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May Andersen Profile |
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Birth Date: June 16, 1982
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Birth Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
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Birth Name: Lykke May Andersen
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Height: 5'10"
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Biography |
May Andersen is a Danish supermodel. She is most
known for her work with Victoria's Secret and the Sports
Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Despite her recent air rage
arrest, her newfound notoriety has not changed her status of
officially being used for publicizing the Danish tourism
program: "Who doesn't like a Dane?" although her agency
Elite Model Management tried to distance her and themselves
from it by changing her official booking name to Lykke May
after the arrest and subsequent publicity, in time for New
York's Fashion Week in July 2006.
As a child she wanted to be a singer and took vocal lessons.
Her career goal changed dramatically when a photographer
spotted her on a Copenhagen street at age thirteen. The
photographer convinced her and her parents that she would
have a good chance of having a successful career as a
fashion model, despite her young age. The year she turned
eighteen, she relocated to New York.
In 2000 the car she was riding in was hit by a garbage truck
on Sixth Avenue. She broke her collarbone, her wrist in
three places, and sustained injuries to her pelvis. She
later received compensation from the City of New York.
On April 20, 2006, May Andersen was arrested for hitting a
flight attendant on a flight from Amsterdam to Miami.
Andersen was aboard Martinair Flight 643 on Thursday. She
was "loud and disruptive all throughout the flight,"
according to a Miami-Dade police spokeswoman. Airport police
arrested Andersen when the flight landed. She continued her
loud and unruly behavior with officers, police said.
Andersen was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital to check for
signs of alcohol or drug abuse, then booked into Miami-Dade
County Jail.
Deported by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials
to the Netherlands on Monday, April 24, after spending two
nights in jail. She is charged with battery, resisting
arrest and disorderly intoxication. Upon her return to the
United States, she will have to stand trial.
On April 28, 2006, she appeared on Danish television,
defending her behavior by stating that she could have pushed
the flight attendant away accidentally while she slept,
because he was bent over her attempting to adjust her seat.
She also stated that she was awoken a second time by a
police officer pulling her arm which could explain her
unruly behavior because she did not understand the charge,
and was separated from her girlfriend and still sleepy etc.
In the TV-clip, pictures of her bruises were shown.
On July 25, 2006, in order to avoid a long and costly trial,
she was offered a deal where she had to undergo an anger
management course. Once completed, all charges would be
dropped. The remaining charge, which there was evidence to
support, was resisting arrest without violence. On August 1,
2006 it was confirmed that she had accepted the deal and
would seek a course in New York, because the concept of such
courses is unknown in Denmark. On September 20, 2006 the
record on the Clerk of court page confirmed that she had
completed the treatment of the undiagnosed psychological
sickness. (Record M06020827, dockets page).
On 21 September 2006, the American television series Six
Degrees debuted on ABC with an opening scene of a character
named Mae Anderson (played by Erika Christensen who is of
Danish extraction), who after a night out carousing with
friends, decides to hop on a garbage truck/street sweeper
heading down Fifth Avenue toward Washington Square Park and
take off her top, an act which gets her arrested. This bears
several striking similarities with Andersen's own life,
especially the car accident: The character's name, the
actress's heritage, the garbage truck near Sixth Avenue, and
an arrest (including scenes of her being identified by her
mug shot in succeeding episodes). |
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Other
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Measurements: (US) 32-24-34 ; (EU) 81-61-86
Dress Size: (US) 8 ; (EU) 38
Shoe Size: (US) 7 ; (EU) 38
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue |
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since December 12, 2007