The first Australian model of 'Victoria's Secret': Who is Miranda Kerr?

Her full name is Miranda May Kerr was born in Sydney, Australia. She spent her childhood in a town in Gunnedah, New South Wales. She was born the daughter of her mother, Therese, and her father, John Kerr. Kerr has a younger brother named Matthew. Kerr, who has Scottish, French and English roots, raced motorcycles and rode horses at her grandmother's farm throughout her childhood.

Later, Kerr moved with her family to Brisbane, Queensland to experience city life. Initially reluctant to leave her hometown, Kerr said it was too painful to stay there after losing her first boyfriend, named Christopher Middlebrook, in a car accident. Graduating from All Hallows' School in Queensland in 2000, Kerr studied nutrition and health psychology before embarking on modeling.

At the age of 13, she entered the annual Dolly magazine Impulse modeling contest in 1997 and won the race. She went to Sydney before her 14th birthday to shoot for the magazine. After Kerr won the race, local media expressed "anxious anger" about her. The controversy arising from the expression she used has raised concerns about the rise of young girls in the fashion, beauty and entertainment industries.

She modeled for Kerr's surf brands Tigerlily, Roxy, Billabong Girls and One Teaspoon. It has also been a significant commercial success after several beachwear advertisements, predominantly for the Australian surf chain Billabong. She is also the brand ambassador of Seafolly, Australia's best-known swimwear brand she. After modeling in Australia and Japan, Kerr decided to move to New York, where she bought a stake in the Bowery Ballroom, a music venue.

After the move, Kerr signed with the modeling and talent agency Next Management. Having appeared on numerous runways in early 2004, Kerr has appeared on the runways and print campaigns of many different brands and designers. Some of these are; Alex Perry, Baby Phat, Levi's, Nicola Finetti, Heatherette, Betsey Johnson, Trelise Cooper, Neiman Marcus, Anna Molinari, Rock and Republic, Roberto Cavalli and Ober Jeans. In addition, Kerr has been booked for print in many magazines, notably fashion magazines such as Elle Girl, Vogue Australia and Harper's Bazaar.

Later, she signed a deal with Maybelline New York, an American cosmetics brand. She was also featured in the music video for the song "Number One", in which Pharrell duets with Kanye West, along with many Victoria's Secret models.

She was chosen as the face of Victoria's Secret in 2006, heir to Alessandra Ambrosio, and following the success of the Maybelline brand, Kerr became the first Australian Victoria's Secret Angel in 2007. Among other angels; there are Alessandra Ambrosio, Karolína Kurková, Adriana Lima, Selita Ebanks, Izabel Goulart and Heidi Klum. Also that year, Kerr signed a contract as the face of Californian fashion retailer Arden B. Kerr made a minor guest appearance on the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" with her angel friends Adriana Lima, Marisa Miller, Alessandra Ambrosio, Heidi Klum and Selita Ebanks.

The following year, Kerr became the new face of Clinique brand's fragrance 'Happy' and signed a lucrative deal to be the new face of department store David Jones in Australia. She also appeared on the cover of British Harper's Bazaar that year. Earning an estimated $3.5 million in the past year, Kerr was ranked 10th on Forbes magazine's list of the world's highest-paid models.

In June 2009, Kerr appeared naked and chained to a tree in an issue of Rolling Stone Australia magazine to draw attention to the endangered koalas. Later that year, she also became the face of the brand, as she launched her own organic skincare brand "KORA Organics" with George Moskos. Kerr has published "Value Yourself," an inspiring self-help book for young girls.

She was also featured in a spring/summer ad campaign for the XOXO brand. Kerr is ranked 9th on Forbes magazine's list of the world's highest-paid models in 2009, with estimated earnings. Later, she signed a new contract with IMG Models agency.

Kerr poses for the 2010 Pirelli Calendar, photographed by Terry Richardson and shot in Bahia, Brazil. Previously known more for Victoria's Secret than her high fashion work, Kerr began her high fashion modeling career when Balenciaga brand casting directors Ashley Brokaw and designer Nicolas Ghesquière selected Kerr to walk in the spring 2010 fashion show. This was her first fashion show for a high fashion designer.

One season later, she walked the runway with Angels Doutzen Kroes and Alessandra Ambrosio in Milan for the fall 2010 collection of luxury fashion house Prada. Kerr later modeled for the same brand and campaigns for the Jil Sander fashion house. Later in the year, she was shot by Steven Meisel for the cover of the September issue of Italian Vogue.

Kerr, who was six months pregnant at the time of filming in January 2011, was the first pregnant model for the magazine when she was featured in Vogue Australia. Later, she walked the runway for Balenciaga's fall 2011 ready-to-wear collection as part of Paris Fashion Week. Kerr also posed nude in front of the camera for the Harper's Bazaar photo shoot in 2011. She took the runway for brands and designers Kerr, Dior, Lanvin, Chanel, John Galliano, Stella McCartney, Viktor & Rolf and Loewe at Paris Fashion Week S/S12 in October. She was selected to present the Victoria's Secret Fantasy Treasure Bra promotional event for fashion shows and fashion shows in November 2011. Later, she appeared alongside German model Julia Stegner in the spring 2012 campaign of Swiss luxury fashion house Bally.

