Enikő Mihalik
{{short description|Hungarian model}}
{{Eastern name order|Mihalik Enikő}}
{{Infobox model
| name = Enikő Mihalik
| image = File:Jill Stuart Fall-Winter 2010 199.jpg
| caption = Enikő Mihalik on catwalk for Jill Stuart in 2010
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|05|11}}{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/fashion/look/2009/spring/models/|title=The Girls Have It|website=New York Magazine|first1=Amina|last1=Akhtar|first2=Amy|last2=Odell|date=November 17, 2008|access-date=December 5, 2019}}
| birth_place = Békéscsaba, Hungary
| death_date =
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| spouse =
| agency = {{Plainlist|
- The Society Management (New York)
- Elite Model Management (Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Toronto)
- Why Not Model Management (Milan)
- Premier Model Management (London){{Cite web|url=http://www.premiermodelmanagement.com/women/image/3961-eniko-mihalik/|title=Eniko Mihalik | Premier Model Management}}
- Uno Models (Barcelona)
- Visage Models Management (Budapest){{Cite web|url=http://www.visagemodels.hu/eniko-mihalik|title = Eniko Mihalik | Visage Models Hungary}}
- Modellink (Gothenburg)
- SPIN Model Management (Hamburg)
- Two Management (Los Angeles)
- MP Stockholm (Stockholm)
- Switch Models (Tokyo){{Cite web|url=https://www.option-model.com/en/search/17-eniko-m/|title = Option model agency - Eniko M}}
- Option Model Agency (Zurich){{Cite web|url=https://www.option-model.com/en/search/17-eniko-m/|title = Option model agency - Eniko M}}{{cite web|url=https://models.com/models/Eniko-Mihalik|title=Eniko Mihalik - Model}} }}
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Enikő Mihalik ({{IPA|hu|ˈɛnikøː ˈmihɒlik}}; born 11 May 1987) is a Hungarian model who rose to prominence after placing 4th in the Elite Model Look 2002 and is known for her work with Dutch photography team Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.
Career
Mihalik was born in Békéscsaba, Hungary, the seat of the Hungarian Békés County. When she was young, her classmates often teased her about her thin physique, some claiming it was caused by illness. She was discovered by a Valve scout in a shopping mall when she was 15 years old.[http://models.com/model_culture/model_of_week/eniko/ Of the Minute] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411100430/http://models.com/model_culture/model_of_week/eniko/ |date=11 April 2009 }} In 2002, she entered into the Hungarian Elite Model Look and won.{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/fashion/models/emihalik/enikomihalik/|title=Eniko Mihalik|website=New York Magazine|access-date=18 February 2020|archive-date=25 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125165152/http://nymag.com/fashion/models/emihalik/enikomihalik/|url-status=dead}}
With her win, she moved on to the international level of the competition, held in Tunis, Tunisia. She placed 4th, losing to Ana Mihajlovic of Yugoslavia. Her career started on the runway. She debuted at the Chanel haute couture show JUL 2006. She walked for only a few designers each season thereafter,{{FMD model|eniko_mihalik}} but in the S/S 09 shows, she got her big break. She walked for over 50 designers internationally, including Shiatzy Chen, Givenchy, Blumarine, Moschino, Diane von Furstenberg, and Versace. Mihalik was one of the fresh faces to land in one of the fourteen covers of V magazine fall 2008 issue; the other fresh faces were Anna Selezneva, and Abbey Lee Kershaw. Each cover boasts a head shot of a famous model, either from the new crop of leading models (Agyness Deyn, Lara Stone, Natasha Poly, Anja Rubik, Daria Werbowy etc.) or the supermodel era (Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, Eva Herzigova), it was lensed by duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.{{cite web |url=https://www.thecut.com/2008/09/v_mag_slideshow.html|title=Ogle 'V' Magazine's Fourteen New Cover Models |last=Lim |first=James |date=10 September 2008 |website=The Cut|access-date=5 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018081307/http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/09/v_mag_slideshow.html |archive-date=18 October 2010 }}
Her campaign work includes Cesare Paciotti, Gucci, Kenzo, MaxMara, Samsonite by Viktor & Rolf, and Barneys New York.{{cite web|url=http://models.com/models/Eniko-Mihalik|title=Eniko Mihalik - Model}} She has also worked with Retro and Paola Frani.
