Amanda Moore

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Amanda Moore

Date of birth September 10, 1979 (1979-09-10) (age 28)
Place of birth Flag of the United States Idaho, United States
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Hair color Brown
Eye color Brown
Measurements 34-23-35 (US)
86-58-89 (EU)
Shoe size 41 (EU), 10 (US), 7 (UK)
Agency IMG Models
Official website

Amanda Moore (born in Idaho on September 10, 1979) is an American model.

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[edit] Early life

Brought up in a military family, Moore grew up in many different parts of the world, alongside her father and older brother. She attended high school in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.

"I never wanted to be a model—I was a basketball player," Moore told Tim Blanks in a 2003 interview for Fashion File. She started college at 15 and originally thought of a career as a veterinarian, but a chance occurrence changed her course: she took a friend to a local scouting event and found herself exciting the interest of the scouts instead. They convinced her to attend a larger event in Orlando, where, Models.com reported in its December 2000 profile of Moore, "that face, when it walked into the room...made jaws, pencils, and all reserve simply drop. Agencies by the dozen clamored to sign her." Moore initially signed with NEXT Model Management. She is represented today by IMG Models.

[edit] Fame and longevity

Moore's big break came when she shot a cowgirl story for Amica by Patrick Demarchelier. She initially generated attention with a flood of magazine covers and runway bookings in 2000. She went on to survive the initial craze, remaining a fixture in runway shows, editorials, and campaigns, though the number of her bookings declined after 2005. Her absence from the catwalk in the fall 2005 ready-to-wear shows prompted speculation about her retirement. After scant appearances in the spring 2006 runway season, she regained the spotlight when, hair newly cropped in a style somewhere between a faux-hawk and a mullet, she was photographed by Steven Meisel for the March 2006 cover of Vogue Italia and an accompanying 32-page editorial.

In the post-supermodel era Moore is generally considered a member of a category of established professionals (such as Angela Lindvall, Tasha Tilberg, and Mariacarla Boscono) who have had lasting relevance and attained international fame within the fashion world, though they are not (in contrast to models such as Kate Moss, Gisele Bündchen, and Naomi Campbell) household names or easily recognized by the general public.

Moore's work is known for its synthesis of opposites—toughness and refinement, forthrightness and reserve. Typically, descriptions of her look are as it was characterized by Patricia Lansing in Women's Wear Daily—a "versatile look that is both hard and soft, feminine and sexy"—or as it was described early in her career by Models.com: "She is elegant and she is strong. She is not shy and she is not completely available." Moore's ability to bend (and transcend) gender by projecting both masculine and feminine sexuality has been often noted as her trademark, and has been mined by photographers for editorials considered some of the edgiest of their day.

[edit] Sexuality

As one of a very small number of openly gay fashion models, Moore has occasionally attracted the attention of the sensationalist press. She has been cited as a de facto lesbian style icon for the same reason. The New York Times, in a June 2004 article about lesbian style, described Moore as "a darling of photographers and designers...whose own style epitomizes androgynous slacker cool," and stated that she is "uncommonly open about her sexuality" in an industry in which many gay women "choose to keep their preferences private...because invisibility can seem preferable to outright discrimination" or to unfavorable preconceptions about lesbian style. Moore was quoted in the article as saying, "Just because I choose to love women and don't dress the part of a model doesn't mean that I'm not very good at what I do."

[edit] Accomplishments

Moore has worked with photographers such as Steven Meisel, Bruce Weber, Steven Klein, Nathaniel Goldberg, Nicolas Moore, Michael Sanders, Regan Cameron, Robert Wyatt, Hans Fourer, Terry Richardson, and Peter Lindbergh. She is featured regularly in fashion magazines such as Vogue Italia, Vogue Paris, British Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Allure, i-D, Numéro, 10, and V. She has also appeared on the covers of Vogue Italia, Vogue España, Australian Vogue, Italian Marie Claire, Italian Glamour, Numéro, Mix(te), and Flare. She was photographed by Nick Knight for the 2004 Pirelli Calendar.

Moore has starred in campaigns for Carolina Herrera, D&G, Giorgio Armani, H&M, John Varvatos, Lanvin, Nicole Farhi, Oscar de la Renta, Plein Sud, Tommy Hilfiger, and Yves Saint Laurent, among others. She has also appeared in television commercials for Armani, Calvin Klein, and Mont Blanc.

Moore has walked the runways for Alexander McQueen, Badgley Mischka, Balenciaga, Behnaz Sarafpour, Burberry, Carolina Herrera, Calvin Klein, Céline, Chanel, Chloé, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Dries Van Noten, Emanuel Ungaro, Fendi, Giles Deacon, Givenchy, Gucci, Helmut Lang, Hermès, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, Lanvin, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Missoni, Paco Rabanne, Peter Som, Prada, Proenza Schouler, Oscar de la Renta, Pucci, Ralph Lauren, Roberto Cavalli, Valentino, Vera Wang, Yohji Yamamoto, and Yves Saint Laurent, among others.

Most recently, Moore walked for Hermès and Lanvin (opening the Lanvin show) at the spring 2007 Paris Fashion Week. She starred in the fall/winter 2006-2007 campaigns for Lanvin and Lanvin Rumeur.

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