Teresa was born on the 25th January in Trinidad and Tobago, the southern most of the Islands in the Caribbean..
At the age of 9, Teresa migrated to Hamburg, Germany, together with her younger brother Kevin and her mother.At that age she already knew that she wanted to become a model. As fate would have it, she was discovered in the city in Hamburg by one of the bookers of the international modeling agency Mega.
At the tender age of 14 she started her modeling career. Mega models sent her set-card to the world fashion metropolis Milan, New York and Paris where the designers were all eager to book her.
Her break-through came at the age of 16 when she entered and won the contest in Paris “Les Trophees de la Mode” “The fashion Awards” in the category “best newcomer face”.This was the beginning of her career as super model.
When John Galliano saw her set-card ( at that time he was the designer for Givenchy), he said he knew he wanted her for his next show because there was something very very special about her.She flew to Paris and her career started.
From this point on, she became his Muse and so drew the attention of other top designers like Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier, Armani and Tommy Hilfiger , this way all doors to the model business were opened to her.
She has graced the covers of magazines like the French Vogue, American Elle, did campaigns for Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria`s Secret,Valentino and Christian Dior,editorials for the fashion bible “W”, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Vogue, and worked for various catalogues.
Today she is one of the most sought-after models in the world. She has worked with most of the most of the well known photographers of the world,e.g. Richard Burbridge, Peter Lindberg, Karl Lagerfeld, Arthur Elgort,Ruven Afanodar, Gilles Bensimon, Michael Thompson, Andrew Macpherson, Mark Seliger, Albert Watson, Regan Cameron and many more.
She is very successful as a fashion model and she has also appeared in music videos such as Baby Face featuring Pharrell”there she goes” Including the famous Lenny Kravitz video "Again"
She has also appeared in tv-commercials for Poly Brilliance from Schwarzkops, Sean Johns´men perfume “unforgivable” that was shot by Peter Lindberg, and the Campari commercial that was shot by "Tarsem Singh Dhandwar"
We are now anxiously awaiting the next step in Teresa`s career.
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