VIVA Model Management is a model agency based 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...

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The agency was founded in 1988 by director Cyril Brule. The boutique agency focuses on high-fashion editorial and catwalk work. VIVA's board features some of the world's biggest supermodels, including Natalia Vodianova

Natalia Vodianova

Natalia Mikhailovna Vodianova is a Russian model and philanthropist who now permanently resides in the United Kingdom.-Early life:Born in Gorky, Soviet Union , Natalia Vodianova grew up in a poor district of the city with her mother and two half sisters, one of whom has cerebral palsy...

, Kirsty Hume

Kirsty Hume

Kirsty Hume is a Scottish model who came to prominence in the fashion world in the 1990s. A columnist likened her appearance to a Botticelli angel....

, Raquel Zimmerman, Karen Elson

Karen Elson

Karen Elson is a British model, singer-songwriter and guitarist.As a child, Elson attended North Chadderton School in Chadderton with her twin sister, filmmaker Kate Elson. She began working as a model as a teenager....

 and Mariacarla Boscono

Mariacarla Boscono

Mariacarla Boscono is an Italian model.-Early life:Boscono was born in Rome, Italy. She spent most of her early life travelling because of her father's work. Her parents lived in Thailand before she was born, but after her mother became pregnant they moved to Rome. She spent a couple of years in...

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As well as the Paris office, there is a recently opened office in London

London

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 which has a near identical board. As well as the shared women's division, both offices operate a VIVA Talent board, which is centralised in Paris. Talents include actresses Kristen Scott Thomas and Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most...

, and British singer Sunday Girl (singer)

Sunday Girl (singer)

Jade Williams is a British solo pop singer who performs under the stage name Sunday Girl. The name originates from when she was younger and used to work in a pet shop every Sunday; where over time she became known as Sunday Girl...

. VIVA do not represent male models.

Fashion Models represented by VIVA (as of October 2011):

• Agathe Mougin
• Agyness Deyn
  Agyness Deyn
  Agyness Deyn is an English fashion model, actress and singer.-Early life:Deyn is from Failsworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester...
  
   - Paris only
• Akuol De Mabior
• Aleksandra Rastović
• Ali Michael
  Ali Michael
  Alexandra Nicole Michael is an American fashion model who attracted international attention for her weight as a fashion model....
  
  
• Allaire Heisig
• Amanda Norgaard
• Anabel Van Toledo
• Ann Kenny
• Anna De Rijk
• Anna Iaryn
• Anna Kopecka
• Anna Speckhart
• Anna Mariya Urazhevska
• Anne Marie Van Dijk
• Annemara Post
• Aysche Tiefenbrunner
• Bette Franke
  Bette Franke
  Bette Franke is a Dutch fashion model. At fourteen years old, she was discovered by famous Dutch modeling agent Wilma Wakker in Amsterdam, while shopping with her mother for ponies....
  
  
• Carla Gebhart
• Caroline de Maigret
• Charlotte Le Bon
• Chloe Lecareux
• Codie Young
• Daniela Kocianova
• Diana Gaertner - Paris only
• Donna Loos
• Doutzen Kroes
• Edie Campbell
  Edie Campbell
  - Career :Edie started modelling after she appeared in a Vogue feature by Mario Testino, in a story about up and coming young Londoners. Mario Testino then went on to use her in a Burberry campaign alongside Kate Moss. Campbell is now represented by VIVA London and VIVA Paris.Campbell has been...
  
  
• Edita Vilkeviciute
  Edita Vilkeviciute
  -Career:A Lithuanian model. After her discovery, she signed to Women Management in Milan, and later, VIVA in Paris in 2006. Her runway debut was at Just Cavalli for the spring/summer 2007 shows. She later walked for Paul Smith, Preen, and Marios Schwab in London...
  
  

• Elise Helene Gatschene
• Emily Baker
• Emily Sibbons
• Eugenia Volodina
  Eugenia Volodina
  -Career:Volodina's modeling career began in 1998 when she attended an open call at a Russian casting agency. Although she didn't win, she was invited to take part in a Parisian modeling agency in 2000. Soon after, she was sent to Paris, where Volodina began to establish her career. Increased...
  
