Lonneke Engel is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 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....

. Discovered by Bruce Weber

Bruce Weber (photographer)

Bruce Weber is an American fashion photographer and occasional filmmaker. He is most widely known for his ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Pirelli, Abercrombie & Fitch, Revlon, and Gianni Versace, as well as his work for Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Elle, Life, Interview, and Rolling Stone...

, some of her first clients included Abercrombie & Fitch

Abercrombie & Fitch

Abercrombie & Fitch is an American retailer that focuses on casual wear for consumers aged 18 to 22. It has over 300 locations in the United States, and is expanding internationally....

, Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren is an American fashion designer and business executive; best known for his Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand.-Early life:...

, and 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...

. She is a Certified Health Counselor, and founder of the online health magazine Organice.

Biography

Lonneke started modeling when she was 13 years old, and was soon discovered by legendary photographer Bruce Weber

Bruce Weber (photographer)

Bruce Weber is an American fashion photographer and occasional filmmaker. He is most widely known for his ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Pirelli, Abercrombie & Fitch, Revlon, and Gianni Versace, as well as his work for Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Elle, Life, Interview, and Rolling Stone...

, who shot her for Abercrombie & Fitch

Abercrombie & Fitch

Abercrombie & Fitch is an American retailer that focuses on casual wear for consumers aged 18 to 22. It has over 300 locations in the United States, and is expanding internationally....

. Weber then introduced her to Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren is an American fashion designer and business executive; best known for his Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand.-Early life:...

, whom she has worked for over 13 years. Her first fashion show was for 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...

 in 1995, in which she walked hand in hand with Kate Moss

Kate Moss

Kate Moss is an English model. Moss is known for her waifish figure and popularising the heroin chic look in the 1990s. She is also known for her controversial private life, high profile relationships, party lifestyle, and drug use. Moss changed the look of modelling and started a global debate on...

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She has worked with other world's top photographers including Herb Ritts

Herb Ritts

Herbert "Herb" Ritts was an American fashion photographer who concentrated on black-and-white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture.-Early life and career:...

, Mario Testino

Mario Testino

-Early Life:Testino grew up in Lima, the eldest son of a businessman. When he was young he wanted to be a priest. Testino recalls being unpopular at school because of his flamboyance. He was good at math and went on to study economics at Universidad del Pacífico, where his insistence on wearing...

, Mario Sorrenti

Mario Sorrenti

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, Inez and Vinoodh, Peter Lindbergh

Peter Lindbergh

Peter Lindbergh, born Peter Brodbeck, is a German photographer and filmmaker, born on November 23, 1944 in Leszno, Poland. He currently lives in Paris, New York and Arles....

, Paolo Roversi

Paolo Roversi

Paolo Roversi is an Italian-born fashion photographer who currently lives and works in Paris.Born in Ravenna in 1947, Paolo Roversi’s interest in photography was kindled as a teenager during a family vacation in Spain in 1964...

, Patrick Demarchelier, Regan Cameron and Gilles Bensimon. Other work includes: Guess?

Guess?

Guess is a American clothing line brand. Guess also markets other fashion accessories besides clothes, such as watches, jewelry and perfumes. The company also owns the line Marciano.-Founding:...

, Anais Anais by Cacharel, Allure Chanel, Covergirl exclusive contract 1998–2000. Ralph Lauren exclusive contract 2000–2006, Clarins cosmetics 2008, Elie Tahari, Esprit, Bebe, Nicole Miller, Bottega Veneta, J.Crew, Elizabeth Arden, Bobbi Brown, Avon, BMW I-concept, Wolford and others.

She appeared in Tiësto

Tiësto

Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...

's music video 'Love Comes Again' in 2004.

In 2010 Lonneke became the Ambassador of The Green Fashion Competition, a search for the (green) designer of the future organized by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture. During 2010 she also modeled for many advertising campaigns, including Elizabeth Arden

Elizabeth Arden

Florence Nightingale Graham , who went by the business name Elizabeth Arden, was a Canadian-American businesswoman who built a cosmetics empire in the United States. At the peak of her career, she was one of the wealthiest women in the world.-Biography:Arden was born in 1884 at Woodbridge, Ontario,...

, Kate Spade

Kate Spade

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's Twirl fragrance, Bobbi Brown

Bobbi Brown

Bobbi Brown is the founder and CEO of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. Her products are sold in over 988 stores and 56 countries worldwide.-Biography:From a young age, Bobbi loved makeup...

 cosmetics, Avon, Brunello Cucinelli and Desigual.

Organice Your Life®

Lonneke became a Certified Health Counselor in 2008 and started her own company Organice Your Life® in that year. www.organiceyourlife.com. With this company and through this website she tries to "bring together people and information from around the world, to make your life a bit healthier, and the world a bit better." In 2010 Lonneke started her online Organice Your Life® magazine. Contributors include singer-songwriter Antoniette Costa

Antoniette Costa

Antoniette Costa is a singer-songwriter based in Philadelphia and New York City, who has collaborated with or performed alongside artists such as The Roots, Jazmine Sullivan, Bilal, Eric Roberson, and Carvin Haggins...

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Lonneke is contributing journalistic pieces to various fashion and news publications around the world.

Personal life

She has dated the American magician and stunt performer

Stunt performer

A stuntman, or daredevil is someone who performs dangerous stunts, often as a career.These stunts are sometimes rigged so that they look dangerous while still having safety mechanisms, but often they are as dangerous as they appear to be...

 David Blaine

David Blaine

David Blaine is an American illusionist and endurance artist. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance, and has made his name as a performer of street and close-up magic. He has set and broken several world records...

. The New York Post reported on July 4, 2006 that the Dutch model ended the relationship.

External links

• Official Lonneke Engel Website: http://www.lonneke.com