Anna Ewers
{{short description|German fashion model}}
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| image = Anna Ewers, 2013 (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Anna Ewers in 2013
| birth_name = Anna Luisa Ewers
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1993|3|14}}
| birth_place = Freiburg, Germany
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| nationality = German
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| occupation = Model
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| height = {{height|m=1.75}}{{FMD|Anna_Ewers}}
| hair_color = Blonde
| eye_color = Brown
| agency = {{Plainlist|
- Elite Model Management (New York)
- Women Management (Paris, Milan)
- Storm Management (London)
- UNIQUE DENMARK (Copenhagen)
- ENZIO.M Management (Freiburg)
- Modellink (Gothenburg)
- Model Management (Hamburg){{cite web|url=https://models.com/models/Anna-Ewers|title=Anna Ewers - Model|website=MODELS.com|accessdate=27 February 2019}}}}
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Anna Luisa Ewers ({{IPA|de|ˈeːvɐs|lang}};{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43v0hZKcLQ4|title=Anna|last=Valentin Risch|date=12 February 2013|publisher=|accessdate=27 February 2019|via=YouTube}} born 14 March 1993) is a German fashion model. She was featured on the 2015 Pirelli Calendar.{{cite web|url=https://models.com/rankings/ui/Top50/13759|title=MODELS.com's Top 50 Models|website=models.com|accessdate=27 February 2019}} In 2015, Models.com reported that she was chosen as Model of the Year by the fashion industry.{{cite web|url=https://models.com/mdx/model-of-the-year-awards-2015/|title=Model of the Year Awards 2015 - models.com MDX|website=MODELS.com|accessdate=27 February 2019}}
In a new generation of models known for their social media followings helping them get jobs, Anna Ewers has been compared to Kate Moss (with whom she co-starred in a David Yurman ad campaign) in that she is successful while keeping her private life off social media.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/anna-ewers-model-of-the-year-fashion-zalando-german-model-social-media-instagram-kate-moss-gigi-a6948426.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/anna-ewers-model-of-the-year-fashion-zalando-german-model-social-media-instagram-kate-moss-gigi-a6948426.html |archive-date=2022-05-07 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=ANNA EWERS: THE SUPERMODEL THAT AVOIDS SOCIAL MEDIA TO PROVE OLD SCHOOL IS STILL COOL|work=The Independent}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kate-moss-anna-ewers-david-830363|title=Kate Moss, Anna Ewers Star in David Yurman's First-Ever Color Campaign|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=7 October 2015 |accessdate=27 February 2019}} She has also been compared to French icon Brigitte Bardot and fellow German supermodel Claudia Schiffer.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/top-baby-brigitte-bardot-models-kate-moss-gisele-bundchen-lara-stone|title=The Top 11 Brigitte Bardot Doppelgängers of All Time|website=Vogue|date=19 May 2014 |accessdate=27 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/anna-ewers-named-model-of-the-year-2015|title=The 2015 Model of the Year is….|first=Ella|last=Alexander|website=Glamour UK|date=21 December 2015 |accessdate=27 February 2019}}
Career
Ewers first started modeling in Colombia while she was an exchange student, then returned to Germany for school and worked as a cocktail waitress.{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.it/en/shows/focus-on-models/2013/10/anna-ewers|title=Focus on Models: Anna Ewers|work=Vogue Italia}} Ewers was discovered by Alexander Wang when the designer found her photograph on a blog. He sent the image to casting director Anita Bitton who said "Lets find this girl!"{{cite web|url=http://www.style.com/culture/entertainment/2014/alexander-wang-anna-ewers-news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141123044152/http://www.style.com/culture/entertainment/2014/alexander-wang-anna-ewers-news|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 November 2014|title=How Alexander Wang Discovered Anna Ewers, and More of the News You Missed Today|date=23 November 2014|accessdate=27 February 2019}} Since then she has been Alexander Wang's muse.{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.com.au/beauty/news/anna+ewers+on+being+alexander+wangs+muse,36469|title=Anna Ewers on being Alexander Wang's muse|author=Remu Duscher|date=March 25, 2015|website=vogue.com.au|publisher=Vogue Australia|accessdate=April 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912062157/http://www.vogue.com.au/beauty/news/anna+ewers+on+being+alexander+wangs+muse,36469|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}
