Jasmine Tookes
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| File:20141202 Jasmine Tookes at the 2014 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.jpg
Tookes at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2014
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| Born | 1 February 1989 Huntington Beach, California |
| Partner(s) | Tobias Sorensen |
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Hair color | Dark brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Measurements | 34-24-34 (US) |
Jasmine Tookes (born February 1, 1989[2]) is an American model.
Early life
Tookes was born and raised in Huntington Beach, California.[3] She has a younger sister, who is 19 years her junior.[3] She did gymnastics for ten years and was also active in volleyball and softball before she became a model at about the age of 15.[3] Her mother is a celebrity fashion stylist.[3] Tookes was discovered at one of her mother's showroom appointments.[3]
As a child, she was inspired by Tyra Banks.[4]
Personal life
Tookes is of mixed ancestry. African, West Indian and her maternal grandmother is Caucasian.[5] She is in a relationship with Danish model Tobias Sorensen.[6]
Career
Tookes' first commercial ad campaigns were in 2010 for ugg boots and Gap.[3] Before breaking out on the international scene, she booked a Spring 2011 DKNY campaign and a layout in Vogue Italia.[3] According to Page six of The New York Post, when Oprah Winfrey saw Tookes perform on the catwalk in October 2011 at the "Lincoln Center Presents: An Evening With Ralph Lauren", Winfrey extolled Tookes' buttery soft skin and requested that Tookes "Rub your face against mine."[7] Models.com named Tookes as one of the top 10 new models in a September 27, 2011 fashion week post.[8] Tookes was selected by Style as its top new model in November 2011 based on her work for the Spring Fashion Shows.[9][10] She was one of eleven new models for the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2012.[11] The 2012 show was taped in November and broadcast on the CBS network on December 4.[12] The night before the airing of the fashion show, Tookes and fellow Victoria's Secret models Behati Prinsloo and Jacquelyn Jablonski guest starred on the December 3 "Ha'awe Make Loa" episode of CBS' Hawaii Five-0.[13] French Vogue named her as one of its 10 New faces from fall/winter 2012-2013 Fashion Week.[14] Her runway experience includes Shiatzy Chen, Calvin Klein, Tom Ford, Prada, Miu Miu and Versace.[8]
In 2015, she became a Victoria's Secret Angel.[15]
References
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External links
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