Jasmine Tookes

Jasmine Tookes

Born (1992-02-01) 1 February 1992
Huntington Beach, California
Partner(s) Tobias Sorensen

Modeling information

Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Hair color Dark brown
Eye color Brown

Jasmine Tookes (born February 1, 1992[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 in 2013

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

  1. ↑ "Jasmine Tookes". Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
  2. ↑ http://www.vogue.it/en/vogue-black/new-faces/2013/02/jasmine-tookes
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lim, James (2011-12-29). "Meet the New Girl: Jasmine Tookes Believes in Humility". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
  4. ↑ Ogunnaike, Nikki. "Getting to Know New Victoria's Secret Angel Jasmine Tookes". Glamour. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  5. ↑ "Meet the New Girl: Jasmine Tookes Believes in Humility". The Cut. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  6. ↑ Cardellino, Carly (2015-09-23). "This Real-Life Couple Gets Paid to Cuddle: Jasmine Tookes and Tobias Sorensen have a romance more swoon-y than the movies.". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  7. ↑ "Pass the butter". New York Post. 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
  8. 1 2 "Top 10 Newcomers SS12: Jasmine". Models.com. 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
  9. ↑ "Jasmine Tookes IMG". Style. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
  10. ↑ "Up Close and Personal with Our Top Ten New Models". Style. 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
  11. ↑ "Victoria’s Secret: The New Class". Style. 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
  12. ↑ "The 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show". International Business Times. 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
  13. ↑ "VS Angel Behati Prinsloo Guest Stars on Hawaii Five-0 This Monday". Victoria's Secret. 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
  14. ↑ "New faces from fall/winter 2012-2013 Fashion Week". Vogue. 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  15. ↑ Toomey, Alyssa (2015-04-28). "News/ Heavenly News! 2015 Victoria's Secret Angels Announced: Martha Hunt, Stella Maxwell and More!". E! News. Retrieved 2015-05-04.

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