Danielle Herrington

Danielle Herrington
Born
Danielle Nicole Herrington

(1993-05-26) May 26, 1993 (age 31)
Compton, California, U.S.
OccupationModel
Years active2015–present
Modeling information
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Hair colorDark Brown[1]
Eye colorHazel[1]
AgencyElite Model Management (New York)
Women Management (Paris)[2]
Milk Management (London)
Modelwerk (Hamburg)[3][4]

Danielle Nicole Herrington[5] (born May 26, 1993) is an American model known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, including the cover of 2018 edition where she became the third African-American woman to appear on the cover — after Tyra Banks (1997) and Beyonce (2007).[6]

Background

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Herrington was raised in Compton, California, but rose to fame after becoming a resident of Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood.[7][8] Growing up, she attended Gahr High School in Cerritos, California, before dropping out her sophomore year to be homeschooled, so she can focus on her modeling career.[7] Herrington came from a working family.[9] She describes her childhood as normal and says she was focused on school until college.

Career

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Herrington started envisioning herself as a professional model at the age of 8.[10] She attended John Casablancas' modelling school at age 10 or 11 with the encouragement of her mother.[8] She began modelling at age 13,[6] and Herrington was featured in GQ in November 2016 before she had 10,000 Instagram followers as an Instagram model on the rise who had already done jobs for Victoria's Secret.[10] She first appeared in the Swimsuit issue in 2017, which she booked four months after moving to New York City to pursue her career at age 21.[11][12] The 2017 Swimsuit issue photoshoot, which took place in Fiji, was her first major photoshoot.[7] Her first runway performance was her New York Fashion Week debut at the Philipp Plein's spring show in September 2017 along with Irina Shayk and Adriana Lima.[7] She was selected as the SI Swimsuit issue cover model for the 2018 issue,[13] becoming the third black woman to appear on the cover of the Swimsuit Issue—after Tyra Banks (1997) and Beyonce (2007).[6] Herrington shot the 2018 Swimsuit Issue in the Bahamas.[6] She walked the runway for Plein the second time for its Fall 2018 show.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Danielle Herrington Profile". Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "DANIELLE Herrington - Women Management". www.womenmanagement.fr. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Danielle Herrington - MODELWERK". www.modelwerk.de. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Danielle Herrington". Models.com. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  5. ^ "Danielle Herrington - Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  6. ^ a b c d e Williams, Janice (February 13, 2018). "Who Is Danielle Herrington? Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Becomes Third Black Woman To Grace Cover". Newsweek. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d Kratofil, Colleen (February 13, 2018). "Who Is Danielle Herrington? Everything to Know About the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Star". People. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  8. ^ a b Nolasco, Stephanie (May 15, 2017). "Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Danielle Herrington: 'I was really nervous' to pose". FOX News. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  9. ^ Pirani, Fiza (February 14, 2018). "7 things to know about Danielle Herrington, Sports Illustrated's new swimsuit cover model". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  10. ^ a b Corsillo, Liza (November 21, 2016). "Rising Model Danielle Herrington is Already a Pro on Instagram". GQ. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  11. ^ "Danielle Herrington: Everything we know about the 2018 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue cover model". AOL. February 13, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  12. ^ Fisher, Luchina (February 13, 2018). "5 things to know about Danielle Herrington, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue's new cover model". ABC News. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  13. ^ Hendrix, Kelsey (February 13, 2018). "Your Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2018 Cover Model is Danielle Herrington!". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
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