The following year, she was named ambassador to Qantas, Australia's largest airline. Also that year, Kerr walked the runway for the Chanel and Miu Miu brands at the Fall/Winter Paris Fashion Week. Kerr appeared on the June cover of Tokyo magazine Numéro, shot by photographer Nino Muñoz. In the same year, she appeared on the cover of Vogue magazine Turkey. At the same time, she was chosen as the new brand face by taking part in the 2013 spring/summer campaign of Mango, a clothing design and production brand.

In 2013, Kerr made headlines for the April issue of Vogue magazine Australia and the July issue of Vogue magazine Korea. In the same year, Forbes magazine also ranked Kerr in the 2nd place in the list of the world's highest-paid models with its estimated earnings, and with the revenue it earned, it managed to rise five places in the list compared to the previous year. In October, Kerr was chosen as the face for the Austrian crystal house company Swarovski's fall 2013 campaign, while that December she appeared in the first national campaign for social shopping site ShopStyle.

The following year, Kerr became the face of Swedish clothing company H&M. She then appeared in high-profile campaigns for the brands she, Reebok, and Wonderbra. In March, Kerr opened and closed the Fall/Winter Paris Fashion Week for fashion designer Sonia Rykiel. The following month, she released her first cover of Elvis Presley's single "You're The Boss" with singer Bobby Fox online.

In the same year, Kerr became the face of Joyful, the fragrance of the Escada clothing company, by participating in the launch at the Munich store, the best branch of the brand. Kerr has modeled for the covers of the May issue of Vogue magazine Taiwan and the July issue of Vogue magazine Australia. Later, she took her place among the 50 models on the September cover of Vogue Italia magazine, celebrating its 50th anniversary. Additionally, she was featured in the November, 15th anniversary issue of Vogue magazine Japan, shot by photographer Mario Testino. While Kerr was ranked #3 on the list of highest-paid models by Forbes magazine of that year, she is thought to have earned an estimated $7 million.

Kerr was the cover model for the February 2015 issue of American Harper's Bazaar, shot by Richardson. She was also featured in the March issue of Australian Harper's Bazaar, shot by photographer Kai Z. Feng. In the following months, she designed a jewelery line with Swarovski, who has been posing as the face of the brand since 2013. Kerr was ranked 6th on Forbes magazine's list of highest-paid models that year, and was reported to have earned an estimated $6.5 million. She later appeared on the December cover of Thailand's Vogue magazine, the first Australian model to do so. She was also featured in a short video shot by photographer Doug Inglish as part of LOVE magazine's annual advent calendar.

Kerr kicked off 2016 by appearing alongside models like Joan Smalls, Natalia Vodianova and Australian Gemma Ward in Riccardo Tisci's Spring/Summer campaign for the luxury fashion house Givenchy. In March, she was announced as the face of the fall campaign for the fashion brand Joe Fresh. She has also appeared on the international covers of Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Madame Figaro and L'Officiel magazines.

In June, she opened the Jeremy Scott's Resort 2017 fashion show for the Moschino fashion house with veteran models such as Devon Aoki, Chanel Iman and Alessandra Ambrosio. That same month, Kerr made a guest appearance as a mentor in the 10th season of the TV series "Australia's Next Top Model". Kerr was listed at #10 on Forbes magazine's 2016 highest paid models list and grossed an estimated $6 million.

The following year, she appeared in a commercial for the "Buick" auto brand alongside quarterback Cam Newton, which aired during the American football game Super Bowl LI. In July, she featured celebrities like Jennifer Connelly, Doona Bae, Jaden Smith and Catherine Deneuve in a video campaign for Louis Vuitton called "Connected Journeys" celebrating the launch of the 'Tambour Horizon' smartwatch.

Private life

In 2003, Kerr began a relationship with financial broker Adrian Camilleri. Then, from February 2003 to February 2004, she parted ways with Camilleri, who was convicted of five counts of fraud. Later, until mid-2007, she was in a relationship with the lead singer of Tamarama, Jay Lyon. At the same time, Kerr appeared in Tamarama's music video for "Everything To Me".

Kerr began a relationship with British actor Orlando Bloom in late 2007. The couple got engaged in June 2010 and married the following month. The couple had a son named Flynn Christopher Blanchard Copeland Bloom, who was born on January 6, 2011. The couple announced that they broke up in October 2013 and decided to end their marriage. Then, they divorced at the end of 2013.

In 2015, Kerr started dating billionaire Snapchat co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel. The couple announced their engagement in July 2016 and got married in May 2017. Kerr wore a custom Dior wedding dress designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri. The couple had a son named Hart Spiegel, who was born on May 7, 2018. Ten months after her birth, the couple announced they were expecting their second baby, and in October 2019 they gave birth to a child named Myles Spiegel.

Kerr said she is a Christian and prays every day. In addition, she added that she does meditation, pilates and yoga every day. Believing in the healing powers of crystals, Kerr especially uses rose quartz. In addition, Kerr, who likes to ride motorcycles from an early age, drives them professionally. The supermodel won the love of everyone with her philanthropy and philanthropy as well as her career.