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Yasmeen Ghauri
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Yasmeen Ghauri
Date of birth March 23, 1971 (1971-03-23) (age 38)
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Hair color Dark brown
Eye color Brown
Measurements (US) 34-24-35
(EU) 86½-61-89
Dress size (US) 6 ; (EU) 36
Shoe size (US) 8.5 ; (EU) 41

Yasmeen Ghauri (Urdu: یاسمین غوری ; born March 23, 1971) is a Canadian model. A popular runway model, Ghauri is best known as a former Victoria's Secret Angel.

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Early life

Ghauri was born in Montreal, Canada to Pakistani Moin Ghauri and German Linda Ghauri. While her father was an Imam, a Muslim cleric for the Islamic Community of Quebec, her mother was opposed of her pursuing modelling as a career. Early on in her life, Ghauri had a troublesome childhood and was tormented by her classmates at school.1 This led her dissociate from children from her age group and she joined older children in her neighbourhood instead. Ghauri was reportedly working at a McDonalds restaurant at the age of 17 when she was discovered by Montreal hairdresser and salon owner Joseph Del Tortoon.1

At the restaurant where she worked, she often turned up dressed in black from head to toe; people described her as having a rebellious nature.1 Despite this, she was named Employee of the Month.2 Soon, there was a shift in mentality within the fashion industry, relying less on all-American models and more on "ethnic" models, which fit Ghauri's coffee-coloured skin, brown hair and brown eyes.

While she was off pursuing her new-found interest in modelling as a career, her father disapproved. He had gotten divorced in 1980 and Ghauri lived with him until moving to New York City, where she modeled for Versace in 1990. Here she was noticed by the fashion police, critics and labels alike.1 She was praised for her poise and an exaggerated walk on the runway that earned her the title 'the panther'.citation needed The New York Times quoted her walk as a 'ball-bearing swivel of her hips'.3 Her appearance on the catwalks prompted part of what is now termed in fashion as the 'Canadian invasion'.4

Career and achievements

Ghauri became the sweetheart of the New York and Paris fashion scene. She enjoyed fame in the early 1990s when she landed her first major cover with Elle in January 1990. Soon afterwards, she became the face of both Chanel and Jil Sander. By the end of 1990, she had appeared twice on the cover of French Elle in July and December. In September, she graced the catwalk for Gianni Versace's show in Milan and by the next month she was walking for Chanel, Helmut Lang, Jean Paul Gaultier and Lanvin shows in Paris. Her success was duly noted and she became the face of Christian Dior and Anne Klein in 1991. In January alone, she was photographed by Steven Meisel for the cover of Italian Vogue and appeared in the Harper’s Bazaar editorial. Towards the end of the year, she appeared in the British and the Italian Vogue editorials. Photographer Patrick Demarchelier who photographed her for the Italian issue called her his favourite subject.2

1992 was to be her year in modelling when she landed a contract with Victoria’s Secret and became a face of Valentino couture and Versace. Later she walked the controversial Gianni Versace 'Bondage' show in Milan which made fashion critics take serious note. Demarchelier photographed her again with Walter Chin for the Italian Vogue towards mid-1992.

Ghauri became the face of Hermès and Lanvin in 1993 and was photographed by Gilles Bensimon for Elle. Her most controversial appearance followed in May 1994, when she did a feature for Playboy. Soon after appearing on the covers of the Italian Marie Claire, British Vogue and then Harper's Bazaar, she appeared in the documentary Unzipped by Isaac Mizrahi on August 11, 1995. She later walked the 1996 annual Victoria’s Secret show as well as the spring Christian Dior, John Galliano and Jean Paul Gaultier shows in Paris and retired in 1997.

Retirement

When Ghauri stepped out of the Yves Saint Laurent show in 1996 at the last minute, speculations arose that she might be retiring. She planned on pursuing a degree in business1 upon the advice of her stepbrother Ralph, a law firm executive and a real-estate businessman.56

Ghauri has a daughter, Maya, and is active with fund-raising events, most notable of which have been the charity for saving Germany's famous Black Forest.7

References in other media

Ghauri was the model after which the character of Jasmine was created in the comic book series Jonathan Steele. Just like the real person, the comic book character is a former model, born in Montreal from a Pakistani father and a German mother8.

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