Doutzen Kroes is a popular Dutch model and actress who came to prominence as one of Victoria’s Secret top model. She became a brand ambassador for L’Oreal Paris and became the first model in history to show up on the front of four global releases of Vogue in one month.
Kroes also earned “Model of The Year” at Vogue.com by readers and she is viewed as one of the “New Supers” by Models.com.
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| Date of Birth: | January 25, 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Gytsjerk, Friesland, Netherlands |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Occupation: | Model, Actress |
| Parents: | Geartse Leistra, Johan Kroes |
| Siblings: | Rens Kroes |
| Spouse: | Sunnery James Gorre (m. 2010) |
| Children: | Myllena Mae Gorre, Phyllon Joy Gorre |
| Height: | 5 feet 10 inches |
| Net Worth: | $35,000,000 |
Early Life
Doutzen Kroes was born in Gytsjerk, Friesland, Netherlands on January 23, 1985 to parents Johan Kroes and Geartsje. Her father was a psychotherapist while her mother was a nurse and then a teacher.
She also has a younger sister named Rens Kroes.
Career
Kroes started her career as a model. Despite the fact that she had never though of being a model, she sent out pictures to the modelling agency Paparazzi Model Management in Amsterdam, in 2003.
Kroes earned the “Model of The Year” on Vogue.com by readers, in 2005. She was introduced on the May 2007 cover of Vogue as one of the “World’s Next Top Models” alongside Chanel Iman. She also showed up in the 2008 Pirelli Calendar.
A Frisian narrative coordinated by J.J.M. Jansen about seven days in Kroes’ day to day existence as a model was delivered in 2006.
Victoria’s Secret affirmed to People magazine that Kroes was to be the freshest Victoria’s Secret Angel, in August 2008.
Kroes composed a month to month section about her life for the Dutch release of Marie Claire, from November 2009 to July 2010.
Kroes got back to the catwalk during style week for Prada with the likes of Alessandra Ambrosio and Miranda Kerr, in February 2010. Prada was applauded by previous supervisor in-head of Glamor, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire magazines, Bonnie Fuller in her blog for utilizing a curvy model like Kroes for the style show.
Kroes became the first model in history to show up on the front of four global releases of Vogue in one month, in September 2013.
Kroes showed up in the new Calvin Klein Reveal Fragrance business close by Charlie Hunnam, in 2014. She likewise declared that she was finishing her agreement with Victoria’s Secret following seven years of being with the brand.
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Kroes was declared as the spokesmodel for Dutch lingerie retailer Hunkemöller, in 2016 and also came through with her own collection line ‘Doutzen’s Stories’ while being featured in numerous campaigns for the Hunkemöller brand to date.
On 24 November 2011, As an actress, Kroes appeared in Nova Zembla, on November 24, 2011. Kroes has been taking acting classes in New York City for a considerable length of time and has expressed in interviews that she intends to act in more films to come. In 2017, she showed up in the hero film Wonder Woman, as an Amazon warrior.
Personal Life
Kroes began having a relationship with DJ Sunnery James Gorre in 2009 and they eventually got married on November 7, 2010 in Eastermar. Their union is blessed with two children, a son named Phyllon Joy Gorre and a daughter Myllena Mae Gorre.
Kroes has spread conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and vaccines all through the COVID-19 pandemic. She also revealed on her instagram page in September 2021 that she would not be forced to take the shot in reference to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Net Worth
Forbes named Kroes fourteenth in the rundown of the world’s 15 Top-Earning Supermodels, in July 2007 after procuring an estimated total of $1.5 million in the past year. In April 2008, She was named in fifth with an expected pay of $6 million in April 2008. Forbes named Kroes fifth again in 2009 ($6 million), 2010 ($6 million) and 2012 ($6.9 million). Kroes heightened to the second place of the positioning in 2014, having acquired $8 million the year before.
Doutzen Kroes is a Dutch model and actress with an estimated net worth of $35 million.
Social Media
- Instagram: @doutzen
- Facebook: Doutzen Kroes
