Marisa Miller

Marisa Lee Miller (born August 6, 1978), née Berdetta, is an American model.  She is best known for being in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues and her work for lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret.

Life
Marisa was born in Santa Cruz, California. Her parents were Krista and Marc Bertetta. She was shy but enjoyed sports, particularly surfing. When she was 16, modelling agents from Italy met her in a San Francisco café and asked Miller to be a model. After talking with her mother she decided to try working as a model. In the 1990s, fashion models were tall and very thin, and Miller thought that she might be too short and curvy to be successful as a model. 

In 2000, she married Jim Miller, a businessman and lifeguard who ran a surfing competitions. They separated in 2002, but she continued to use Miller as her name for work because that was the name she was best known by when she became famous. 

In 2001 she became much more successful after she worked  with famous Italian fashion photographer Mario Testino, which led to her photos appearing in Vogue magazine in both the American and Italian editions. She is best known for being in the Sports Illustrated magazine Swimsuit Issues and appeared in the magazine each year from 2002 to 2008. In 2008 she appeared on the cover of the magazine. She often worked in modelling underwear for Victoria's Secret, and in 2009, she was specially chosen to wear a bra made with diamonds that cost $3 million. 

She has appeared in many other magazines, such as GQ, Maxim, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle, and Vanity Fair. She has appeared in advertisements for companies including Marc Jacobs, Tommy Hilfiger, Andrew Marc, Victoria's Secret, J.Crew, Guess?, and Nordstrom. 

Maxim magazine called her "the return of the great American supermodel."

References

Category:1978 births
Category:Models from California
Category:Living people
Category:Actors from California