Almudena Fernandez Biography




Almudena Fernandez
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Almudena Fernández
Birth location: Benavente Zamora, Spain
Birth name: Almudena Fernández
Measurements: (34½-22½-34½)
(87-59-87)
Height: 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Weight: 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st)
Shoe size: (Eur) 38 : (US) 6
Eye colour: Brown
Hair colour: Brown
Skin colour: White
Ethnicity: Spanish
Alias(es): Pascha
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Almudena Fernández (born 1 January 1977 in Benavente, Zamora, Spain) is a Spanish model.1

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Brief professional history

Fernández began her professional career at an early age, leaving Madrid in search for a path that would take her to Milan, Paris, and finally New York, where she has established her home for the past few years.

Career achievements

Fernández has been the cover girl for fashion magazines such as Elle, Marie Claire, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Madame Figaro, Shape, Biba, Joyce and Harper's Bazaar among others. She has been photographed by photographers like Michael Thompson, Ruben Afanador, Raphael Mazzucco, Walter Chin, David Bailey, Mark Baptist, Diego Uchitel, Norman Jean Roy for campaigns for Hermès, Givenchy, Cartier, Wolford, Revlon, Lacoste, Carolina Herrera, Lancel, Gianfranco Ferré, L'Oréal, Carrera&Carrera, Victoria's Secret, and Kookai.

Acting career

Ever since Fernández arrived in New York, she has combined her work as a model with acting classes at the school "New Actors Workshop" directed by George Morrison and the Academy Award winner Mike Nichols.

Back in Madrid Fernández took acting classes at Cristina Rota's school of actors which led her to star at Willie Nelson's "Maria" video clip aside Luke Wilson.

Environment

Fernández, who continues her career as a top model, uses her notoriety to create awareness of the importance of caring for our environment and she doesn't hesitate to do this by collaborating with some projects such as Greenpeace's campaign to fight against the contamination of the sea bottoms, the United Nations to promote micro-credits for the "Women of the World" and Triball a new concept of brand-neighbourhood in Madrid based on the support for an environment and sustainable consumption.

Awards

Cosmopolitan TV awarded Fernández with the award for the best international model of 2007.

See also

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