Sigrid Agren is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 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....

 from Martinique

Martinique

Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...

, and rose to prominence during the Elite Model Look

Elite Model Look

Elite Model Look is a yearly fashion modeling event held by Elite Model Management, an international model management group. It is the premiere and most prestigious modeling contest used to discover and launch fashion models in the international fashion marketplace...

 in 2005, at age 14.

Early life

Agren was born on April 24, 1991, in Martinique

Martinique

Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...

, the Caribbean overseas department of France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. Her mother is from Normandy

Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...

 and her father is Swedish. When she was 13, she entered the Elite Model Look

Elite Model Look

Elite Model Look is a yearly fashion modeling event held by Elite Model Management, an international model management group. It is the premiere and most prestigious modeling contest used to discover and launch fashion models in the international fashion marketplace...

 France, and she went to the semifinals in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

. She and two other contestants were chosen to move onto the finals in Shanghai

Shanghai

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. Agren lost to one of the other French finalists, Charlotte Beillard (now known as Charlotte Di Calypso

Charlotte Di Calypso

Charlotte Di Calypso is a French fashion model, best known for winning the Elite Model Look in 2005 and representing [] Chance since then.-Early Life and Elite Model Look:...

).

Career

After the Elite Model Look ended, Agren signed with Elite Model Management

Elite Model Management

Elite Model Management is a large modeling agency based in New York and Paris. It is a subsidiary of Elite World S.A.-History:Founded in France in 1972 by John Casablancas and Alain Kittler, it was rebought in 1990 by Nicholas Farrae. Elite World S.A. is the parent company of Elite Model...

 in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

. She was doing small jobs until her decision to put off modeling to finish her school in 2007.

She came back to the modeling world in 2008, signing with New York Model Management

New York Model Management

New York Model Management is a modeling agency based in New York City. New York Models started when Heinz Holba started L.A. Models in 1985. After operating international agencies, he opened New York Models in 1997...

, and re-signed with Elite Models in all the major fashion capitals. She debuted on the runway by closing the Prada

Prada

Prada S.p.A. is an Italian fashion label specializing in luxury goods for men and women , founded by Mario Prada.-Foundations:...

 Resort show. She then walked for her first New York Fashion Week

New York Fashion Week

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, walking for Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein

Calvin Richard Klein is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc. in 1968. In addition to clothing, Klein has also given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewelry....

, 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:...

, Donna Karan

Donna Karan

Donna Karan is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothing labels.-Early life:...

, and Rodarte

Rodarte

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. She also opened for Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent (brand)

Yves Saint Laurent or YSL is a luxury fashion house founded by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. Today, its chief designer is Stefano Pilati. Yves Saint Laurent, founder of the brand, died in 2008.-History:...

, Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld is a German fashion designer, artist and photographer based in Paris. He has collaborated on a variety of fashion and art related projects, most notably as head designer and creative director for the fashion house Chanel...

, and Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen

Lee Alexander McQueen, CBE was a British fashion designer and couturier best known for his in-depth knowledge of bespoke British tailoring, his tendency to juxtapose strength with fragility in his collections, as well as the emotional power and raw energy of his provocative fashion shows...

, and closed for Prada

Prada

Prada S.p.A. is an Italian fashion label specializing in luxury goods for men and women , founded by Mario Prada.-Foundations:...

, CoSTUME NATIONAL

CoSTUME NATIONAL

CoSTUME NATIONAL is an Italian fashion house founded in 1986 by Ennio Capasa, Creative Director, and his brother Carlo, CEO of the Maison, which has its head offices in Milan...

, and Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton Malletier – commonly referred to as Louis Vuitton , or shortened to LV – is a French fashion house founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton. The label is well known for its LV monogram, which is featured on most products, ranging from luxury trunks and leather goods to ready-to-wear, shoes,...

.

For the Spring/Summer 2009 season, she became the face of Prada

Prada

Prada S.p.A. is an Italian fashion label specializing in luxury goods for men and women , founded by Mario Prada.-Foundations:...

, with Giedre Dukauskaite

Giedre Dukauskaite

Giedre Dukauskaite is a Lithuanian fashion model.-Biography:Dukauskaite was born in Lithuania on May 16, 1988. In 2006, she started her modeling career by signing with New York Model Management in New York City. Her break came when she debuted at New York Fashion Week, walking for designers like...

 and Anna Jagodzinska

Anna Jagodzinska

Anna Jagodzinska is a Polish fashion model. She has appeared on the covers of American, Italian, Australian, Chinese, Portuguese, and German Vogue, L'Officiel, Revue de Modes, and Japanese Numéro. As of March 2009, she was ranked #8 among models at the website models.com.Jagodzinska was born...

