Jasmine Tookes

Jasmine Danielle Tookes[2] (born February 1, 1991) is an American model and Victoria's Secret Angel.

Jasmine Tookes
Born (1991-02-01) February 1, 1991
Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
OccupationModel
Years active2010–present
Modeling information
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Hair colorDark brown
Eye colorBrown
AgencyThe Lions

Early life

Tookes was born and raised in Huntington Beach, California.[3] She has a younger sister, who is 19 years her junior,[3] who is a child model. She did gymnastics for ten years and was also active in volleyball and softball before she became a model at about the age of 15.[3] Her mother is a celebrity fashion stylist.[3] Tookes was discovered at one of her mother's showroom appointments.[3]

Career
Tookes in 2013

Tookes' first commercial ad campaigns were in 2010 for UGG Australia and Gap.[3] Before breaking out on the international scene, she booked a Spring 2011 DKNY campaign and a layout in Vogue Italia.[3] According to Page six of The New York Post, when Oprah Winfrey saw Tookes perform on the catwalk in October 2011 at the "Lincoln Center Presents: An Evening With Ralph Lauren", Winfrey extolled Tookes' buttery soft skin and requested that Tookes "Rub your face against mine."[4] Models.com named Tookes as one of the top 10 new models in a September 27, 2011 fashion week post.[5] Tookes was selected by Style as its top new model in November 2011 based on her work for the Spring Fashion Shows.[6][7] She was one of eleven new models for the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2012.[8] The 2012 show was taped in November and broadcast on the CBS network on December 4.[9] The night before the airing of the fashion show, Tookes and fellow Victoria's Secret models Behati Prinsloo and Jacquelyn Jablonski guest starred on the December 3 "Ha'awe Make Loa" episode of CBS' Hawaii Five-0.[10] French Vogue named her as one of its 10 New faces from fall/winter 2012-2013 Fashion Week.[11]

Tookes has appeared in editorials for Italian, American, French, German, and Spanish Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Numéro, W, and V. her cover include Elle France February 2013, Vogue (magazine) Espana March 2016 alongside her fellow Victoria's Secret Angels, Harper's Bazaar Vietnam July 2016 along with Elsa Hosk and Martha Hunt, Maxim Magazine February 2017, and also Elle USA May 2017.

She has walked the runways for Burberry, Salvatore Ferragamo, Carolina Herrera, Moschino, Ralph Lauren, DKNY, Shiatzy Chen, Herve Leger, Ermanno Scervino, Giorgio Armani, Philipp Plein, Missoni, Jason Wu, Alberta Ferretti, Emilio Pucci, Balmain, Marc Jacobs, Oscar de la Renta, Giambattista Valli, Vera Wang, Calvin Klein, Tom Ford, Yves Saint Laurent, Trussardi, Marchesa, Tory Burch, Dolce & Gabbana, Stella McCartney, Paco Rabanne, Helmut Lang, Louis Vuitton, DSquared2, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Tom Ford, Prada, Jill Stuart, rag+bone, Miu Miu and Versace.

She has appeared in advertising campaigns for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Jimmy Choo, Calvin Klein, Lancôme, DKNY, Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade, Gap, Ugg, and Victoria's Secret. In 2015, she became a Victoria's Secret Angel.[12] Tookes was selected to wear the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Fantasy Bra (worth $3 million in 2016) at the 2016 show, which was held in Paris, France, which made her the 3rd black model to wear the bra. Tookes made her debut at No. 17 on Forbes' "The World's Highest Paid Models" list in 2016, with estimated earnings of $4 million.[13]

Personal life

Tookes has described her background as being a mix of "European, African, Brazilian, and West Indian".[3]

In September 2020, Tookes announced her engagement to her boyfriend of four years, Juan David Borrero.[14], who is son of the doctor Alfredo Borrero (born in October 19th 1955)[15], vice-presidential candidate and running mate of Guillermo Lasso, in the elections in Ecuador of February 7th 2021, who Borrero and Tookes have scheduled the marriage for the end of 2021

References
  1. "Jasmine Tookes". Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  2. "Jasmine Tookes - Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  3. Lim, James (December 29, 2011). "Meet the New Girl: Jasmine Tookes Believes in Humility". New York Magazine. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  4. "Pass the butter". New York Post. October 28, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  5. "Top 10 Newcomers SS12: Jasmine". Models.com. September 27, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  6. "Jasmine Tookes IMG". Style. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  7. "Up Close and Personal with Our Top Ten New Models". Style. November 9, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  8. "Victoria's Secret: The New Class". Style. November 8, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  9. "The 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show". International Business Times. December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  10. "VS Angel Behati Prinsloo Guest Stars on Hawaii Five-0 This Monday". Victoria's Secret. November 30, 2012. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  11. "New faces from fall/winter 2012-2013 Fashion Week". Vogue. March 12, 2012. Archived from the original on July 3, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  12. Toomey, Alyssa (April 28, 2015). "News/ Heavenly News! 2015 Victoria's Secret Angels Announced: Martha Hunt, Stella Maxwell and More!". E! News. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  13. "The World's Highest-Paid Models 2016: 17. Jasmine Tookes". Forbes. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  14. Macon, Alexandra (September 24, 2020). "Jasmine Tookes Is Engaged". Vogue.com. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  15. https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2020/12/16/nota/8156206/elecciones-2021-alfredo-borrero-creo-psc-ecuador. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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