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Biography |
Yamila Diaz Rahi was born in Argentina, to a doctor father
and an old folks home manager mother. Of Lebanese and
Spanish descent, Yamila and her two sisters, Maria and Yael,
were raised in Argentina.
With no original intention to become a model, everything
changed for Yamila when she was spotted by a modeling agency
scout in Buenos Aires, where Yamila was an Economics
student. After this chance encounter, she flew to Milan
where her career as a model began.
It took a while for the exotic beauty to break through, and
she started off by doing department store catalogues for
several years. But it was after her work in the Sports
Illustrated Swimsuit Calendar in 1999 that Yamila
skyrocketed to model status.
Everyone from Glamour to Cosmopolitan took notice, as did
the people at Victoria's Secret. After Yamila modeled
lingerie for every man's favorite catalogue, it was no
secret that Yamila would appear on the cover of magazines
worldwide.
Since her swimsuit and lingerie modeling stint, Yamila has
graced the covers of Marie Claire, Elle (US and Spain), the
European editions of Max, GQ and Shape. Yamila also joined
the beautiful bevy of models for the 2000 Sports Illustrated
Swimsuit Edition, including Estella Warren and Laetitia
Casta.
In addition to her work with the Newport News catalogue,
Yamila has recently appeared as one of the newest "Cover
Girl" models, joining Niki Taylor, and has also appeared in
ads for Replay jeans, Ungaro's "Fleur de Diva" perfume, and
Italian cosmetics "Bio-Etyc".
She may not be strutting down the runways for big name
designers just yet, but Yamila has just been cast in an
important movie role, to appear in an Italian feature film
entitled Il pesce innamorato ("Love of the Fishes"), along
with Italian actor Leonardo Pieraccioni.
Since it was luck that got her to where she is, Yamila has
never allowed herself to develop the diva attitude many
models are known for, despite the glamorous life she now
leads. With the short life span of models, she recognizes
that her looks are not enough of an attribute. This is why
the South American beauty broadens her achievements by
developing her language skills -- learning Italian and
English -- and delving into literature, most notably
Brazilian writers.
Yamila currently resides in Manhattan, with her boyfriend,
Italian artist, Giuliano. |
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