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Suvi Koponen Profile |
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Birth Date: March 26, 1988
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Birth Place: Vantaa, Finland
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Birth Name: Suvi Maria Koponen
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Biography |
Suvi Koponen is a Finnish supermodel, who rose to fame after winning the
2005 Mallikoulu (Model School in English) contest in
Finland, which can be compared with America's Next Top
Model.
Koponen has established a credible modeling career. She has
worked for numerous designers including Anna Sui, Vera Wang,
Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Anne Klein, Blumarine, Miu Miu,
BCBG Max Azria, Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton, Nina Ricci and
Prada. Koponen has also had an editorial in the French Vogue
shot by David Sims. Koponen has also appeared in the
American Vogue.
In 2005 Koponen won the televised Mallikoulu ("Model
School") contest. She got a model contract with Finnish
Paparazzi agency. Koponen made her runway debut at the major
Fashion Weeks during the Fall/Winter 06/07 runway season,
but it was not until the following season that she truly
broke out, walking exclusively for Prada and Miu Miu. She
was on the cover of Finnish magazine Pàp in November 2005
and also in 2006.
She appeared on the cover of Amica magazine (Germany) in May
2006. Since 2006 Koponen has been recognised
internationally. In the same year she appeared in print ads
for Anteprime.
In 2007 Koponen appeared in five editorials for French,
British, Italian, and American Vogue. She became the face of
Balenciaga fall campaign and replaced Natalia Vodianova as
the face of the Calvin Klein collection. In February 2007
she walked the runways for Chanel, Hermès, Jil Sander, and
Nina Ricci, among others. She appeared on cover of French
Vogue Beaute and opened the Jill Stuart, Marc by Marc
Jacobs, and Marni fashion shows and closed the Nina Ricci
show in Paris. She appeared on cover of Dazed & Confused in
April 2007. In fall 2007 she became the face of Blumarine
spring ad-campaign alongside Bette Franke and starred in the
Mulberry fall ad-campaign alongside Caroline Trentini.
In August 2007 New York Magazine chose "The Top Ten Models
to Watch This Fashion Week" and placed Koponen on third.
Koponen hasn't made a lot model work in her home country
Finland because she has been busy with work in abroad, but
in March 2007 she appeared in Finnish Trendi magazine and
told about her experiences.
In September 2007 she was named one of British Vogue's “Head
Girls,” a model to watch out for in the upcoming season. She
also opened the Reem Acra spring show in New York and closed
the Carolina Herrera, Jill Stuart and DKNY spring shows in
New York. Later that month she opened the Alberta Ferretti,
Anna Molinari, Fendi and Just Cavalli shows in Milan and
closed the Alberta Ferretti, Alessandro Dell’Acqua and
Roberto Cavalli shows also in Milan.
She is signed with the model agencies Supreme (New York),
Women (Milan and Paris), Premier (London), Paparazzi
(Helsinki), Stockholmsgruppen Models 2pm management
(Copenhagen) and IMM - International Model Management.
Finnish professionals Outi Broux and Riku Campo ranked her
number one on their Finland's most successful models list.
"Since 70-80's no one haven't been as successful as Suvi,"
Outi said simply.
She is friends with well-known models Behati Prinsloo, Irina
Kulikova, Catherine McNeil, Alana Zimmer and Alyona
Osmanova.
Koponen is interested in shopping for novelty T-shirts. |
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since January 21, 2008