Helena Christensen
Helena Christensen
Helena Christensenis a Danish fashion model and photographer. She is a former Victoria's Secret Angel and beauty queen. Christensen has also served as creative director for Nylon magazine, designed clothing, and supported funding for breast cancer organizations and other charities...
NationalityDanish
ProfessionModel
Date of Birth25 December 1968
CountryDenmark
Helena Christensen quotes about
kate
Kate is going to come back, she is going to be super-strong again,
acting appeal best selling television work
I've never wanted to do anything other than model. I'm best at selling lipstick. Acting and television work just don't appeal to me.
night sit talking
We can sit all night talking about girls.
high-heels worn born
I was born in high heels and I've worn them ever since.
cuisine serious world
I am a serious food lover and Peruvian cuisine is one of the best in the world.
dumb complaining supposed-to-be
Don't tell anyone. I'm supposed to be dumb.
hysteria cracks denim
So many times I've wanted to crack up, standing there stiff while seven women are crawling round my toes fixing hems and the designer's having a freak-out because the denim cuffs are crooked. I'm on the verge of hysteria.
photography school world
I felt like I was in the best photography school in the world - I had Herb Ritts, Bruce Weber, Richard Avedon and Irving Penn teach me.
photography interesting use
I am very much aware of the visual side of things. I do a lot of photography. I often take Polaroids of things that strike me as visually interesting, just to remember them and perhaps use later.
silent-films creating body
When you are modelling, you are creating a picture, a still life, perhaps something like a silent film. You convey emotion but you are only using your body.
ruins want film
This was all very new to me and I did not want to ruin his film! So we worked hard on that basis of confidence that is needed to collaborate comfortably.
worried turning-40
I wasn't worried about turning 40 at all.
photograph fascinated
I would love to photograph Stephen Hawking. I am just fascinated by science, I really am.
acting done serious
I had never done any serious acting before, but I decided that it was a chance that I should take.