Andreea Diaconu
| Andreea Diaconu | |
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Diaconu in 2014
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| Born |
28 March 1991 Bucharest, Romania |
| Occupation | Model |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Manager | IMG Models |
Andreea Diaconu (Romanian pronunciation: [anˈdreja ˈdjakonu]; born March 28, 1991) is a Romanian model. She is one of the most popular models from Romania. She has been featured on the covers of magazines from France, Romania, Russia, Spain, and Switzerland. Diaconu posed for a Vogue magazine for the first time at age 21, for the February 2013 issue. She is the face of Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, and Belstaff. In 2014, she was shot in a spring campaign for Belstaff, featuring David Beckham.
Diaconu is notably the second Romanian, after Diana Moldovan, to pose for the famous Victoria's Secret catalog. Moldovan and Diaconu have also opened three health food restaurants called Moo Moo near Bucharest. Diaconu can speak five languages, including three fluently along with some French, Italian, and some basic Mandarin.
Diaconu was 11 years old when a local scout first approached her to enter the field of modeling; however, she did not take them up on their offer until she was 13. She was discovered while swimming in a public pool. She explained her initial reluctance to become a model in an interview with the Daily Front Row, saying that the preconception of models is not great where she comes from, which is why she was not attracted to the idea. She added that encouragement from her friends and the money convinced her to pursue a career in modeling. Diaconu further elaborates on her first few years as a model in this excerpt from an interview with WSJ magazine:
Agents continued to approach her parents, but Diaconu didn't give modeling another go until a couple of years later. An agent booked her for a major show in New York, but the experience was a shock. "I remember crying and crying, and everything was too big on me. I was 13. I was a beanpole." When a seamstress brought her to tears, she told her mother she wanted to go home.
Through high school, Diaconu modeled part time, but she was teased when she'd return from Paris or London with different colored hair. The international travel helped her learn five languages, though, and after graduation, she realized modeling could pay for higher education. "The plan was for me to make enough money for four years of college, and then I'd walk away."
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