Elle Macpherson
Supermodel, Celebrity
1964 –
Who is Elle Macpherson?
Elle Macpherson (born 29 March 1964) is an Australian businesswoman, television host, model and actress. She is well known for her record five cover appearances for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue beginning in the 1980s, leading to her nickname "The Body". She is also known as the founder primary model and creative director for a series of business ventures, including Elle Macpherson Intimates, a lingerie line, and The Body, a line of skin care products. In 2010, she became the host and executive producer of Britain Ireland's Next Top Model. She is currently the host and an executive producer NBC's Fashion Star. Macpherson was born Eleanor Nancy Gow, in the Killara neighbourhood of Sydney, the daughter of entrepreneur and sound engineer Peter Gow, a former president of a Sydney rugby league team, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Her mother Frances worked as a nurse before she married. Macpherson grew up in East Lindfield, a North Shore suburb of Sydney, and she attended Killara...
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- Born
- Mar 29, 1964
Killara - Also known as
- Eleanor Nancy Gow
- The Body
- Elanor Nancy Gow
- Elle MacPherson
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Gilles Bensimon
(1986/05 - 1989) - Arpad Busson
(1996 - 2005/07) - Jeffrey Soffer
(2013/07 - ) - Kevin Costner
(1996 - )
- Gilles Bensimon
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Anglo-Celtic Australian
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- Killara High School
( - 1981) - University of Sydney
Law
- Killara High School
- Employment
- Creative Director, Elle Macpherson Intimates
- Chief Marketing Officer, Elle Macpherson Intimates
- Lived in
- Sydney
- Killara
- United Kingdom
- New York City
- Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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