished first place in The Best Damn Sports Show Period "Smokin' Sixteen" competition in 2008,16 repeating her 2007 win over competitors such as Gisele Bündchen and Adriana Lima. Miller ranked third in Askmen.com's "Top 99" for 2009, after ranking ninth in 2008, twelfth in 2007, and fourteenth in 2006. She added to her popular accolades with the "Hot N' Fresh" award at the second annual Spike Guys' Choice Awards.17
Personal life
She married Jim Miller, a Los Angeles surfing contest promoter and lifeguard from California in 2000, and separated from him in 2002.18 They divorced soon after. She married Hollywood producer Griffin Guess on April 15, 2006.19. From an early age she loved surfing; in 2004, she placed second in the celebrity division of the Kelly Slater Surf Invitational.1 She was a standout volleyball player on her high school team at Monte Vista Christian1 and has taken up boxing.6 She has said that she would like to be a sportscaster.20
As of 2009, Miller is an ambassador for the American Cancer Society,621 to which proceeds from her online store are donated. She also supports the Young Survival Coalition,5 which seeks to promote awareness of breast cancer in women under 40,5 as well as environmental organization The Surfrider Foundation, which aims to preserve the world's oceans and beaches.21
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Askmen Bio". http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/models_200/242_marisa_miller.html. Retrieved on 2008-09-18.
- ^ http://www.tv.com/marisa-miller/person/246237/summary.html
- ^ a b c d Lauren Murphy. "Miller, Genuine", Los Angeles Confidential, October 2008.
- ^ a b "SI Digital Launch of Swimsuit 2008 Experiences Unprecedented Traffic and Engagement Levels". http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Feb_22/ai_n24320612. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ^ a b c d e f "Marisa Miller's model year just got 'Maxim' exposure". http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-05-13-miller-maxim_N.htm. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
- ^ a b c "Malibu magazine: Suburbia". http://www.malibumag.com/site/article/suburbia_with_marisa_miller1/. Retrieved on 2009-02-28.
- ^ "Aptos native Marisa Miller makes Sports Illustrated cover". www.santacruzsentinel.com. 2008-02-13. http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_8248147?IADID=Search-www.santacruzsentinel.com-www.santacruzsentinel.com. Retrieved on 2009-02-27.
- ^ "TV.com Bio". http://www.tv.com/marisa-miller/person/246237/biography.html. Retrieved on 2008-09-18.
- ^ a b "Fashion Model Directory profile". http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Marisa_Miller. Retrieved on 2009-02-28.
- ^ "Carmen Electra to Host Bravo's 'Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model'". 2004-09-08. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20040908bravo01. Retrieved on 2007-06-24.
- ^ "Beauty and the Brewer". http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=781359. Retrieved on 2008-08-16.
- ^ "Six Degrees magazine". http://atlanta.sixdegreesmag.com/content/view/467/717/. Retrieved on 2009-02-28.
- ^ "Runway Miami". http://www.runwaymiami.com/tag/victorias-secret/. Retrieved on 2008-09-20.
- ^ "Fox News". http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,422504,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-09-20.
- ^ http://www.film.com/features/story/maxim-releases-hot-100-2008/20818651
- ^ "BDSSP Smokin' Sixteen Brackets". http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/7909338/THE-SMOKIN'-16:-Best-Damn's-Bracket-of-Beauties. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
- ^ "Spike TV Guys' Choice Award winners". http://www.spike.com/blog/spike-tv-announces/65294. Retrieved on 2009-02-28.
- ^ http://nymag.com/fashion/models/mmiller/marisamiller/
- ^ "Marisa Miller". http://www.askmen.com/women/models_200/242c_marisa_miller.html. Retrieved on 2007-06-24.
- ^ "Marisa Miller". www.askmen.com. 2005. http://www.askmen.com/specials/2006_top_99/marisa-miller-14.html. Retrieved on 2007-06-24.
- ^ a b Coyte, Matt. "A Model Citizen" (Faces of Change inset), Rolling Stone Magazine, July 2009.
External links
- MarisaMiller.com
- Official forum
- Marisa Miller at the Internet Movie Database
- Marisa Miller at Fashion Model Directory
- Marisa Miller in Sports Illustrated
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