During spring/summer 2014 Fashion Week (September–October 2013), she walked 37 fashion shows, including Céline, Balenciaga, Prada and opened Dolce & Gabbana and Alexander Wang.{{cite web|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/on-the-rise-anna-ewers/|title=On the rise: Anna Ewers|author=Karl Templer|date=21 November 2013|website=interviewmagazine.com|publisher=Interview|accessdate=19 August 2014}} In February 2014, she was Milan Fashion Week's Top Model, walking 18 runways including Fendi and Emilio Pucci.{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/02/anna-ewers-is-milan-fashion-weeks-top-model.html|title=Anna Ewers Is Milan Fashion Week's Top Model|author=Ericka Samuel|date=26 February 2013|website=nymag.com|publisher=New York|accessdate=19 August 2014}}
She often poses for Vogue Paris editorials : Miss Vogue Hamptons in October 2013, Fatale in March 2014 and another one alongside Natasha Poly for the June/July issue.{{cite web |url=http://www.vogue.fr/thevoguelist/anna-ewers/721 |title=Anna Ewers |website=vogue.fr |publisher=The Vogue List |accessdate=19 August 2014}} She received her first cover in August 2014. Her other international covers include the Italian and Chinese editions of Vogue.
Between July 2013 and May 2015 she was on the cover of Vogue nine times, and in March 2015 was on the cover of Vogue Germany with five variant covers.
She won the models.com award for Breakout Star.{{cite web
|title=Breakout Star: Women
|url=http://models.com/mdx/model-of-the-year-award-2014/#breakoutwomen
|website=models.com
|accessdate=30 December 2015}}
She was chosen by Steven Meisel to be on the 2015 Pirelli Calendar, alongside Adriana Lima and Raquel Zimmermann.
In 2015, she covered the February issue of Vogue Paris.
In April 2018, Anna appeared in the David Yurman F/W 2018 campaign, which continued the theme of “Celebration,” and was first established in the brand's 2000 campaign. This campaign were shot by Peter Lindbergh and featured top models Joan Smalls, Ashley Graham, Amber Valletta, and others.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/ashley-graham-joan-smalls-david-yurman-campaign|title=Ashley Graham Reveals the One Supermodel She Always Channels on Set|last=McCarthy|first=Lauren|work=W Magazine|access-date=2018-10-22|language=en}}
Ewers has been featured in more than 100 editorials, campaigns, and lookbooks, including magazine covers for i-D, Numero China, Vogue China, Vogue Italia, Vogue Paris and W.[http://fashionindustryarchive.com/models/Anna-Ewers/?p=1&a=0&c=2 Magazine Covers to Date] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109234206/http://fashionindustryarchive.com/models/Anna-Ewers/?p=1&a=0&c=2 |date=January 9, 2015 }} She has walked the runway for over 60 designers, notably Balenciaga, Balmain, Calvin Klein, Chanel,{{cite web |url=https://thefashionenthusiast.uk/stories/chanel-cruise-202324 |title=CHANEL CRUISE 2023/24 |publisher=The Fashion Enthusiast|date=11 May 2023}} Dior, Donna Karan, Fendi, Lanvin, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Ralph Lauren, and Versace amongst many others.
Personal life
Ewers lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a10501/anna-ewers-interview-0515/|title=Anna Ewers is BAZAAR's May 2015 Cover Star|first=Laura|last=Brown|date=8 April 2015|magazine=Harper's BAZAAR|accessdate=27 February 2019}} She has two sisters, Andrea and Antonia.{{cite web|url=https://www.100management.ch/blog/marcopolo|title= Andrea + Antonia + Anna Ewers MARC O' POLO SS19|work=100 Management|date=28 February 2019}}
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External links
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