Kristy Hinze (born 16 October 1979) is an Australian model, actress and television host. She was born on the Gold Coast where she was reportedly raised on a cattle station in Beaudesert, Queensland.^{citation needed} The blonde has appeared in Sports Illustrated as well as the Victoria's Secret catalogue.

She is currently the face of Australian retail chain Sportscraft.^{citation needed}

It was announced in February 2008 that Kristy will be the host of the Australian version of US reality TV show, Project Runway.¹

Kristy is the granddaughter of Russ Hinze (Queensland Politician) and sister of Guy Hinze (ex-Qld Police officer and owner of Bubs Baby Shops)

In October 2008 she became engaged to James H. Clark, founder of Silicon Graphics and Netscape. They married on March 22, 2009.². Clark is 34 years Hinze's senior.

Trivia

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• Hinze appeared on the tenth season of America's Next Top Model and was working at that time with Elite model management New York
• Hinze appeared on the cover and did a fashion spread for Vogue Australia in 2008
• Hinze is the host and head judge of Project Runway Australia
• Hinze appeared on the first ever cover of the short lived Australian Edition of Ocean Drive magazine
• Hinze's grandfather was the late Russ Hinze, a state minister in Queensland, Australia.
• In 1994, when she was only 14 years old, Hinze was contracted to appear in the Australian edition of Vogue.
• Hinze takes exception to Japanese whaling and appeared to call for the whalers to be put to death, stating "I think we should do to the whalers what they're doing to the whales".³
• Reportedly bought a home in Australia online while taking a break from filming Adam Rifkin's Without Charlie in L.A.⁴
• Hinze also portrayed Marc Anthony's love interest in the music video for his single "You Sang To Me", both the Spanish and English versions.

Quotes

• "I feel more Australian when I am overseas: you can take the girl out of Australia, but you cannot take Australian out of the girl."⁵
• "My accent isn't too broad, like most Queenslanders. But yes, I do have to talk a little slower so people can understand what I am saying."⁵
• About her 64 year old billionaire husband — "To me, it was different to hang out with someone with something to say that was so interesting and important and who was truly, incredibly intelligent. He's handsome and has so much charisma — and he's so funny."

References

External links

• Kristy Hinze in Sports Illustrated
• Kristy Hinze at the Internet Movie Database
• Kristy Hinze at Fashion Model Directory
• Kristy Hinze Ask Men Profile

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