NADJA AUERMANN
Nadja Auermann (born 19 March 1971) is a German model and actress . Fashion designer Valentino once commented on her physical resemblance to Marlene Dietrich . [2] A New York Times fashion columnist, Guy Trebay, wrote of her "ice maiden visage and pole vaulter's legs". [3] She once held the record for being the model with the longest legs in the world in the Guinness Book of Records . [ In 1989, Auermann was discovered in a cafe in Berlin, which led her to sign with Karin Modeling Agency in Paris in the same year. [6] In 1991, she moved from Karin to Elite Model Management . She then had her picture taken for Vogue Paris , in addition to appearing in Benetton clothing advertisements. In September 1994, Auermann appeared on the cover of both Vogue and Harper's Bazaar , which The New York Times called "a triumph akin to winning two legs of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing ". [7] In 1997, she had her first child with Olaf Björ