Fernanda Tavares (born September 22, 1980) is a Brazilian model.
Biography
Born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Tavares was appearing in local shows at the age of nine, and at just 13 she won the "Elite Look of the Year" contest. A year later, she was invited by agents to go to São Paulo to pursue a modeling career. In 1998, at the age of 17, she was already appearing on the covers of fashion magazines – L'Officiel Paris, Deutsch and U.S. Marie Claire and Vogue Paris – having signed up with the Marilyn Modeling Agency in both New York City and Paris. She would later go on to appear in numerous other popular magazines, including ELLE,[2]Cosmopolitan, Allure,[3] and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.[4]
^"HEAVENLY CREATURES". Elle. 20 (5–7). 2005. Brazilians such as the amply curvaceous Caroline Ribeiro, Fernanda Tavares, and (official spokeswoman for the push-up bra) Gisele Bündchen have dominated the catwalk in recent years.
^"Versace". Allure. 13 (5–8): 56. 2003. Versace Intensive Revitalizing eye masks were a hit with the show's makeup artists, who smoothed the cooling gel patches under the eyes of models such as Karolina Kurkova, Fernanda Tavares, Amber Valletta
^Wee, Sui-Lee (23 November 2018). "Dolce & Gabbana's social media crisis in China underlines perils for luxury brands". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 30 January 2019. Photo, 2002: Fernanda Tavares with Dolce, Gabbana, Gisele Bündchen, Esther Cañadas, and Naomi Campbell at the unveiling of the Dolce & Gabbana men's fashion collection for the Spring/Summer 2003, in Milan.