Daria Werbowy
| Daria Werbowy | |
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Werbowy in 2008
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| Born |
Дарія Вербова November 19, 1983 Kraków, Poland |
| Nationality | Canadian／Ukrainian |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Parent(s) | Daniel & Anna Werbowy |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 1.81 |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Manager | Elmer Olsen IMG Models |
Daria Werbowy (Ukrainian: Дарія Вербова, Dariya Verbova; born November 19, 1983) is a Ukrainian-Canadian model. She is perhaps best known as a spokesperson for the French beauty brand Lancôme.
Although born in Kraków, Poland, Werbowy holds Canadian and Ukrainian citizenship. When she was three years old, Werbowy's parents Daniel and Anna Werbowy moved to Mississauga, a city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. She has an elder brother named Orest and elder sister named Oksana. At age fourteen, Werbowy was 5'11", willowy and sporting braces. She attended St. Sofia Ukrainian Catholic Elementary School and Cawthra Park Secondary School as a visual arts student.
She is an avid sailor and spent three months in 2008 sailing across the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. In 2011, she embarked on a two-month expedition from Guatemala, travelling around Central America to Costa Rica.
Werbowy had never seriously considered modeling, but found herself launched into the business after meeting a schoolmate's mother who headed Toronto's Susan J. Model & Talent Management. At age 14, Werbowy won a national modelling contest.
After switching to Elite Model Management, Werbowy landed several prominent bookings in Canada but achieved little international success. Werbowy lived in London and Greece, where she did not find much work. Her first runway season was disrupted and her bookings canceled due to the 9/11 attacks in New York City. Thus she went to Europe. After an exhausted eight months, Werbowy returned to Canada. She gave modeling a final shot as a means to fund her art school education. "I returned to New York, met my agent and the next day I had an exclusive deal with Prada. From then on it was all a bit of a blur."
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