Elsa Benítez, Supermodel, - Biography
Supermodel, model,
Height: 5 foot 11 (180 CM)
WEIGHT:
125 lbs
MEASUREMENTS: 34-23-33.5
Born on December
8, 1977, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico,
Elsa Benitez is a Mexican supermodel. Benítez got her modeling start after winning an international model search, held in Costa Rica in 1995. With Linda Evangelista as one of her childhood idols, Benítez decided to follow her dream of modeling. Modeling opportunities opened up for Benítez soon after, first in Mexico, where she started out her career, & then in the United States & Europe.
She become a supermodel after being chosen by photographer Steven Meisel & being featured many times on the US & Italian Vogue for Meisel's layouts.
In 1996, she appeared on the cover of Vogue Italy three times in April, August & September. After signing with Elite Model Management, she then appeared on the covers of many fashion magazines, including Vogue, ELLE, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Harper's Bazaar, & Marie Claire. Benítez has also done advertising campaign work for Dolce & Gabbana, Macy's, Episode, I-N-C, J.Crew, Óscar de la Renta, Rena Lange, Nine West, Valentino, & Jones New York, & has modelled for Victoria's Secret. Benítez appeared in the 1999 Pirelli Calendar that featured "Women Through the Decades." She was photographed as a representative of the "groovy '70s."
She also appeared in Enrique Iglesias' music video "Love to See You Cry" in 2002. Benítez was also selected to be on the cover of the 2001 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She has appeared in the Swimsuit Edition five times since her debut in the magazine. In the 2004 issue, Sports Illustrated reported Benítez's story of nearly boarding the doomed TWA Flight 800–a Boeing 747 that exploded over the Atlantic soon after takeoff. She was crying on the phone to her husband & said, "I feel something is going to happen on the flight." Her husband told her not to worry, but she continued to cry. She changed her ticket & took off ten minutes after TWA Flight 800. "It made me appreciate so much that just being alive is a gift."
Benítez plans to enter the film industry & as such
has taken acting lessons. She hopes to work in both Spanish & English language
films. She married former NBA player, Rony Seikaly -- 12 years her senior -- in
September 1999, & she filed for divorce in August 2005. They have one daughter
together, Mila.
This site was written in April 2007
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