Clara Alonso is a Spanish

Spanish people

The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....

 fashion model

Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

. Alonso was the only Spanish model to walk in the 2008 Victoria's Secret fashion show since 1999. She has been the face of GUESS and A.

Career

A regular in the Spanish runways

Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week

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, Clara did not make the jump internationally until she finished her studies. Once completing her studies she coincided with John Pfeiffer

John Pfeiffer

John "Jack" Pfeiffer , was a classical recording producer.-Life and career:Born in Tucson, Arizona, Pfeiffer studied music and engineering at the University of Arizona and Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas...

, a prestigious casting director for prominent shows, thereafter jobs abroad filled her agenda. In Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

 in June 2008, Diane von Furstenberg

Diane von Fürstenberg

Diane von Fürstenberg, formerly Princess Diane of Fürstenberg , is a Belgian-American fashion designer best known for her iconic wrap dress. She initially rose to prominence when she married into the German princely House of Fürstenberg, as the wife of Prince Egon of Fürstenberg...

 hired Alonso for her "Cruise 2008-09" collection and months later was called to New York for the spring-summer 2009 fashion shows. In the Big Apple, she also had the opportunity to work for Custo Barcelona. At 21 Clara became Spain's new top model chosen to be in the Victoria's Secret fashion show on November 15, 2008 held in Miami. A historic landmark, since only two other compatriots, Esther Cañadas

Esther Cañadas

Esther Cañadas is a Spanish actress and model.- Biography :Originally, Cañadas wanted to pursue a career as a criminologist, but her mother persuaded her to give modeling a try....

 in 1997, and Eugenia Silva

Eugenia Silva

Eugenia Silva is a Spanish model. With a degree in Law from Madrid's Complutense University, she has been the image of many fashion houses such as Dolce & Gabbana and Oscar de la Renta.-Career:...

 in 1998 and 1999, managed to participate in the VS fashion show.

She has walked for Bottega Veneta

Bottega Veneta

Bottega Veneta is an Italian luxury goods house best known for its leather goods. Founded in 1966, it was purchased in 2001 by Gucci Group, now a part of the French multinational group PPR. Bottega Veneta is headquartered in Vicenza, in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy.- History :Bottega...

, Luisa Beccaria, Brian Reyes, Nanette Lepore

Nanette Lepore

Nanette Lepore is a well known fashion designer based in New York City. New York magazine has said that she is "Known for her feminine style and fine detailing, Nanette Lepore makes ultra-chic clothes that are at the same time easy to wear."-Biography:Lepore's father, James, was a professor of art...

, Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta is one of the world's leading fashion designers. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1973.-Career:...

, Tory Burch

Tory Burch

Tory Burch is an American fashion designer, business woman and philanthropist who was born, raised and educated in the Philadelphia metropolitan area....

, Cynthia Steffe, Luca Luca, Diane von Furstenberg, Lela Rose

Lela Rose

Lela Rose is an American fashion designer.Lela grew up in Dallas, Texas. She attended University of Colorado where she was a painting and sculpture major and graduated in 1991. She had a business in college making vests from vintage scarves and decided to go into fashion...

, Prabal Gurung, Abaeté

Abaeté

Abaeté is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 22,474 in a total area of 1,816 km². It became a municipality in 1870.-Location:...

, and Resort 2009 Diane von Furstenberg.

Alonso won L´Oreal award best model for Cibeles

Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week

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 f/w 2010. Becomes the face for Agua Fresca de Rosas fragrance by Adolfo Domínguez

Adolfo Dominguez

Adolfo Domínguez Fernández is a Spanish fashion designer.-Early life and education:He was born May 14, 1950 in Ourense, Galicia in northern Spain. He studied design and cinematography in Paris, with further studies in London.-Fashion business:...

 and appears in its TV spot. Does lingerie campaign for GUESS shot by Yu Tsai

Yu Tsai

Yu Tsai is an American photographer working out of Los Angeles and New York. He was born in Taiwan and moved to a farm in Indiana with his family as a young child. Yu Tsai and his family then moved to Chino, California where Yu Tsai spent his adolescent life. He attended Don Lugo High School in...

 in L.A. Stars in A Spring 2011 advertising campaign with compatriot Alejandra Alonso.

External links

• Clara Alonso's Blog
• Clara Alonso in All about Models
• The Internet Fashion Database