, and also became the face of Armani Jeans

Armani Jeans

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 and Nicole Farhi

Nicole Farhi

Nicole Farhi, Lady Hare, CBE is a French fashion designer and sculptor born in Nice, France, of Turkish descent.She started her career as a freelance in Paris, before moving to London in the 1970s to work with Stephen Marks on his French Connection label. Their professional relationship resulted...

.

Agren has appeared many editorials for magazines like Vogue Paris

Vogue Paris

The French edition of Vogue magazine, Vogue Paris, is a fashion magazine that has been published since 1920.-1920–1954:The French edition of Vogue was first issued on June 15, 1920. More information about French Vogue in the 1920s is available in Mary E. Davis's book Classic Chic: Music, Fashion,...

, Harper's Bazaar

Harper's Bazaar

Harper’s Bazaar is an American fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper’s Bazaar is published by Hearst and, as a magazine, considers itself to be the style resource for “women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture.”...

, and Numéro

Numéro

Numéro is an international fashion magazine published by the Groupe Alain Ayache. It has a circulation of 80,000. The women's publication has reached its 100th issue...

. She appeared on one of the three cover magazine of i-D

I-D

i-D is a British magazine dedicated to fashion, music, art and youth culture. i-D was founded by designer and former Vogue art director Terry Jones in 1980. The first issue was published in the form of a hand-stapled fanzine with text produced on a typewriter...

's June/July issue, alongside Tasha Tilberg

Tasha Tilberg

Tasha Tilberg is a Canadian fashion model.- Modeling :Tilberg has appeared in advertisements for Alberta Ferretti, Bloomingdale's, Comma, Fendi, Esprit, Gucci, Mango, Missoni, Moschino, Versace and Versus and she has walked in fashion shows for, among others, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Anna Molinari,...

 and Raquel Zimmermann

Raquel Zimmermann

Raquel Zimmermann is a Brazilian model of German descent.-Discovery and modeling career:Zimmermann was discovered by a scouting agency in Porto Alegre, Brazil at the age of 14 and made her way to Japan and on to Paris...

.

For the Fall/Winter 2009 season, Sigrid appeared in 68 international fashion shows, for designers like Dolce & Gabbana

Dolce & Gabbana

Dolce & Gabbana is an Italian luxury industry fashion house. The company was started by the Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana in Milan, Italy. By 2005 their turnover was €597 million....

, Jil Sander

Jil Sander

Heidemarie Jiline 'Jil' Sander is a minimalist German fashion designer and the founder of the Jil Sander fashion house....

, and Christian Dior

Christian Dior

Christian Dior , was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior.-Life:...

. Sigrid was featured first in the shows of Valentino

Valentino SpA

Valentino SpA is a clothing company founded in 1959 by Valentino Garavani. Nowadays it is a part of Valentino Fashion Group. New creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli will take Alessandra Facchinetti's seat as creative designer...

, Alberta Ferretti

Alberta Ferretti

Alberta Ferretti is an Italian fashion designer and dressmaker. She designs for Alberta Ferretti and Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti. Her showroom is in Milan, Italy but her studio is in the picturesque village of Cattolica, near Rimini, Italy....

, Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld is a German fashion designer, artist and photographer based in Paris. He has collaborated on a variety of fashion and art related projects, most notably as head designer and creative director for the fashion house Chanel...

, Pucci

Pucci

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, 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...

, CoSTUME NATIONAL

CoSTUME NATIONAL

CoSTUME NATIONAL is an Italian fashion house founded in 1986 by Ennio Capasa, Creative Director, and his brother Carlo, CEO of the Maison, which has its head offices in Milan...

, Marni

Marni

The name Marni originates from several languages, including Hebrew, meaning "rejoice", and Latin as a variant of "Marina", meaning "of the sea". It also has derivations from Gaelic and Swahili. "Marni" and "Marnie" are the two most common spellings of the female first name, ranking 2446 and 1498,...

, Ruffian

Ruffian

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, Marc by Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for Marc Jacobs, as well as Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, with more than 200 retail stores in 60 countries. He has been the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton since 1997...

, Antonio Berardi, Max Azria

Max Azria

Max Azria is a French fashion designer of Tunisian Jewish descent who founded the contemporary women's clothing brand BCBGMAXAZRIA. Azria is also the designer, chairman and CEO of BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP, a global fashion house that encompasses over 20 brands...

