Nadja Auermann (born March 19, 1971) is a supermodel from West Berlin, Germany. She is best known for her record breaking long legs. Auermann was born to two bankers in West Berlin, Germany, who divorced when she was young. Nonetheless, she had a happy childhood. In 1984, her older sister suggested she begin thinking about modeling in order to cash in on her legs, which were unusally long for a 13-year old. In 1989, she left school with the equivalent of a Higher School Certificate with the intention to work for a few years as a waitress while she decided what to do with her life. That was until another woman recommended she begin modeling. She arrived in Paris in 1990, unsuccessfully signing with Karins Modeling Agency in the same year. In 1991, she signed with Elite Model Management and had her picture taken for French Vogue, in addition to appearing in Benneton clothing advertisements. Nadja has modeled for Versace, and she appeared in their classic ad photo in miniskirts along with Christie Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, and Stephanie Seymour. In the following years, she was photographed by super-shooter Ellen von Unwerth and appeared in and on the covers of numerous magazines. In 1997, she had her first child with Olaf Björn, a daughter called Cosima. Two years later, she married German actor Wolfram Grandezka. The couple welcomed their first son, Nicolas, the same year. In recent years, Nadja launched her own perfume ("Nadja Auermann") and has begun acting, having been in two German-language films: Letztes Kapitel (2005) and Dornröschens Leiser Tod (2004). She in known throughout the world for her record-breaking long legs, which are 114cm (45") long. |