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Biography of Cara Delevingne
The starlet Cara Delevingne has ascended the horizon of the fashion industry quite recently. However, this did not prevent a young girl with a fragile figure and expressive eyebrows that drive many famous designers crazy from taking fifth place in the list of world supermodels.
Model and actress Cara Delevingne
Family and childhood Cara Delevingne
Cara was born into a secular Delevingne family. Her grandfather is Sir Jocelyn Stevens, former head of the state commission for English Heritage. Mom Pandora is the head of one of the departments of Selfridges department store. Papa Charles was engaged in the design of housing.
Childhood photos of Cara Delevingne
The godparents of the famous model are also notorious people – actress Joan Collins and writer Nicholas Coleridge. In addition to Cara, the Delevingne family has two more daughters – Chloe and Poppy. The latter, by the way, is also known in the fashion world, for a long time she was the face of Louis Vuitton advertising campaigns. Girls have always had a warm relationship, and the family was considered exemplary.
Immediate and open Cara Delevingne
Delevingne are relatives of the royal family. Kara studied at the prestigious private school Bedales. However, even with obvious family wealth, already in her youth she strove for financial independence. She motivated this by the desire to prove to her relatives that she herself was able to succeed.
Cara Delevingne in childhood and now
Despite the fact that Cara spent her entire childhood in the prestigious Belgravia district of London, rotated in the upper strata of society, received an excellent education and has family ties with the Princess of Wales, she retained a cheerful disposition. The younger Delevingne is not shy about grimacing in front of the cameras, appearing without makeup and experimenting with looks.
The beginning of the modeling career of Cara Delevingne
At the age of 17, Cara Delevingne stepped on the catwalk for the first time. It happened at the Clements Ribeiro show. A couple of months later, the young model was invited to participate in the Burberry Pre-Fall Collection show. Since then, her fruitful collaboration with the Burberry brand has begun. In 2012, she became the face of Burberry Beauty. In addition, she successfully worked with such well-known global companies as H&M, Blumarine, Zara.
Cara Delevingne’s eyebrows have become her hallmark
Its performance is amazing and can serve as an example for many models. The years 2012-2013 were especially successful and eventful for Kara. In just a couple of seasons, the girl managed to take part in the shows of Oscar de la Renta, Shiatzy Chen, Dolce & Gabbana, Jason Wu, Burberry, Stella McCartney, Fendi and Chanel.
catwalk queen
39 shows of the Spring-Summer 2013 season – such a record was set by Cara Delevingne! For such “workaholism”, the girl was awarded the honorary title “Model of the Year” in the prestigious British Fashion Awards.
In addition, in 2012, Kara signed a lucrative contract with the DKNY brand and began to represent the brand in the spring-summer 2013 season.
Film career Cara Delevingne
A versatile girl does not limit her talent only to the podium and studios. In 2012, Cara Delevingne starred in the film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina. In the British-French version, directed by Joe Wright, Cara had a small role as Princess Sorokin. On the set, Delevingne met famous stars Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Emily Watson and others.
Cara Delevingne in Anna Karenina
In addition, the young actress auditioned for the role of Alice in the Hollywood film of the same name directed by Tim Burton. True, the audition did not pass, but she received the role of a representative of London’s golden youth in the feature film “Children in Love”.
In 2016, Cara Delevingne appeared on the big screens as the enchantress June Moon, the heroine of the film Suicide Squad. Together with his good friend Margot Robbie, Will Smith, Jared Leth and other members of the Suicide Squad, they made an attempt to save the world.
Cara Delevingne as Juna Moon
Other creative projects
In 2013, Kara took part in the voice acting of the hero in the game Grand Theft Auto V.
Cara Delevingne’s tattoos
In addition to the modeling business, Delevingne considers music to be another of his hobbies. She even has a home collection of 10 exclusive guitars. From time to time, the girl pleases loved ones by playing the guitar and drums. Delevingne is clearly not going to stop at just one modeling career. In 2013, she sang a duet with her friend, singer Will Hurd.
In 2017, the girl recorded the solo composition “I Feel Everything”, which was included in the soundtrack for the film “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”.
Cara Delevingne style
You can see the model in elegant suits and dresses only at secular receptions. Usually these are feminine long dresses with lace and bold cutouts. In everyday life, Kara prefers her own style, the secret of which she describes in one word “mixing”. In her images, you can find elements of classics, and sports style, and a touch of high fashion.
Sometimes the person of “blue blood” Delevingne can be confused with a yard girl. She loves skinny jeans, caps, knitted hats, bombers and various jackets.
Cara Delevingne’s personal life
Cara Delevingne is used to rotating in the upper strata of creative youth. Therefore, among her friends are such young stars as Rita Ora, Azealia Banks, Alexa Chung, Rihanna, Sky Ferreira and others.
At 18, the top model dated the son of Rolling Stones guitarist Tyrone Wood. After parting with him, as an argument, Kara stated that she did not want to be a girl on the neck of an adult man.
Cara Delevingne is bisexual
In 2011, Kara was seen in the company of Harry Styles, a member of the English music group One Direction. However, these relationships did not last long.
Cara Delevingne and Michelle Rodriguez
In 2014, information appeared in the media that Cara was in a close relationship with American actress Michelle Rodriguez, who was often attributed to bisexuality.
Michelle Rodriguez and Cara Delevingne on vacation
In February 2015, it became known about Kara’s relationship with American singer Annie Clark (or St.Vincent), who is 10 years older than her. Presumably, their relationship began a few months ago. Girls quite often appeared together at many secular parties and went to rest together. Subsequently, the model confessed to reporters in his non-traditional orientation.
Pictured: Cara Delevingne and Annie Clark
In 2024, the model dated actress Ashley Benson.
Cara Delevingne now
In 2017, Cara, along with Dane DeHaan, starred in Luc Besson’s blockbuster Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. They appeared before the audience as space special agents investigating a conspiracy on the planet Alpha.
Shot from the film “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”
In the same season, Russian viewers could see Delevingne in the drama “Tulip Fever” with Alicia Vikander. Cara plays Henrietta, a maid who gets in the way of a relationship between a young tulip merchant and the wife of a well-to-do but very introverted merchant.
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