, and opened and closed for 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...

. For the Fall/Winter 2009 season, Sigrid featured as the face of Stella McCartney

Stella McCartney

Stella Nina McCartney is an English fashion designer. She is the daughter of former Beatles member Sir Paul McCartney and the late photographer and animal rights activist, Linda McCartney.-Early life:...

, replacing 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...

, as well as 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...

, alongside Kasia Struss

Kasia Struss

Kasia Struss is a Polish model.-Personal Life:Struss was discovered in 2005 by a local talent scout. She went on to finish high school in home town Ciechanów before signing with an agency two years after her initial discovery...

 and Karlie Kloss

Karlie Kloss

Karlie Elizabeth Kloss is an American model and ballet dancer.Kloss is ranked 4th on the Top 50 Models Women List by . Vogue Paris declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.- Early life and discovery :...

, Ck Calvin Klein

Ck Calvin Klein

ck Calvin Klein is the bridge collection for Calvin Klein. ck Calvin Klein apparel is presently distributed for women and men exclusively through licensing partner Onward Kashiyama in Japan, and through free-standing stores operated by licensee Club 21 in Southeast Asia. Licensing partner G.A.V. is...

, alongside Jourdan Dunn

Jourdan Dunn

Jourdan Dunn is a British fashion model. She was discovered in Hammersmith Primark in 2006 and signed to Storm Management in London shortly thereafter. In 2008, she was the first black model to walk a Prada runway in over a decade...

, and 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...

, alongside Anna Jagodzinska

Anna Jagodzinska

Anna Jagodzinska is a Polish fashion model. She has appeared on the covers of American, Italian, Australian, Chinese, Portuguese, and German Vogue, L'Officiel, Revue de Modes, and Japanese Numéro. As of March 2009, she was ranked #8 among models at the website models.com.Jagodzinska was born...

.

She is currently ranked No. 11 on the Top 50 models-Women list.

Agren appeared in a Vogue Paris

Vogue Paris

The French edition of Vogue magazine, Vogue Paris, is a fashion magazine that has been published since 1920.-1920–1954:The French edition of Vogue was first issued on June 15, 1920. More information about French Vogue in the 1920s is available in Mary E. Davis's book Classic Chic: Music, Fashion,...

editorial, alongside fellow French models Charlotte Di Calypso, Jennifer Messelier, Mélodie Dagault, Constance Jablonski, and Mathilde Frachon, declaring France the new producer of models.

Agren skipped the Spring/Summer 2010 fashion weeks to study for her baccalauréat

Baccalauréat

The baccalauréat , often known in France colloquially as le bac, is an academic qualification which French and international students take at the end of the lycée . It was introduced by Napoleon I in 1808. It is the main diploma required to pursue university studies...

 exam.

For the Spring/Summer 2010 season, she was featured in the campaigns of Faconnable

Façonnable

Façonnable is an international high-end men's and women's tailor founded in Nice, France, by Jean Goldberg in 1950.-Background:The first shop, situated in rue Paradis in Nice, was frequented by film stars in need of bespoke tuxedos and gowns for events such as the annual Cannes Film Festival. In...

, Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent (brand)

Yves Saint Laurent or YSL is a luxury fashion house founded by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. Today, its chief designer is Stefano Pilati. Yves Saint Laurent, founder of the brand, died in 2008.-History:...

 cosmetics, 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...

's fragrance "Chance".

Agren returned to the runway the following season, walking 70 shows and opening six of them, including Matthew Williamson

Matthew Williamson

Matthew Williamson is an English fashion designer. His collections often have an Indian influence, perhaps related to the time Williamson spent working in India for the clothing store Monsoon...

 and 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...

, and for the Spring/Summer 2011 season she was the model who walked the most shows, reaching the number of 65.

Personal life

Agren has made friends with Jennifer Messelier, Taryn Davidson

Taryn Davidson

Taryn Davidson is a Canadian model.-Early life:Davidson is the second eldest of four children, Talia, Lauren, and Sean, and lived her first few years in New Liskeard, Ontario, a town of 10,000. She spent much of her time playing ice hockey. Her father, Ron Davidson teaches Ultra Skills hockey...

, and Toni Garrn

Toni Garrn

Toni Garrn is a German model. She was discovered by German model agency Modelwerk during the FIFA World Cup 2006 in her hometown, and then signed with New York agency Women Management....

, and has an interest with ballet.

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