Dear readers of Sport&Beauty. Back to one of our most successful series, the bunch of articles dedicated to Brazilian models, today we’ll be presenting you one of the most beautiful of them all, Michelle Alves. Throughout her career, Brazilian model “Michelle Alves” also known as “The Body” (like Elle McPherson and Gisele Bundchen) has graced more than one hundred magazine covers, has walked for Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce&Gabbana or Calvin Klein, and starred in ad campaigns for Valentino, Christian Dior, Escada, Ralph Lauren, and Michael Kors Swimwear. ¡Ah, I almost forgot that she’s also a member of the exclusive Victoria’s Secret Angels team! Dear friends here you are Brazilian model Michelle Alves, aka “The Body”.
The daughter of an engineer and a lawyer, Michelle Alves was born on September 19, 1978 in Londrina, Parana, Brazil. Before moving to Sao Paulo to pursue a career in modeling, Michelle studied civilian engineering at Londrina State University. Michelle has always claimed that she was very good at school, almost a nerd. She’s not only a good student but also a polyglot since she fluently speaks Portuguese, Italian, French, and English. Here you are the data and measurements of this stunning Brazilian beauty named Michelle Alves:
- Full name: Michelle Alves
- Date of birth: September 19, 1978 in Londrina, Brazil
- Height: 179 centimeters : 5'10.5"
- Measurements: (EU) 86.5-63.5-89 : (US) 34-25-35
- Eye color: green
- Hair color: brown
- Dress size: (EU) 36 : (US) 6
- Shoe size: (EU) 39 : (US) 8.5
- Agencies: Elite Model Management New York, IMG Models London, IMG Models Milan
- Date of birth: September 19, 1978 in Londrina, Brazil
- Height: 179 centimeters : 5'10.5"
- Measurements: (EU) 86.5-63.5-89 : (US) 34-25-35
- Eye color: green
- Hair color: brown
- Dress size: (EU) 36 : (US) 6
- Shoe size: (EU) 39 : (US) 8.5
- Agencies: Elite Model Management New York, IMG Models London, IMG Models Milan
Having more than fifteen years of experience on the catwalk, Michelle Alves has already overcome the status of an average model to become a personality, a fashion icon, a regular name on the best-dressed lists, and a regular face on the red carpet of the most exclusive social events such as the Oscars Awards ceremony. Michelle rose to fame after being photographed by Steven Meisel for the cover of “Vogue” Italy and has been on the limelight for quite a long time since then. After her pictures were published, she started receiving interesting contract offers including a number of ad campaigns for Valentino, Christian Dior, Emporio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, DSquared, GAP, Escada, and Missoni.
Since then, Michelle Alves has been in front of the cameras of the world’s best fashion photographers such as Steven Klein, Peter Lindbergh, Mario Sorrenti, Ellen Von Unwerth, Bruce Weber, Craig McDean, Jean Baptiste Mondino, Gilles Bensimon, Walter Chin, Matt Jones, Paul Wetherell, Patrick Demarchellier, Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, and the legendary Richard Avedon, just to quote only some of them. Throughout her career this chameleonic Brazilian model has landed more than one hundred magazine covers including “Vogue”, ”Elle”, “ L’Officiel”, “Marie Claire” France, “Esquire”, and “Harper’s Bazaar”, and has appeared in editorials for “I-D”, “Numéro”,” 10”,”POP”, “Flair”, “V”,” V Man”, and “W”.
Michelle appeared in the worldwide recognized Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2002 and 2003 and walked in two editions of the Greatest Show on Earth, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. In addition, she has also worked for Victoria’s Secret catalogues and appeared in “Sexy” the book published to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the lingerie giant. Besides working for magazines and catalogues, Michelle has also starred in countless ad campaigns for brands like Valentino, Christian Dior, Escada, Ralph Lauren, Missoni, Miss Sixty, Michael Kors, GAP, Emporio Armani, Michael Kors Swimwear, and AKRIS and starred in the commercials for Yves Saint Laurent’s Cinéma fragrance.
For the last years, the gorgeous Michelle has also been a regular face on the catwalks worldwide. She has walked for the most important and prestigious brands and designers such as Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Diane Von Furstenberg, Balenciaga, Christian Lacroix, Versace, Fendi, John Galliano, Alberta Ferreti, and Ralph Lauren. Talking about her private life we’ll say that she’s currently married to Guy Oseary, Madonna’s manager, with whom she has three children (Oliver, Mia, and Levi). Michelle lives in Los Angeles, likes doing pilates and her favorite saying is “Don’t leave for tomorrow what you can do today”. I fully agree with Michelle and that’s why we didn´t want to leave this article for tomorrow. To conclude today’s post I’ll leave a slideshow with some pictures of Michelle and a couple of videos so you can see this Brazilian bombshell alive and kicking. Best regards.
