Claudia Schiffer

**Claudia Schiffer** (born August 25, 1970) is a German model and Creative Director of her clothing label. Schiffer rose to popularity and became a household name during the early 1990s as one of the world's most successful models. In her early career, there were many comparisons drawn to her resemblance to Brigitte Bardot. She has appeared on over 700 magazine covers and continues to front global campaigns for luxury fashion and fragrance houses. In 2002, *Forbes* estimated her net worth at about US$55 million (£38 million).

## Modelling career

Schiffer appeared on the November 1999 Millennium cover of American Vogue as one of the "Modern Muses". Named as one of the most beautiful women in the world, her ability to appeal to a global audience has assured an internationally successful career spanning over 24 years. Schiffer was the first model to make the covers of Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, The New York Times and People and has appeared numerous times on covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Cosmopolitan and Time. Schiffer has appeared on the catwalk for numerous fashion houses, including Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel and Valentino.

As well as endorsing luxury brands, Schiffer has appeared as the face of high street retailers including Mango and Accessorize, and had her ears pierced for the first time especially for the 2006 Autumn/Winter Accessorize campaign. She has also featured in commercials for Pepsi and Fanta. From her appearances in a 1998 Citroën advertisement she allegedly earned £3 million. Schiffer still holds a contract with L'Oréal and is one of their longest standing ambassadors.

Karl Lagerfeld photographed Schiffer for a Dom Pérignon campaign, around 17 years after her first appearance for Chanel. Schiffer has appeared in recent campaigns for Chanel, YSL, Salvatore Ferragamo and Dolce & Gabbana. Most recently she appeared as the face of the Chanel A/W11 Eyewear Campaign

Claudia is signed to a few agencies solely for her modelling interests including d'management group in Milan, 1/One Management in New York City and Marilyns in Paris. Her mother agency is Model Management in Hamburg.

Schiffer was a judge on Fashion Fringe 2011.

In 2012, she posed again for Guess black and white ads marking the brand's 30th anniversary.

## Media appearances

Schiffer has appeared in a number of films and music videos. Her first appearance in film was in the children's movie *Richie Rich* in 1994 and then starred opposite Dennis Hopper and Matthew Modine in *The Blackout*. She then went onto appear in *Friends & Lovers*, *Black and White* in 1999, *In Pursuit* and *Life Without Dick* in 2001, and then *Love Actually* in a semi-cameo role. Schiffer has made several other cameo appearances in films, including Ben Stiller's *Zoolander* in 2001.

Schiffer has appeared on several talk shows such as *The Oprah Winfrey Show*, *Larry King Live*, *Late Show with David Letterman*, *Late Night with Conan O'Brien*, and sitcoms *Dharma & Greg* and *Arrested Development*. She also appeared for *Comic Relief* in boyband Westlife's music video for "Uptown Girl" and in 2000, she made a cameo appearance in Bon Jovi's video for "Say It Isn't So".

Schiffer has released four exercise videos, entitled *Claudia Schiffer's Perfectly Fit*, which were successful and reached the bestsellers list. Schiffer has hosted the French Fashion Awards and the World Music Awards in Monaco.

With fellow models Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, and Elle Macpherson, Schiffer was joint owner of a chain of restaurants called the Fashion Café in 1995. Schiffer remains a prominent figure in German society and helped present and carry the trophy with Pelé during opening ceremonies at the 2006 World Cup. She also presented Prince William with a polo trophy in 2002.

## Charity

Claudia began her involvement with UNICEF by becoming a member of the Arts & Entertainment Support Committee and is currently a UK Good Will Ambassador for the organisation. Claudia was also a spokesperson for Make Poverty History where she appeared in the powerful ’Click’ advertisement. In July 2005, she appeared as a presenter at both the Berlin and Edinburgh Live 8 concerts.

## Personal life

Early in her career, Schiffer was romantically linked to a number of celebrities including Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, Prince Albert of Monaco and singer Peter Gabriel.

Schiffer was married to magician David Copperfield for about five years from 1994 until 1999. They first met in 1993 at one of Copperfield's shows in Germany, where Schiffer was invited on stage to take part in his 'Flying' illusion. While they were married, Schiffer sometimes appeared on stage with Copperfield to act as his special guest assistant in a number of illusions including being levitated, guillotined and sawed in half.

Following her break-up with Copperfield, she had a short relationship with art dealer and Green Shield Stamp heir Tim Jefferies.

On 25 May 2002, she married the film director Matthew Vaughn in Suffolk. Schiffer and Vaughn have three children: son Caspar Matthew (born 30 January 2003, Westminster, London), daughter Clementine Poppy (born 11 November 2004, Westminster), and a second daughter, Cosima Violet (born 14 May 2010).

## References

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6. ↑ Designed to delight *India Today*, 26 November 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
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10. ↑ Krupnick, Ellie. "PHOTOS: Claudia Schiffer Returns To Guess For 30th Anniversary", *Huffington Post*, 28 March 2012.
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13. ↑ Prince Albert finally settles down an ends Monaco's 30-year wait for a monarch's wedding *Daily Mail*, 24 June 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
14. ↑ Style File: Claudia Schiffer (image #7). *Vogue*. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
15. ↑ Sophie Dahl and Jamie Cullum's secret wedding: 10. Claudia Schiffer and David Copperfield *The Independent*. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
16. ↑ Claudia Schiffer *Hello*. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
17. ↑ Serial celebrity model-daters: Tim Jefferies *Telegraph*. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
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19. ↑ "Claudia Schiffer names new baby daughter", 25 May 2010, Hello Magazine

## External links

* Claudia Schiffer article at *Wikipedia*
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