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Stephanie Seymour (born 23 July 1968 in
San Diego, California) is a supermodel who has done
modeling work for many well-known fashion magazines and
fashion designers. She has worked with several
well-known photographers, including Herb Ritts, Richard
Avedon, and Gilles Bensimon. In its March 1991 and
February 1993 issues, she posed nude in Playboy
magazine.
Seymour's rise to fame as a model began early on when
she was only 14 years old. Modeling for local newspapers
and department stores in her San Diego hometown,
Stephanie was entered in the Elite Look of the Year
contest and won first place. It was at this point that
the soon to be top model decided to move to New York.
After having completed odd jobs as a model without much
recognition, Stephanie decide to try and get herself a
spread in the infamous Bunny magazine.
It worked considering she got the job
effortlessly. In March of 1991, Stephanie got her first
major break into modeling whilst in Florida shooting a
photo spread for Play.boy magazine. Only four months
after her first child was born, Stephanie, who was 22 at
the time, graced the cover of Vogue UK. Stephanie soon
became a regular catwalk woman, having modeled haute
couture and prךt-a-porter clothing everywhere from
Europe to the United States.
In 1993, she appeared in Playboy's well-known
Valentine's issue. By this time, Stephanie was already
involved with notorious rock star Axl Rose of the heavy
metal group Guns 'n' Roses. It was in 1994 that
Stephanie star began shining uncontrollably after she
did two outstanding photo shoots for Egoiste and Versace
jeans. As well, in her personal life, Stephanie received
much tabloid and media attention because she was dating
famed actor Warren Beatty. Also in 1994, Stephanie began
doing shoots for both Victoria's Secret and Sports
Illustrated's Swimsuit Issues.
It was a busy year for her considering
she even gave birth two her second baby boy. Stephanie
has appeared on a multitude of magazine covers
including; Cosmopolitan (1990, 1995, 1997); Vogue UK
(1991, 1994); Vogue US (1994, 1995); Self (December
1994); GQ (1996); "W" (September 98); and
Allure (September 98). In October 1998, Stephanie
released a book entitled Stephanie Seymour's Beauty for
Dummies, which was published by ICD Publishing. As the
title reveals, in it, she reveals her own beauty
secrets, as well as world's top beauty artists'.
Standing tall at 5'10", Stephanie is still one of
the top models in the world, having appeared on hundreds
of magazine covers. Even today, she represents some of
the top companies in the world including Chanel,
Versace, and L'Oreal as well as still appearing on the
catwalks. Married since July 1995 to Peter Bryant,
Stephanie has three boys named Dylan Thomas (born in
1991), Peter (born in 1994), and Harry (born in 1996).
She resides in Connecticut and spends her summers with
her family in the Hamptons. Although Stephanie's family
takes up a lot of her time, she still finds the energy
to do magazine shoots and walk the runway on occasion.
More recently, she appeared in a live action video game
called Hell with Dennis Hopper. In it, she plays a
hologram that aids you throughout the game.
She started her modeling career working for local
newspapers and department stores in her hometown at the
age of 14. A year later she won the Elite Model
Management Look of the Year model contest. Standing
5'10", Seymour is noted for her long, graceful legs
in modeling swimwear, lingerie, hosiery, sleepwear, and
clothing.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Seymour appeared in
numerous issues of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit
edition, including once on the cover of the magazine.
During the same period, Seymour was a primary lingerie
and hosiery model for the relatively new Victoria's
Secret company in its mail-order catalogs and retail
stores. She and Dutch model Frederique helped Victoria's
Secret grow from a new company to one of the world's
giants in women's lingerie, hosiery, swimwear, and
clothing.
At the age of 15 she began dating John Casablancas, the
head of Elite Model Management, who was married, and by
17 was living with him. At 19, she broke off the
relationship.
From 1989 to 1990 she was married to guitarist Tommy
Andrews. The marriage failed, but resulted in the birth
of Dylan Thomas Andrews in 1991.
After that she became associated with Axl Rose, the lead
singer of Guns N' Roses. She appeared in two music
videos by Guns N' Roses: "Don't Cry" and
"November Rain". Their tumultuous relationship
ended in 1993.
In 1994 she married the media mogul Peter Brant. In 1993
she gave birth to Peter Brant, Jr.; in 1997 to Harry
Brant; and in 2004 to her first daughter, Lilly Margaret
Brant.
In 1998 her book Stephanie Seymour's Beauty Secrets for
Dummies was published. In 2000 she played Helen
Frankenthaler in the movie Pollock and was ranked #91 on
the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2000. In 2002 she was Sara
Lindstrom in the "Crazy" episode of Law &
Order: Criminal Intent. In 2006 she posed partially nude
for Germany's MAX magazine. |
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