  
• Flavia de Oliveira
  Flavia de Oliveira
  Flavia de Oliveira is a Brazilian model who participated in the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows. She has been in shows such as Dior, Valentino, Missoni, Elie Saab, and Chanel...
  
  
• Flo Gennaro
• Gabriella Holsten
• Giedre Dukauskaite
• Grace Guozhi
• Hanna Sorheim
• Hanna Wahmer
• Hye Rim Park
  Hye Rim Park
  Hye-rim Park is a Korean-American model currently signed with Trump Model Management , Take 2 Models , Why Not Models and Viva Model Management . Park made her runway debut during the Fall/Winter 2005 season.Her big break came in early 2005, when Steven Meisel shot her for Italian Vogue prior to...
  
   - Paris only
• Ileana Bernardini
• Ilvie Wittek - Paris only
• Imogen Newton
• Inga Savits
• Inna Zobova - Paris only
• Jacquetta Wheeler
  Jacquetta Wheeler
  Jacquetta Wheeler is an English model. Her father, Stuart Wheeler, is an entrepreneur and political activist to UKIP, and mother Tessa was a photographer....
  
   - Paris only
• Jade Parfitt - Paris only
• Janeta Samp
• Jessica Clarke
  Jessica Clarke (model)
  Jessica Roimata Clarke is a New Zealand fashion model. She began professionally modelling at the age of 15, and by 17 had appeared on the catwalks of Milan, Paris, New York and London...
  
  
• Joana Preiss
• Johanna Wahlberg
• Josefine Nicklasson
• Karen Elson
  Karen Elson
  Karen Elson is a British model, singer-songwriter and guitarist.As a child, Elson attended North Chadderton School in Chadderton with her twin sister, filmmaker Kate Elson. She began working as a model as a teenager....
  
   - Paris only
• Karlina Caune
• Kati Nescher
• Katrina Hoernig
• Katrine Skovengaard

• Kelly Gale
• Kim Noorda
  Kim Noorda
  Kim Noorda is a Dutch fashion model.She started modeling in 2003 after being approached by talent scout Wilma Wakker, while walking down the street with friends...
  
  
• Kinee Diouf
• Kirby Kenny
• Kirsi Pyrhonen
• Kirsty Hume
  Kirsty Hume
  Kirsty Hume is a Scottish model who came to prominence in the fashion world in the 1990s. A columnist likened her appearance to a Botticelli angel....
  
  
• Krystal Glynn
• Laura Blokhina
• Lena Hardt
• Lindsay Ellingson
• Lindsay Frimodt
  Lindsay Frimodt
  Lindsay Frimodt is an American model who appeared in the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2002 and 2003. Her advertisements include clients like Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Giorgio Armani, Narciso Rodriguez, Zac Posen, and Calvin Klein, and she has appeared in the pages of Elle, Marie...
  
   - Paris only
• Linn Arvidsson
• Liya Kebede
  Liya Kebede
  Liya Kebede is an Ethiopian model, maternal health advocate, clothing designer and actress who has appeared three times on the cover of US Vogue . According to Forbes, Kebede was eleventh-highest-paid top model in the world in 2007...
  
   - Paris only
• Louise de Chevigny
• Luisa Bianchin
• Lucy Liu
  Lucy Liu
  Lucy Alexis Liu is an American actress and film producer. She became known for playing the role of the vicious and ill-mannered Ling Woo in the television series Ally McBeal , and has also appeared in several Hollywood films including Charlie's Angels, Chicago, Kill Bill, and Kung Fu Panda.-Early...
  
   - Talent
• Mackenzie Hamilton - Paris only
• Madé
• Mariacarla Boscono
  Mariacarla Boscono
  Mariacarla Boscono is an Italian model.-Early life:Boscono was born in Rome, Italy. She spent most of her early life travelling because of her father's work. Her parents lived in Thailand before she was born, but after her mother became pregnant they moved to Rome. She spent a couple of years in...
  
