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Elsa Benítez (born on December 8, 1977 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico^{citation needed}) is a Mexican model.

Career

Benítez began modeling after winning an international model search in Costa Rica in 1995^specify. She subsequently began modeling in Mexico, the United States and Europe. She rose to prominence after being chosen by photographer Steven Meisel^{clarification needed} and being featured many times in the US and Italian editions of Vogue for Meisel's layouts.

In 1996, she appeared on the cover of Vogue (Italy) three times, for the April, August and September covers. Since signing with Elite Model Management^{citation needed}, she has also appeared on the covers of ELLE, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Harper's Bazaar, and Marie Claire^{citation needed}. Benítez has also done advertising campaign work for Dolce & Gabbana, Macy's, Episode, I-N-C, J.Crew, Óscar de la Renta, Rena Lange, Nine West, Valentino, and Jones New York, and has modeled for Victoria's Secret^{citation needed}. Benítez appeared in the 1999 Pirelli Calendar that featured "Women Through the Decades." She was photographed as a representative of the "groovy '70s."^{citation needed}

She also appeared in Enrique Iglesias' music video "Love to See You Cry" in 2002. In 2003, she appeared in the ad for the perfume Mahora Guerlain, which was shot by Bruno Aveillan^{citation needed}.

Benítez was selected to be on the cover of the 2001 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She has appeared in the Swimsuit Edition five times since her debut in the magazine^specify. For the Miss Universe 2004 competition, Benítez was one of the judges^{citation needed}. In the 2004 issue, Sports Illustrated reported Benítez's story of nearly boarding the doomed TWA Flight 800–a Boeing 747 that exploded over the Atlantic soon after takeoff.

On July 2009, Benitez was officially announced to be the host of Mexico's Next Top Model¹.

Personal life

She married former NBA player, Rony Seikaly -- 12 years her senior—in September 1999, and she filed for divorce in August 2005. They have one daughter together, Mila born February 2003. In April 2007 she started dating Italian movie producer Valerio Morabito.²

References

External links

• Elsa Benitez at Fashion Model Directory
• Elsa Benitez at the Internet Movie Database