Fernanda Tavares

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Tavares was performed in local shows at the age of nine, and only 13, she won the Elite Look of the Year "competition. A year later she was invited by agents to go to São Paulo to pursue a modeling career. In 1998, at age 17 she was already on the covers of fashion magazines - The Official Paris, Deutsch and U.S. Marie Claire and Vogue Paris - having signed with the Marilyn Modeling Agency in both the City of New York and Paris. She would later go on to appear in many other popular magazines, including Elle, Cosmopolitan, Allure, and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.