   - Paris only
• Marie Sophie Wilson
• Maryna Linchuk
  Maryna Linchuk
  Maryna Linchuk is a Belarusian fashion model who has appeared on the covers of Italian and Portuguese Vogue.Along with Mat Gordon and Valeria Garcia, Linchuk was one of the faces of Escada's Moon Sparkle fragrance under the alias Simone...
  
  
• Michelle Westgeest
• Milou Van Groesen
• Mimmi Soderstrom
• Morgane Dubled
• Natalia Vodianova
  Natalia Vodianova
  Natalia Mikhailovna Vodianova is a Russian model and philanthropist who now permanently resides in the United Kingdom.-Early life:Born in Gorky, Soviet Union , Natalia Vodianova grew up in a poor district of the city with her mother and two half sisters, one of whom has cerebral palsy...
  
  
• Nur Hellmann
• Ping Hue
• Queeny Van Der Zande
• Quirine Engel

• Rae Ellen Drury
• 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...
  
  
• Romane Greze
• Romee Strijd
• Romina Lanaro
  Romina Lanaro
  Romina Lanaro is an Argentine fashion model.She was born in Rosario, Santa Fé and began to work as model at the age of 14 when she moved to Buenos Aires...
  
  
• Rosanne Swart
• Rosie Tupper
• Sabrina Ioffreda
• Sara Blomqvist
• Saskia de Brauw
• Sharon Van Der Knapp
• Simone Doreleijers
• Simone Van Werkhoven
• Siri Crafoord
• Skye Stracke
  Skye Stracke
  Skye Stracke is an Australian fashion model from Perth, Western Australia. Before being discovered, she had wanted to be a makeup artist. She was discovered after winning a modeling competition at Vivien's, an Australian modeling agency, and then walking in Rosemount Australian Fashion Week, where...
  
  
• Sophia Nilsson
• Sophie Vlaming
• Stella Maxwell
• Stella Tennant
  Stella Tennant
  Stella Tennant is a British model. The granddaughter of the late Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire and Deborah Mitford, who is the last of the noted Mitford sisters, Tennant was born in Scotland and attended St Leonards School in St Andrews. Her parents are The Hon...
  
   - Paris only
• Stephanie Van Arendonk
• Svetlana Kuznetsova
• 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...
  
  
• Tatjana Patitz - Paris only
• Trish Goff
  Trish Goff
  Trish Goff is an American model. She has appeared on the cover of a variety of international editions of Vogue and in several Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows. She returned from a two year catwalk hiatus to close for Alexander Wang in February 2009. She also starred in the 2005 movie Noise with...
  
  
• Truus Hooiveld
• Valeria Garcia - Paris only
• Veroniek Gielkens
• Victoria Anderson
• Ymre Stiekema
• Zippora Seven

Fashion Models previously represented by VIVA:

• Adina Fohlin
  Adina Fohlin
  Adina Fohlin is a Swedish model. She was discovered while walking down the street in Stockholm, and Emmanuelle Alt, the fashion director of Vogue Paris approached her, having noticed her unusual features...
  
  
• Isabeli Fontana
  Isabeli Fontana
  -Early life and discovery:Fontana was born in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. In 1996 she made it to the finals of the Elite Model Look when she was just 13 and in the following year she moved from South of Brazil to Milan, Italy, to start her modelling career.-Career:...
  
  
• Caroline Francischini
  Caroline Francischini
  Caroline Capovila Francischini is a Brazilian model. Francischini won the 2nd edition of Brazil's Riachuelo Mega Model contest in 2002. Since then she has appeared on the cover of Elle magazine , and in numerous ad campaigns and fashion shows.-References:...
  
  
• Anett Griffel
  Anett Griffel
  Anett Griffel is an Estonian fashion model. She has modeled for DKNY, Diane von Furstenberg, Doo.Ri, Jill Stuart, Vera Wang, Vivienne Tam and others.-External links:** at style.com...
  
