Who is Helena Christensen husband? She has never been but was into the relationship for five years with actor Norman Reedus and together the couple became blessed with a son named Mingus Lucien Reedus. However, Christensen and her partner Reedus couldn’t continue their relationship and decided to get separated in 2003. She has also dated American musician, singer and songwriter Paul Banks in 2008. She has been romantically linked to several stars including late Michael Hutchence, Leonardo DiCaprio and Josh Hartnett. Scroll down to read more interesting personal facts and wiki of Helena Christensen.
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Christensen was born on 25 December 1968, which makes her age be 50 years old as of 2018. She is a Danish model and photographer by profession. Most of the people remember her for being the former Victoria’s Secret model. This gorgeous beauty queen has also contributed the Nylon magazine as a creative director. Further, she is also active on several charities including funding for breast cancer organizations.
Early Life and Education
The Danish model was born in 1968 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was born as the eldest daughter to parents named Flemming father) and Elsa Christensen (mother). Talking more about her family background, her mother is Peruvian whereas her father is native Danish. She has a lovely younger sister named Anita with whom the Danish model has shared memorable childhood days. Helena is good at speaking Danish, English, Spanish, French and German. From her young age, Helena developed her interest in modeling and glamour world.
Career and Professional Life
In 1986, Helena was crowned as the Miss Universe Denmark. The beauty pageant contest winner subsequently represented her country in the Miss Universe 1986 pageant. She also participated in the Look of the Year 1987 competition and was named as one of the finalists. Remaining in the home wasn’t fruitful for her modeling profession and therefore she moved to Paris for taking her modeling career to the next level.
The nineties supermodel Helena has now switched her profession to photography. She has been featured in more than 600 magazine covers like W, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue. She has been the part of numerous fashion campaigns like Versace, Lanvin, Prada, Revlon, Chanel, Valentino, Sonia Rykiel and Karl Lagerfeld. The era of the 1990’s was the time for Helena during which she turned as one of the supermodels in the industry. She was featured in 6 by 12 m billboard in Times Square. Victoria’s Secret captured her on their catalog and also in their television commercials along with Karen Mulder, Tyra Banks, Stephanie Seymour and Daniela Pestova.
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In 1991, Helena appeared in the music video of a song entitled “Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak. This song is probably the biggest hit songs ever presented by Chris Isaak. This video was MTV’s “Sexiest Video of All-Time” and was voted #13 on VH1’s “100 Greatest Videos.”In 1992, Helena worked for Revlon cosmetics as its spokesmodel.
Frank DeCaro of the New York Times named Christensen and other six (Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford and Elle Macpherson) as “The Magnificent Seven” in 1996. He named them as the legends of the current catwalk. Helena appeared in the covers of Spanish Vogue in 2011 and has been featured in British Harper’s Bazaar and ELLE as well. We saw her during the advertising campaigns of Ermanno Screvino, Reebok, Charactere and Triumph. According to her professional bio, she is signed to D Management in Milan, 1/One Management in New York City, ZZO Management in Paris and Unsigned Management in London.
In addition to modeling, Helena has also served the Nylon magazine as a creative director. She has proven to be a successful and determined woman entrepreneur. Her own business, Christensen & Sigersen, a clothing line was launched with her lifelong best friend Leif Sigersen. The two friends had previously run a shop named Butik, a shop based in New York’s West Village. She also launched a village clothing line and sold it from the Yo-Yo Second Hand Shop, which her mother’s store located in Christianshavn, Copenhagen, Denmark. For the UK-based lingerie brand, she created a lingerie collection named Helena Christensen for Triumph in 2012.
As of now, Helena has focused her career as a photographer. Her photography works have appeared in Nylon, ELLE and Marie Claire. She has organized her exhibitions in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. She also contributed to the photography series: Libery Ross, Liv Tyler. According to her, she loves doing personal, very intimate projects and doesn’t prefer works that require a lot of pre-meetings. She was also named as the “Global Explorer” in 106 for the Luxury Collection Hotels and Resorts.
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Personal Life
Moving to the personal life of Christensen, she first dated INXS frontman, Michael Hutchence. The couple lived together for five years in France and Denmark. Hutchence was born on 22 January 1960, and died at a young age on 22 November 1997, by committing suicide. He was found dead at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Room 524.
Christensen dated American actor, model and television host Norman Reedus from 1998 to 2003. Despite remaining for five years, the couple didn’t step forward for getting married and living as husband and wife. The duo welcomed their child as a son named Mingus Lucien Reedus on October 13, 1999. Despite the separation, the couple jointly shared the custody of their son by remaining friends.
The Danish supermodel described Paul Banks as her boyfriend during an October 2012 interview. It was publicly announced that Christensen had separated from her long-term boyfriend Banks in July 2018.
Body Measurements
Helena stands at the height of 5 feet and 10 inches and weighs about 64 kg or 141 pounds. One of her distinctive features is her green eyes which makes her look different and unique. The Danish model has an amazing body figure measuring 36-26-35 in or 91.5-66-88 cm. Her dress size is 6 (US) or 38 (EU) whereas her bra size is said to be 34B. Helena needs a shoe size of 8 (US) or 38.5 (EU).
Salary and Net worth
The nineties supermodel turned photographer Helena Christensen has a net worth of 8 million USD. In addition to modeling, she has amassed her fortune from her business and clothing line. She has garnered a huge amount of earnings from her advertising campaigns for Alessandro Dell’acqua, Alberta Ferretti, Blumarine, Bruno Magli, Anne Klein eyewear, Vanderbilt ‘Reverie’ perfume, Versace, Victoria’s Secret, & Guy, Triumph, Ultimo underwear, Next Directory, Nine West, Odd Molly, Gilmar, H&M, Hermes, Istante, Jacques Fath, El Corte Ingles, Ermanno Scervino, Neiman Marcus, , Ole Lynggaard, Palmers, Windsor, X-O-X-O, Dana B. and Karen, Day, Georg Jensen, Gianni Versace Couture, Kenar and much more.
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Wiki and Facts
Wikipedia, IMDb and some other popular wiki sites have provided Helena Christensen biography. You can join her on Instagram @helenachristensen and on Twitter @helenachristens. Helena currently resides in New York, the United States.