Biography
Devon Aoki is a successive model and a talented actress, the role of a mute miho killer in the militant Robert Rodriguez "City of Sin". The MODELS.com global aggregator relates Devon to the current icon of the fashion industry. She is the lowest model in the world.Childhood and youth
Devon Edmen Aoki was born on August 10, 1982 in New York. From early childhood, a girl lived in luxury and wealth. Family wealth provided a business father - the former RESTLER Rocky Aoki, which in 1964 opened the first sushi-restaurant "Benikhan" in New York. Now this franchise covers the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, North and South America. Mother Devon - Pamela Hilburger, jewelry designer.
Rocky Aoki married 3 times, Pamela became the last companion of his life. They brought up seven children, including Devon and its consolidated brother Steve Aoki - one of the best DJs of modernity. The kids inherited from parents Japanese, German and British roots.
Fashion
Devon Aoki came to the model business at 13th. Non-standard mixing of blood presented a girl a unique appearance that interested Kate Moss. Fortunately, to the inner light of the top models listened.Just 2 years later, in 1997, Devon received the first invitations to shoot from brands such as Chanel, Balenciaga and Comme Des Garçons. In 1998, 16-year-old Aoki became the face of Versace, replacing Naomi Campbell.
Year after year Model Career Devon Aoki flourished. She collaborated with fashionable houses Kenzo, Hugo Boss, L'Oreal, Lancome, Tiffany & Co, Yves Saint Laurent, participated in Defile Versace, Chanel, Baby Phat and Marc Jacobs. Her face decorated the covers of international fashion magazines: Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Nylon, Elle Girl.
Wanting to change the course of his biography, in the early 2000s, Aoki pulled away from the world of fashion in favor of acting career. In 2017, she returned to the podium for the sake of displaying Moschino and the Sephora X Moschino advertising campaign. Now Devon continues to cooperate with brands.
Fashionable browser magazine Dazed Dominic Kadogan in 2017 called Devon Aoki to the cult model, "one of the most recognizable persons of the 1990s." He argued that by the time Devon was 16 years old, the leading photographers of the fashion industry had already dreamed of getting her photo into their collection.
In April 2019, Marie Claire magazine included Devon Aoki into the number of 15 supermodels that changed fashion face. These and other achievements became possible, despite the significant, according to the standards of the fashion industry, the flaw of the Aoki figure.
The sphere does not welcome girls whose growth is below 173 cm, and Devon has only 168 cm at a weight of 48 kg. Aki affectionately called the smallest model in the world. With his distinction from other girls, Devon is just proud, it is not afraid to be filmed in a swimsuit (and sometimes without him) along with "full-fledged" models.
Films
First work in Devon Aoki filmography - "Double Fast and Furious" (2003). When the girl agreed on the role of a street rider, it turned out that she could not drive. Drift art has been trained in the shortest possible time under the guidance of professional cascaders.
Aoki's acting fame brought the role of the mikho killer in the cult militant Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino "City of Sins" (2005). In the frame, the girl did not say a word - her speaking, the charismatic face took the "blow" on himself.
Then followed the films "War" (2007), "Chronicles of Mutants" (2008), "Rosencranz and Guildencterns are resurrected" (2009). None of the paintings had special success on the big screen.
Devon Aoki was supposed to play Tatsu Yamashiro, or Katan, in the 3rd season of the series "Strela", but because of the dense schedule, it was necessary to refuse. As a result, the Character tried out the Japanese model Rila Fukushima.
Personal life
Unlike many celebrities, Devon Aoki does not hold a personal life secret. Her husband James Bailey is the founder and partner of Velos Patrners. The couple announced the engagement in 2010, but their firstborn James Hunter Bailey was born on June 10, 2011 out of marriage.On February 12, 2013, the second child appeared in the family - the babe of Alessandra Linville Bailey, and in 2015 - Eleonor Bailey. Children Devon and James are unnecessary proof of how beautiful the result of blending blood can be.
Open sources argue that spouses broke up in early September 2019.
Devon Aoki now
Judging by the "instagram", Devon Aoki returned to the model business: in August 2019, she starred for Harper's Bazaar. According to the site Models.com, now the celebrity is Lancome, and its "native house" is a model agency Women.
Filmography
- 2003 - "Death of the Dynasty"
- 2003 - "Double Forement"
- 2004 - "Spies"
- 2005 - "City of sins"
- 2006 - "DOA: Live or Dead"
- 2007 - "War"
- 2008 - "Chronicles of Mutants"
- 2009 - "Rosencranz and Guildencterns are resurrected"