  
• Chanel Iman
  Chanel Iman
  Chanel Iman Robinson , known professionally as Chanel Iman, is an American fashion model perhaps best known for her work for Victoria's Secret.-Early life:...
  
  
• Izabel Goulart
  Izabel Goulart
  Maria Izabel Goulart Dourado , better known as Izabel Goulart, is a Brazilian model. She is best known as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels from 2005 to present and for her work with Armani Exchange.-Early life and career:...
  
  

• Tatiana Kovylina
  Tatiana Kovylina
  Tatiana Kovylina is a Russian model. She has appeared in advertisements for Ann Taylor, Calvin Klein Jeans, Cole Haan, and Givenchy. In 2002, she was on the cover of Madame Figaro and in 2005, she walked the runway for Victoria's Secret, which she returned to in 2009...
  
  
• Renata Kuerten
• Karolina Kurkova
  Karolína Kurková
  Karolína Isela Kurková is a Czech model, best known as a former Victoria's Secret Angel, and an aspiring actress. Mario Testino said of Kurková, "The proportions of her body and her face, as well as her energy level, make her a model who could fit almost into any moment." Vogue editor Anna...
  
  
• Adriana Lima
  Adriana Lima
  Adriana Lima is a Brazilian model, best known as a Victoria's Secret Angel since 2000, and as a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics from 2003 to 2009...
  
  
• Lesly Masson
• Snejana Onopka
  Snejana Onopka
  Snejana Onopka is a Ukrainian model.At the height of her career, she was known to be extremely thin, with a body mass index of just 14.6. She has somewhat gained weight since this period, which spanned from 2005-2008.-Modeling career:...
  
  

• Oluchi Onweagba
  Oluchi Onweagba
  -Early life:Onweagba grew up in the suburbs of Lagos, Nigeria with her two brothers and sisters. She is the daughter of a civil servant father and mother who was a nurse. When Onweagba was 16 years old, she won the "Face Of Africa" contest.-Discovery:...
  
  
• Missy Rayder
  Missy Rayder
  Melissa "Missy" Rayder is an American fashion model. She is the younger sister of model Frankie Rayder. Her career is highlighted by appearances on several leading high fashion magazines such Vogue Italia, Vogue España, and Elle France...
  
  
• Louise Pedersen
• Milagros Schmoll
  Milagros Schmoll
  Milagros Schmoll is an Argentine fashion model. She began modeling in 2003, and has appeared on the October 2006 and February 2008 covers of Italian Marie Claire and the July 2007 and May 2008 covers of Argentine Elle....
  
  
• Noot Seear
  Noot Seear
  Noot Seear is a Canadian fashion model and actress.-Life and career:Seear was born in Vancouver, British Columbia of Swedish, English,Dutch and Danish descent...
  
  

• Fabiana Semprebom
  Fabiana Semprebom
  Fabiana Semprebom is a Brazilian fashion model. She is the daughter of a Brazilian father and an Italian-American mother and she is engaged to Argentinian tennis player Guillermo Ignacio Cañas...
  
  
• Annelyse Shoenberger
• Hana Soukupova
  Hana Soukupová
  Hana Soukupová is a Czech model. She has participated in the Victoria's Secret fashion shows and modeled for the Victoria Secret Catalog.-Early life:...
  
  
• Candice Swanepoel
  Candice Swanepoel
  Candice Swanepoel is a South African model best known for her work with Victoria's Secret.-Early life & career :Candice Swanepoel was born in Mooi River, Kwa-Zulu Natal Province, and was spotted by a model scout in a Durban flea market at age 15. By age 16, Swanepoel was earning €5,000 or R40,000...
  
  
• Elsa Sylvan

External links

• Official Website
• Viva Models
• Viva Models in the Fashion Model Directory
  Fashion Model Directory
  The Fashion Model Directory is an online database of information about female fashion models, modeling agencies, fashion labels, fashion magazines, fashion designers and fashion editorials. FMD is often denoted as the IMDb of the fashion industry, for being one of the world's largest fashion...
  
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