Toni Garrn

Toni Garrn
Garrn in 2017
Born
Antonia Garrn[2]

(1992-07-07) 7 July 1992 (age 32)[2]
Hamburg, Germany
Spouse
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(m. 2020; sep. 2023)​
Children1
Modeling information
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorBlue
Agency

Antonia Garrn (German pronunciation: [ˈtoːni ˈɡaʁn]; born 7 July 1992)[3] is a German model. She rose to prominence in the fashion industry after signing an exclusive contract with Calvin Klein in 2008.[4][5] She is married to British actor Alex Pettyfer, with whom she has a daughter.[6][7]

Early life

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Garrn was born in Hamburg.[3] Her father works for an oil company and her mother is a businesswoman.[4] She has an older brother, Niklas (born 1990), who is also a model. When Garrn was two years old, she moved to London with her family, and later to Athens when she was six, where she studied at Campion School (Athens). By the age of 10, she moved back to Hamburg with her family.[4] Garrn can play classical piano, having taken lessons since age 6.[8][9][10]

When Garrn was 13,[4] she was discovered during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in her hometown Hamburg, and then signed with New York agency Women Management.[5][11]

Garrn's native languages are English (from having lived in England as a child) and German; she can also speak French.[12]

Career

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Garrn at the Berlinale 2017

Garrn debuted on the runway at age 15 as an exclusive for the Calvin Klein Spring/Summer 2008 runway show in New York. She then went on to be featured in the designer's ad campaign. The following season, she again walked exclusively for Calvin Klein.[2] In the 2009-seasons, she walked over 60 shows for prestigious designers such as Stella McCartney, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Hermès, Dolce & Gabbana, Michael Kors and others during fashion week.[2]

She has appeared in Vogue (Paris, Italy, Germany, Russia, China, Spain, Mexico, Japan, Korea, US), Muse, Elle (US, Italy, France), Numéro (France, Tokyo), Glamour (US), Marie-Claire (Italy), Another Magazine, Harper's Bazaar (US), i-D, and on the covers of Tush magazine and V magazine as the eighth ranked model of spring 2008. She also covered the February 2009 edition of Numéro for their #100 issue.[1]

In early 2012, she re-entered the Top 50 Models Women-list of the international modelling site models.com, ranking in 20th place.[13] She was first featured on the list in 2009, eventually peaking in 11th place.

In 2014, she collaborated with German denim label Closed and designs her own line of jeans. Proceeds from the sales of her Closed T-shirt, her "Toni" jeans for women are donated to a charity that focuses on the education of young girls in Africa.[14]

Garrn's résumé includes covers for French, Japanese, Chinese, German and Russian Numéro, German, Italian, Mexican, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Korean, Russian, Portuguese, and Thai Vogue, German and South African GQ, W, French, German and Italian Elle, Madame Figaro, Muse, Harper's Bazaar, Allure, Glamour, The Edit and Grazia.

She appeared in advertisements for Calvin Klein, Prada, Versace, Cartier (fragrance), Jill Stuart, Fendi, Chloé, Emporio Armani, Hugo Boss, Zara, H&M, Dior, Donna Karan, JOOP!, Shiseido, Filippa K, J.Crew, Neiman Marcus, Givenchy (makeup), Tommy Hilfiger, Juicy Couture, Massimo Dutti, Max Mara, Peek & Cloppenburg, Express, Ralph Lauren, Burberry, L'Oréal, Biotherm, NARS Cosmetics, Mango, Ann Taylor, Blumarine, Aigner, Lancel, Alexandre Vauthier, Elie Saab, Calzedonia, Seafolly and Schwarzkopf.[5][1]

Garrn has worked with photographers like Steven Meisel, Peter Lindbergh, Karl Lagerfeld, Manfred Baumann, Paolo Roversi, Mariano Vivanco, Miles Aldridge, Craig McDean, Corinne Day, Camilla Åkrans, Ellen von Unwerth, Mert and Marcus, Victor Demarchelier, David Bellemere, Greg Kadel and Mario Testino.[1]

Victoria's Secret

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In 2011, Garrn started modeling for Victoria's Secret, firstly appearing in their catalogs doing the clothing line. Soon after she walked in the 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and did a photo-shoot for the PINK-line with fellow model Shanina Shaik. Her first Victoria's Secret fashion show casting was actually in 2010, but she was ultimately not cast for that year's show.

In April 2012, Garrn was reported incorrectly by the media to have been chosen to become an official Victoria's Secret Angel.[15] Soon after it was revealed that Garrn was merely chosen to star in a Victoria's Secret campaign for the "Dream Angel" line alongside Erin Heatherton and Lindsay Ellingson as well as the "Angels in Love" commercial starring Elyse Taylor.[16]

On 17 April 2012, Garrn and the Victoria's Secret Angels, Erin Heatherton and Lindsay Ellingson, launched the Victoria's Secret "Love Is Heavenly" fragrance in a Victoria's Secret store in SoHo.[17] In November 2012, she returned to the catwalk of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for the second time, closing the show.[18] She also walked the show in 2013 and again in the 2018 show after a hiatus.

