Blanca Padilla

Blanca Padilla (born 7 January 1995) is a Spanish model. She was the face of Dolce & Gabbana. In October 2017, she became the new face of Givenchy Beauty.

Blanca Padilla
Blanca Padilla walking the runway for J. Mendel in 2015
Born	(1995-01-07) 7 January 1995 (age 28) Collado Villalba, Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	Model
Modeling information
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Agency	Next Management (worldwide) Model Management Hamburg) The Cool Models (Madrid) (mother agency)^[1]

Career

Padilla began modeling after an agent spotted her on the subway in Madrid^[2] when she was a student at the ESIC Business & Marketing School.^[3] She is signed to NEXT Model Management.^[4]

In February 2014, she was named "Female Model of the Year" at the 59th edition of the Mercedes-Benz Madrid Fashion Week,^[5] for her elegance.^[6] That same year, after covering Telva twice^[7] and Yo Dona^[8] as well as appearing in an editorial for CYL Magazine, she walked the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show,^[9] being the fourth Spanish model to do so after Esther Cañadas, Eugenia Silva and Clara Alonso.^[10] She also opened three fashion shows during fashion week.^[11]

In 2015, she was featured in campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana^[12][13] and Suiteblanco.^[14][15] She also made her Vogue cover debut in the February issue of Vogue España which was the first time in nine years that a Spanish model covered Vogue Spain, the last one being Marina Perez.^[16][17] and Mujer Hoy,^[18] and posed in an editorial for Elle Spain. She was on the cover of the February issue of Vogue Mexico in 2016. She launched a campaign for Brandon Maxwell on the same year. Other brands such as Calzedonia, Ralph Russo, El Corte Inglés, Aritzia and Marc Jacobs Accessories featured her in campaigns the following year. She became the new face of Givenchy Beauty in October 2017.

She has walked the runway for brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, the iconic Givenchy, and in one show, she was the only one to have two looks and close the last show of Riccardo Tisci for the brand. She has also walked for Chanel, Dior, Carolina Herrera, Tommy Hilfiger, Alberta Ferreti, Zac Posen, Anna Sui, Elie Saab, Valentino, Moschino, Anthony Vaccarello, Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, Versace, Brandon Maxwell, Oscar De La Renta, Lacoste, Desigual, Moncler, Mango, Miu Miu, Etro, Bottega Veneta, Dsquared2, La Perla, Alexandre Vauthier, Balmain, Max Mara, Jacquemus, Philipp Plein, Jeremy Scott, Massimo Dutti, Costume National, Blumarine, Ermanno Scervino, Salvatore Ferragamo, Prabal Gurung, Ralph Lauren, Trussardi, Giambattista Valli, J. Crew, Lanvin and Victoria's Secret.

In December 2017, she was awarded Glamour's International Model Award.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Blanca Padilla - Model".
2. "Spain's 'Metro model' to star for Victoria's Secret". thelocal.es. The Local. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
3. Marta Bolonio (5 November 2014). "Blanca Padilla, de 'desfilar' en el metro de Madrid a hacerlo para Victoria's Secret". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). El Confidencial. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
4. Nicole Kulaga (23 June 2014). . chaos-mag.com. Chaos Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
5. "Conoce a Blanca Padilla, la modelo Premio L'Oréal de la 59ª MBFWM". Glamour Spain (in Spanish). 17 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
6. Susana Fernández (18 February 2014). . woman.es (in Spanish). Madame Figaro. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
7. Redacción. (7 November 2014). "Blanca Padilla, ángel de Victoria's Secret". telva.com (in Spanish). Telva. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
8. Lucía Tejo (4 November 2014). "Blanca Padilla, el 'ángel' sexy de sangre española". elmundo.es (in Spanish). El Mundo. Retrieved 11 February 2015. pages 5, 6, 8.
9. Alejandro Becé (2 December 2014). . rervistagq.com (in Spanish). GQ. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
10. Ana Serrano (4 November 2014). "Blanca Padilla, una española en el desfile de Victoria's Secret". Glamour Spain (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2015.
11. Mario Ximénez. "Blanca Padilla. La revelación de otoño". vogue.es (in Spanish). Vogue España. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
12. F? Javier Girela (23 December 2014). "José Mari Manzanares y Blanca Padilla, los españoles que se colaron en el verano de Dolce & Gabbana". revistagq.com (in Spanish). GQ. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
13. Verónica González Soriano (23 December 2014). "El torero José María Manzanares y Blanca Padilla en la nueva campaña de Dolce&Gabbana". telva.com (in Spanish). Telva. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
14. Patricia Moreno Barberá (26 January 2015). "Suiteblanco tampoco se resiste a Blanca Padilla". telva.com (in Spanish). Telva. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
15. "Blanca Padilla para Suiteblanco: todas las imágenes de la campaña jeans de 2015". mujerhoy.com (in Spanish). Mujer Hoy. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
16. Redacción Vogue. "Blanca Padilla, pasión en febrero". vogue.es (in Spanish). Vogue España. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
17. "Blanca Padilla, la modelo española del momento". lavanguardia.com (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
18. "Blanca Padilla, la modelo española que ha conquistado el mundo, en portada de Mujerhoy". mujerhoy.com (in Spanish). Mujer Hoy. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

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