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Carmen Kass
Carmen Kass
Carmen Kass was born September 14, 1978, in Tallinn,
Estonia and raised in Paide.
A 14-year-old Carmen had already received recognition
by the time she was discovered in a supermarket in Tallinn
by an Italian modeling scout. She was ready to set her
sights higher and go for the Miss Estonia title, but the
offer to fly to Milan to jump start a modeling career
seemed like a more glamorous and lucrative option.
After being represented in her native Estonia by a small
agency called "Baltic Models", Kass moved to
 Paris
at the age of 18. She received exposure on the cover of
magazines worldwide, such as L'Officiel and Vogue (France)
in 1997, Elle (Australia), Image (UK), Madame Figaro,
Numero France, Vogue (France), and Vogue (US) in 1999.
In 1999, Kass strutted down the catwalks for top designers
such as Alberta Ferretti, Anna Sui, BCBG, Bill Blass,
Calvin Klein, Chanel, Christian Dior, DKNY, Dolce &
Gabbana, Gianfranco Ferré, Gianni Versace, Gucci,
Jill Stuart, MaxMara, Michael Kors, Moschino, Nicole Miller,
Prada, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger,
Louis Vuitton, and Valentino.
Kass has posed in advertisements for Calvin Klein, Chanel,
Donna Karan, General Motors, Guy Laroche, Krizia, and
Versace. She is also recognized for her appearances in
a Gap denim advertising campaign.
Kass is a spokesperson for Sephora, one of the world's
leading cosmetics retailers, and the Christian Dior perfume,
J'adore. In February 2004, she joined Estonia's ruling
Res Publica party and was running for the European Parliament
after her homeland joined the European Union in May 2004.
She gained about 2000 votes from Estonian electorate and
was not elected to the European Parliament. The same year
she was elected the President of Estonian National Chess
League and she ran a campaign for obtaining the right
to organise Olympics of Chess in 2008 in Tallinn, Estonia,
which was however given to Bremen, Germany.
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