Kelly Mittendorf

{{Short description|American model}}

{{Notability|Bio|date=November 2020}}

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| birth_name = Kelly Linden Mittendorf

| birth_place = Scottsdale, Arizona

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| hair_color = Brown

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| occupation = Model

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Kelly Linden Mittendorf (born June 14, 1994) is an American fashion model and PR coordinator.{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/fashion/models/kmittendorf/kellymittendorf/|title=Kelly Mittendorf|work=NYMag}}{{cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/glossier-best-selling-brow-gel|title=This Brow Gel Had A 10,000-Person Waiting List|work=Refinery29}}

Early life

Mittendorf was born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona. She left high school after booking a Prada ad when she was 16 (she received the call during math class).{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/kelly-mittendorf/|title=How I Was Discovered: Model Kelly Mittendorf Booked a Prada Campaign Before Graduating High School|work=Vogue|date=20 August 2014 }}

Career

Mittendorf debuted in the Fall 2011/2012 advertising campaigns for Prada, and with runway appearances for Anna Sui, Giles, Loewe, Mulberry, Topshop, and most notably closing the Spring 2012 Marc Jacobs show.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecut.com/2011/09/kelly_mittendorf_closes_out_ne.html|title=Kelly Mittendorf Is Thursday's Top Model|work=The Cut|date=16 September 2011 }}

Mittendorf has been featured in magazines including British Vogue, Vogue Italia, Marie Claire (USA, China, Hong Kong), i-D, L'Officiel, Harper's Bazaar (Thailand, China), Love, Dazed, V Magazine, and Elle (Mexico, Malaysia).{{cite web|url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/kelly_mittendorf/|title=Kelly Mittendorf|work=FashionModelDirectory}}

Mittendorf mostly retired in 2015.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/fashion/models-racism-sexual-harassment-body-issues-new-york-fashion-week.html|title=What It's Truly Like to Be a Fashion Model|work=New York Times|date=5 September 2017 |last1=Safronova |first1=Valeriya |last2=Nikas |first2=Joanna |last3=Osipova |first3=Natalia V. }}

Personal life

Mittendorf describes herself as an advocate of models' rights.

She studied mass communication and media studies at Arizona State University.

Mittendorf lived in Bushwick, Brooklyn.{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.com/12242567/henrik-lundqvist-foundation-behind-the-mask-screening/|title= The Henrik Lundqvist Foundation Behind the Mask Screening and Reception|date= 7 March 2015|accessdate=23 September 2015}}

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