A huge number of women all over the world know such a brand as Victoria's Secret. Under this brand the best lingerie is produced. Only the best fashion models are honored to advertise the news of the fashion house. In the circle of the brand, and for other designers, the girls who became the face of the brand are called "angels." They are given the right to start Victoria's Secret shows and participate in various charity events on behalf of the company. One of the "angels" of the fashion house is Isabel Fontana. This girl has a height of 177 cm with a weight of 57 kg. Its parameters are almost ideal by world standards: the hip circumference is 90 cm, the waist is 60 cm and the chest is 86 cm. Her unusual name can not always be immediately and easily remembered. Therefore, many Slavs know this sultry beauty as "the model of Isabella Fountain."
French luck
The blue-eyed nymph was born on July 4, 1983 in Brazil, in a town called Curitiba. At the age of thirteen, Isabel Fontana travels to France. There, she accidentally enters the International Model Competition called Elite Model Look. Her bright appearance, an amazing combination of blue eyes, dark hair and dark skin did not leave the judges indifferent, and the girl goes to the finals. After long battles, Isabeli takes an honorable third place in the competition. Immediately after the announcement of the results, the girl receives a huge number of offers for cooperation from various agencies and magazines. And already in 1997, Isabel Fontana moved from Brazil to Milan, where she began her career as a model.
The noise around
The girl signs her first substantial contract with Victoria's Secret when she is only sixteen years old. And in 1999, photographs of the rising star of the catwalks appear on the pages of a glossy catalog with women's underwear. This causes an unprecedented stir: after all, according to the principles of the company, only girls over twenty-one years old are removed for new collections, and here is a very young person. Victoria's Secret management responded promptly: “The Brazilian model is a prime example of unprecedented hard work and perseverance. For this, she was rewarded. Consider that the photo of Isabelle Fontana on the pages of the catalog is a hint to other beauties that you can achieve the desired very quickly. "
Rising star
Victoria's Secret Fashion House laid the first "brick" in the foundation of the future career of bright beauty. Following this brand, Isabelle Fontana began to flicker on the covers of various publications (Harper's Bazaar, ID, Vogue, ELLE, etc.), advertising new products from Versace, Valentino, Tommy Hilfiger, Arena, Triton, Vivara and others. In addition to glossy pages, the model appears at the shows of famous couturiers. The French maestro himself - Jean-Paul Gaultier - invites the Brazilian fashion model to display his new collection on the European podium. Then, Givenchy Fashion House joins him.
Successfully moving forward
In 2004, Isabel Fontana became the face of the Hermes brand. After a while, she was invited to participate in a project dedicated to the Balenciaga brand. Together with her on the same set are Jema Ward and Leah Kebede. A grandiose photo shoot needs grandiose photographers, which were David Sims, Richard Avedon and Stephen Meisel.
In the same 2004, the famous Versace House invites Fontana (Isabeli Fontana) to advertise their new fragrance called Crystal Noir. After a couple of years, the girl releases her own perfume. The Revlon Flair company, with which the model signed a contract in 2006, provided great assistance in this.
The following year she flashes again on the covers of Vogue and Elle. It is noteworthy that in her homeland, Isabeli appeared on the pages of tabloids more than fifty times. Currently, the Brazilian beauty is working with many fashion houses, presenting their collections at shows and acting for advertising catalogs. Chanel, Giorgio Armani, Balenciaga, Hugo Boss, Emilio Pucci, Roberto Cavalli, Valentino, Helena Rubinstein, La Perla, Miss Sixty, Oscar de la Renta, Hermes, Ralph Lauren, Versace, Missoni, Tommy Hilfiger, Max Mara, Victoria Secret many other brands pay a lot of money in order to get a girl as a model. And this is absolutely true.
In 2008, Forbes published information on the richest models in the world. Isabeli Fontana with an income of more than three million dollars a year was in the eleventh position on this list.
Personal life
In a few weeks, the sultry beauty will be thirty years old. She is successful, rich, young and very beautiful. Unlike her career, her personal life cannot be called absolutely happy. The first time Isabeli married her colleague, fashion model Alvaro Giacomossi. From him she gave birth to a son, Zion. However, the couple soon broke up. Having decided to try to catch the bird of happiness by the tail for the second time, in 2005 Fontana married actor Henry Castelli. In marriage, the son of Lucas is born. In 2007, the couple divorced.