Acting

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Garrn was cast to play the role of Reeva Steenkamp in the 2017 Lifetime movie Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer. The film chronicles Oscar Pistorius' conviction of culpable homicide after fatally shooting Steenkamp on 14 February 2013 in his Pretoria home.[19] In the same year Garrn appeared in the first two episodes of the German drama series You Are Wanted. In 2018, she appeared in Head Full of Honey by Til Schweiger and in Álvaro Soler's music video "La Cintura". In 2019, she appeared in a minor role in the superhero film Spider-Man: Far from Home.

Charity work

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In 2014, Garrn became an ambassador for Plan International's global Because I Am a Girl campaign and has hosted and co-hosted several fundraising events in support of Plan.

In February 2016, Garrn established the Toni Garrn Foundation, which aims to raise money for projects advocating for and advancing girls' access to education in Burundi, Ghana, Rwanda and Uganda.[20] She has hosted an annual fundraiser for her charity aptly titled "Supermodel Flea Market" in which donated clothes from celebrities and models are sold.[21]

Personal life

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Garrn lived in an apartment in Financial District, Manhattan in New York City with her best friend Ali Stephens.[5]

She skipped fashion week in February 2010 in order to focus on the final exams of the Abitur.[5]

Garrn was in a relationship with actor Leonardo DiCaprio from 2013 to 2014.[22]

Garrn was engaged to English actor Alex Pettyfer on 24 December 2019.[23] They married in Hamburg, Germany on 2 October 2020.[24] The couple has a daughter who was born in July 2021.[25] On 22 April 2023, Garrn announced that she and Pettyfer were divorcing on her Instagram account.[26]

Filmography

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Year Title Roles Note
2011 Life + Times: Empire State of Mind Herself Short film
2016 The Shift Short film
2017 Under the Bed Lisa TV movie
2017 You Are Wanted Katja 2 episodes
2017 Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer Reeva Steenkamp
2018 Head Full of Honey
2019 Berlin, I Love You Heather
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home The Seamstress
2021 Crisis Sarah

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Toni Garrn - Model Profile - Photos & latest news". models.com. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d "Profile of Toni Garrn". Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Toni Garrn". Vogue.de. Germany. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d Kaiser, Alfons. "The German Fräulein: Toni Garrn". Faz.net (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Toni Garrn". New York Magazine. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Toni Garrn: "Endlich schwanger" – Das Topmodel darüber, wie lange es auf diesen Moment gewartet hat". 5 March 2021.
  7. ^ Cardoza, Riley (19 July 2021). "Toni Garrn and Alex Pettyfer Welcome First Child". Us Weekly. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Toni Garrn im INTERVIEW von A bis Z". Interview (in German). 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Toni Garrn". Storm Artists. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  10. ^ Toni Garrn [@tonigarrn] (10 December 2016). "When there's a huge GOLDEN grand piano on set... I need to get back on this 🙈 #practicepracticepractice #dontlookatmeeeee". Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2018 – via Instagram.
  11. ^ Prüfer, Tillmann (21 January 2010). "Fräulein Wunder". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  12. ^ stern (7 July 2014), Von wem kam der erste Liebesbrief, Toni Garrn?, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 28 November 2018
  13. ^ "Top 50 Models Women". models.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  14. ^ Feitelberg, Rosemary (19 May 2014). "Toni Garrn Collaborates With German Denim Label Closed". WWD. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  15. ^ "PHOTOS: Meet The New Victoria's Secret Angel". HuffPost. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  16. ^ "Supermodel Erin Heatherton". VS Allaccess. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  17. ^ Clary, Timothy A. (17 April 2012). "Victorias Secret Supermodels Lindsay Ellingson, Erin Heatherton, and Toni Garrn during the launch of the latest Victorias Secret fragrance, Love is Heavenly and the Dream Angels bra during a photo-op at the Victorias Secret Soho Store in New York April 17, 2012". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  18. ^ "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2012". Vogue (in German). 8 November 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  19. ^ "Meet the Victoria's Secret model playing Reeva in new Oscar movie". News24. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  20. ^ "Toni Garrn Foundation". Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  21. ^ Giannotta, Meghan (13 November 2019). "Pop-up 'Supermodel Flea Market' sells models' donated designer goods for a cause". amNewYork. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Leonardo DiCaprio, model Toni Garrn reportedly split". Los Angeles Times. 11 December 2014.
  23. ^ "Alex Pettyfer and Model Toni Garrn Are Engaged After Surprise Christmas Eve Proposal". People. 31 December 2019.
  24. ^ "Alex Pettyfer and Toni Garrn Are Married". People. 4 October 2020.
  25. ^ "Toni Garrn and Alex Pettyfer Welcome First Child". Us Weekly. 19 July 2021.
  26. ^ "Alex Pettyfer's Wife Toni Garrn Announces They Are Divorcing After 2 Years of Marriage". People.com. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
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