Her face is also seen regularly in magazines, occasionally on covers. This has included the cover of top fashion magazines i-D, V, Self Service, and most recently Vogue Japan and Vogue Italia Beauty. Her face is also seen in the pages of Vogue and Numéro.
Her most recent{{When|date=July 2017}} cover is for the June 2013 issue of Elle Brazil.{{cite web|url=http://elle.abril.com.br/materia/veja-a-capa-da-elle-brasil-de-junho-estrelada-por-eniko-mihalik |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628022408/http://elle.abril.com.br/materia/veja-a-capa-da-elle-brasil-de-junho-estrelada-por-eniko-mihalik |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 June 2013 |title=Veja a capa da ELLE Brasil de junho estrelada por Eniko Mihalik |date=29 May 2013 |publisher=Elle Brazil |access-date=2 June 2013 }}
Mihalik is currently{{When|date=March 2013}} ranked No. 28 on the Models.com Top 50-Women List.
She walked in the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York City and 2014 in London. Mihalik's looks have been compared to Daria Werbowy's because of her eyes.{{cite web|url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/model/eniko-mihalik/|title=AskMen.com|access-date=18 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721030425/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/model/eniko-mihalik/|archive-date=21 July 2010|url-status=dead}}
She was chosen to be in the 2010 Pirelli Calendar photographed by Terry Richardson in Bahia, Brazil.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecut.com/2009/06/terry_richardson_and_most_of_t.html|title=Terry Richardson and Most of the World's Models Gang Up for Pirelli Calendar 2010|last=Bell|first=Gabriel|date=18 June 2009|website=The Cut|access-date=5 December 2019}}
Mihalik was the Playboy Playmate of the Month for December 2016.{{cite web|title=Miss December 2016 Enikő Mihalik|url=http://www.playmates.com/photo/eniko-mahilik-miss-december-2016-pictorial/slide-1|website=Playmates|publisher=Playboy|access-date=17 November 2016}}
In 2019 Eniko appeared in the December issue of Harper's Bazaar Ukraine's edition.{{cite web|url=https://models.com/work/harpers-bazaar-ukraine-beauty-editorial|title=beauty by David Ajkai|website=models.com|access-date=1 December 2019}}
Personal life
Mihalik is friends with models Iekeliene Stange and Barbara Palvin. She dated Danish footballer Mathias Jørgensen{{cite web|url=http://www.hir24.hu/bulvar/2014/07/15/mihalik-eniko-megtalalta-az-igazit/|title=Mihalik Enikő megtalálta az igazit|date=15 July 2014|access-date=8 January 2019|archive-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531125946/http://www.hir24.hu/bulvar/2014/07/15/mihalik-eniko-megtalalta-az-igazit/|url-status=dead}} and businessman Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld.{{cite web|url=http://www.blikk.hu/sztarvilag/sztarsztorik/kiderult-mukereskedobe-szerelmes-mihalik-eniko/9xsjb5n|title=Kiderült: műkereskedőbe szerelmes Mihalik Enikő|date=25 May 2017}}
In March 2021, she married Dávid Korányi, chief advisor of city diplomacy for Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony. They had a daughter in July. {{cite web|url=https://hungarytoday.hu/eniko-mihalik-marriage-husband-hungarian-supermodel-karacsony/|title=Hungarian Supermodel Marries Chief Advisor of Budapest Mayor|date=10 March 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{Models.com}}
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- {{NYmag model|eniko|mihalik}}
- [http://www.automoto.fr/fun-sexy/sexy/calendrier-pirelli-4481181-RElBX05VTUVSTyA0.html Enikő Mihalik in Pirelli Calendrar 2010] sur [http://www.automoto.fr Automoto.fr]
- [http://www.divatportal.hu/mihalik-eniko.html Enikő Mihalik] at Divatportal.hu
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Category:Hungarian female models
Category:People from Békéscsaba
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