Esther Cañadas
{{Short description|Spanish model (born 1977)}}
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{{Infobox model
| name = Esther Cañadas
| image = Custo Barcelona at The Brandery Summer Edition 2010 -2.jpg
| caption = Esther Cañadas at The Brandery show (2010)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|3|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Albacete, Spain
| height = {{height|m=1.78}}
| haircolor = Dark blond
| eyecolor = Blue
| agency = {{Flatlist|
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|spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Mark Vanderloo|1999|2000|end=div.}}
- {{marriage|Sete Gibernau|2007|2008|end=div.}}}}
|children = 1
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Esther Cañadas ({{IPA|es|esˈteɾ kaˈɲaðas}}; born 1 March 1977, in Albacete) is a Spanish model and actress. In 2024, the website Models.com added her to its list of Industry Icons,{{cite web |title=Industry Icons |website=models.com |date=2024-05-27 |url=https://models.com/rankings/ui/IndustryIcons |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527072347/https://models.com/rankings/ui/IndustryIcons |access-date=2024-12-31|archive-date=27 May 2024 }} a term it applies to models "who have built stellar careers", ranking her higher than its Industry Legends category but lower than its Supermodels.
Career
Originally, Cañadas wanted to pursue a career as a criminologist, but her mother persuaded her to give modeling a try.{{Cite web |author=Marshall |title=5 Unknown Facts About Spanish Supermodel Esther Canadas |website=broadbiography.com |date=2023-06-28 |url=https://broadbiography.com/top-lists/supermodel-esther-canadas/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |language=en-US}} In her teens she started working as a model and moved first to Barcelona, then to Milan and New York.
Cañadas has walked the catwalk for many designers, including Chloé, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, Chanel, Michael Kors, Calvin Klein, Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Moschino, Custo Barcelona and Givenchy.
She has appeared in campaigns for the most renowned fashion brands like Versace, Gianfranco Ferré, Armani, Oscar de la Renta, Jean Paul Gaultier, Carolina Herrera, Fendi, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Dior. {{citation needed span|She is probably best known for being the muse of Donna Karan|date=December 2024}} and {{citation needed span|especially for the DKNY campaigns.|date=December 2024}}
She has been featured on the cover of the most prestigious international fashion magazines like Vogue, Harpe's Bazaar, Marie Claire to name a few. She has worked with the "who's who" of top photographers in the fashion industry, including: Steven Meisel, Helmut Newton, Peter Lindbergh, Richard Avedon, Ellen Von Unwerth, Herb Ritts.
In 1997, she walked the Victoria's Secret fashion show.
In 1999, she made her first of four film appearances{{snd}}all minor roles{{snd}}in the action/romance film The Thomas Crown Affair.
In 2020 she made her come back on the catwalks {{clarify|reason=How can you have a come back if this article says nothing about her having specifically left the catwalks at some earlier point in time? If she had done so, add that as a sentence - with time and citation - to this article. Was it a permanent return to the catwalks, or was it a stunt, a one off, rather than an actual come back?|date=December 2024}} for the Gran Finale of the Balmain's show during Paris Fashion Week.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
Personal life
Cañadas met her first husband, model Mark Vanderloo, on the set of a DKNY photoshoot in 1997. They married in 1999 and were divorced in 2000.{{cite news |first=Olivia |last=Lidbury |title=Top model Esther Canadas sued over $300,000 engagement ring |work=The Telegraph |department=Fashion |date=2014-03-24 |url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG10718898/Top-model-Esther-Canadas-sued-over-300000-engagement-ring.html |access-date=2015-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221122958/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG10718898/Top-model-Esther-Canadas-sued-over-300000-engagement-ring.html |archive-date=2015-02-21 |url-status=dead}}
In 2007, she married MotoGP rider Sete Gibernau.{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}} They ended their relationship the following year.
In December 2014, Cañadas gave birth to a daughter, Galia.{{Cite news |first=Jose |last=Madrid |title=La misteriosa paternidad de la hija primogénita de Esther Cañadas |lang=es |trans-title=The mysterious paternity of Esther Cañadas' first-born daughter |work=El Confidencial |date=21 December 2014 |url=https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/noticias/2014-12-21/la-misteriosa-paternidad-de-la-hija-de-esther-canadas_598825/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729205801/https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/noticias/2014-12-21/la-misteriosa-paternidad-de-la-hija-de-esther-canadas_598825/ |archive-date=2023-07-29 |url-status=dead}}
Filmography
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
- Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (2000, TV movie)
- Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella (2001)
- Trileros (2003)
References
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