tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514638372827464287.post3562705499629879615..comments2023-10-22T16:50:38.886+02:00Comments on Want to work for Vogue?: Crystal Renn, b 1986, AmericaKatie Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08967959941081985000noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514638372827464287.post-27353941724021984602009-02-23T13:21:00.000+01:002009-02-23T13:21:00.000+01:00Renn started her modeling career in high fashion a...Renn started her modeling career in high fashion at the age of 14 after being told to lose almost a third of her total body weight. This weight loss eventually triggered a health crisis, causing her to reassess her diet and exercise habits. After gaining 70 pounds and re-emerging as a much-healthier U.S. size 12, she was re-marketed by her agents as a plus-size model, and now enjoys a highly successful career.<BR/><BR/>On June 30 2007, Renn married her longtime boyfriend Gregory Vrecenak at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan, New York. Fashion portraits of her wedding were taken by photographer Brian Boulos.<BR/><BR/>In addition to working repeatedly with notable fashion photographer Steven Meisel and being the only plus-size model to appear on a Harper's Bazaar cover, and appearing in four international Vogue editions, Crystal has enjoyed lucrative contracts with many high-profile plus-size clothing manufacturers such as Lane Bryant, Evans and Torrid, and has also appeared on the runway for Vena Cava, Heatherette, and most notably for Jean-Paul Gaultier in his Spring/Summer prêt-à-porter 2006 collection in Paris, garnering favorable and extensive media interest.<BR/><BR/>Renn is also notable for appearing in back-to-back campaigns in 2007 wearing regular-sized (i.e. not specifically plus-size) clothing for Spanish retailer Mango; her photos appearing amid those of smaller models and without notation regarding her larger size, a rare occurrence in conventional apparel advertising.<BR/><BR/>Comments in online press from her model agent at Ford, Gary Dakin, indicate that Renn has secured a book deal. The book, Hungry, is due to be released in late 2009. During an on-camera interview at an Australian industry function, Dakin further noted that her total income would now be "close to 7 figures".<BR/><BR/>http://the-f-word.org/blog/index.php/2008/03/27/liberally-coated-in-doughnut-batter/Katie Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08967959941081985000noreply@blogger.com