Iselin Vollen Steiro is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 model

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. She grew up in Harstad

Harstad

is the second largest city and municipality by population, in Troms county, Norway – the city is also the third largest in North Norway. Thus Harstad is the natural centre for its district. Situated approximately north of the Arctic Circle, the city celebrated its 100th anniversary in...

 in the northern part of Norway. Steiro was discovered in 1999 while Christmas shopping with her parents in London. She began her fashion career in 2003 by walking for Prada

Prada

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 and Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein

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 in her first season.

She lived in New York City for two years, where she modeled full-time, but has now moved back to Norway, where she is studying architecture, although she still works sporadically. She is represented by Women Model Management in New York, Paris, and Milan, and FM in London. Her mother agency is Team Models in Oslo, Norway.

During the Spring 2010 Fashion Week

Fashion Week

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, Iselin made a runway comeback, walking in 20 fashion shows. In New York, Iselin walked for Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs

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, Anna Sui

Anna Sui

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, Rodarte

Rodarte

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, Proenza Schouler

Proenza Schouler

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, Phi

Phi

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, Carolina Herrera

Carolina Herrera (fashion designer)

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, Michael Kors

Michael Kors

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, Alexander Wang

Alexander Wang (designer)

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, Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger

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, which she closed, and Rag & Bone, which she opened. After skipping the London Fashion Week

London Fashion Week

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, and walking exclusively for Prada

Prada

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 in Milan

Milan

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, Iselin went on to walk for designers such as Balenciaga

Balenciaga

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, a show she scored the campaign for, Balmain

Pierre Balmain

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, Valentino

Valentino SpA

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, Chanel

Chanel

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, Givenchy

Givenchy

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, Stella McCartney

Stella McCartney

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, Isabel Marant, Celine

Celine (brand)

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, Chloé

Chloé

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, and Nina Ricci

Nina Ricci (designer)

Maria Nina Ricci was a French fashion designer of Italian origin.-Life and work:Maria Nielli was born in Turin, Italy in 1883, she moved to Florence, Italy with her family at age 5 and then to France in 1895 at age 12. She was nicknamed Nina. At the age of 13, she began an apprenticeship at a...

, where she closed the show.

She has appeared in editorials for magazines including Numèro, French Vogue

Vogue (magazine)

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, Vogue Italia

Vogue Italia

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and Harper's Bazaar

Harper's Bazaar

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. Her covers include French, Flair, Korean Harper's Bazaar, Vogue Italia, and several Norwegian magazines.

She has been featured in campaigns for brands including Adidas

Adidas

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, Jill Stuart, Hugo Boss

Hugo Boss

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, Just Cavalli, Balenciaga

Balenciaga

Balenciaga is a fashion house founded by Cristóbal Balenciaga, a Basque designer, born in the Basque Country, Spain. He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as "the master of us all" by Christian Dior. His bubble skirts and odd, feminine, yet ultra-modern...

, Chloé

Chloé

Chloé is a French fashion house founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion. Its headquarters is in Paris.-History:Gaby Aghion was born in Alexandria, Egypt in the year 1921...

, Gucci

Gucci

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, Dolce & Gabbana

Dolce & Gabbana

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, D&G, Versace, Valentino, Chanel

Chanel

Chanel S.A. is a French fashion house founded by the couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, well established in haute couture, specializing in luxury goods . She gained the name "Coco" while maintaining a career as a singer at a café in France...

, Missoni, Mulberry, Lanvin

Lanvin (clothing)

Lanvin is a high fashion house founded by Jeanne Lanvin.-History:Lanvin made such beautiful clothes for her daughter that they began to attract the attention of a number of wealthy people who requested copies for their own children...

, Lancome

Lancôme

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 and Jil Sander Uniqlo.

Personal

Steiro is a student at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. She hopes to become an interior designer and have an apartment of her design in either London, Copenhagen, New York, Stavanger or St. Tropez. Steiro is married to Anders Danielsen Lie

Anders Danielsen Lie

Anders Danielsen Lie is a Norwegian actor, musician and medical doctor. Danielsen Lie made his film debut when he was 11 years old in the title role of Herman by Erik Gustavson. He is best known for his leading roles in multi-award winning Reprise and Oslo, August 31st by Danish-Norwegian...

, a Norwegian doctor and actor.

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