"Emma Wiklund Emma Wiklund (born Sjöberg, September 13, 1968) is a Swedish fashion model and actress. She appeared on several covers of Elle magazine and in the 1992 George Michael music video for ""Too Funky"". Her acting roles include playing Police-Woman Petra in the four ""Taxi"" films (1998–2007). Born in Stockholm, Sweden, she is a 177 cm tall, blue-eyed blonde who has walked the runway for Thierry Mugler, Christian Lacroix and Lanvin. She was signed to Elite Model Management and can be seen in George Michael's music video for ""Too Funky"" alongside other models such as Linda Evangelista. She dated"
"Linda Evangelista, and Christy Turlington; the portrait of the five women is regarded as the cover that sparked the supermodel phenomenon of the 1990s, helping each woman attain global appeal. Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, the cover inspired pop star George Michael to cast Patitz, Crawford, Evangelista, Turlington and Campbell in his music video for the song ""Freedom! '90"" which was directed by David Fincher. Michael did not appear in the video; instead, each woman would lip-synch the song in Michael's place. Patitz and her co-stars were already top stars in the fashion world but were now gaining major recognition for"
"used, namely Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, and Tatjana Patitz. Mugler decided, however, that he wanted new models and only kept Evangelista for the project. The video was produced by Beasley and filmed by Mike Southon. A rare ""alternate edit"" of the video includes several male models, including eventual ""Grey's Anatomy"" star Justin Chambers and Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou, who was discovered by Mugler in Paris, and sometimes can be found online. ""Too Funky"" reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart in 1992 and became that year's most played record in Europe. As of October 2017, the"
"Tatjana Patitz Tatjana Patitz (born 25 May 1966) is a German model and actress who achieved international prominence in the 1980s and 1990s representing fashion designers on runways and in magazines such as ""Elle"", ""Harper's Bazaar"", and ""Vogue"". Patitz is one of the ""big five"" supermodels who appeared in the 1990 music video ""Freedom! '90"" by George Michael, and is associated with the editorial, advertising, and fine-art works of photographers Herb Ritts and Peter Lindbergh. In his 2015 book ""Models of Influence: 50 Women Who Reset The Course of Fashion"", Nigel Barker reflected on Patitz's modeling career during the height"
"George Michael's ""Freedom! '90"". By then, Campbell, Turlington, Evangelista, Crawford and Claudia Schiffer formed an elite group of models declared ""supermodels"" by the fashion industry. With the addition of newcomer Kate Moss, they were collectively known as the ""Big Six"". In March 1991, in a defining moment of the so-called supermodel era, Campbell walked the catwalk for Versace with Turlington, Evangelista and Crawford, arm-in-arm and lip-synching the words to ""Freedom! '90"". Later that year, she starred as Michael Jackson's love interest in the music video for ""In the Closet"". In April 1992, she posed with several other top models for"
"in what they would later wear in George Michael's ""Too Funky"" video-clip directed by Thierry Mugler. This began for Philippe Robert a long and intense period of artistic creativity. For over 10 years he was assisted by Laurent Caron who created his own production company IOROPE, in the early 2000s. True to his education and artistic background, Robert collaborated in multiplies multiple ways that mixed fashion, movie and music. He contributed photographs for widely diverse publications. These included popular fashion magazines (""ELLE"", ""Harper's Bazaar"", ""Marie-Claire"" ...) ; specialized press (""Max"" : French and Italian editions, ""Paris Match"", ""Photo"", ""VSD"" ...)"
"this day as the magazine's highest-selling issue. She then appeared in the music video for George Michael's ""Too Funky"" song, in which she parodied her modeling persona. In July 1992, she was on the cover of Canadian fashion magazine ""Flare"", which was an issue honoring Canada's 125 years as a nation. She was also said to have started the trend for thin eyebrows, which later coincided with the arrival of the Neo-Hippie fashion trend in the fall of 1992. Her cover for the September 1992 issue of ""Harper's Bazaar"" is now seen as ""iconic"", and it was ranked #9 on"
"all dressed in white shirts that he had recently discovered and launched their careers. A year later, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Tatjana Patitz, Cindy Crawford, and Christy Turlington, young models then, were photographed together for the first time by him for the January 1990 British ""Vogue"" cover. Credited as the one who officially started the era of supermodels, his cover inspired singer George Michael to cast those models in the video for his song ""Freedom '90"", and around the same time Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace for his Fall–Winter 1991 fashion show featuring the new supermodels featured two years earlier"
"Le Bon of Duran Duran to feature Turlington in their ""Notorious"" video in 1986, at the age of 17. In 1990, singer George Michael drew inspiration from Peter Lindbergh's January 1990 British ""Vogue"" cover (which features Turlington, Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, and Tatjana Patitz) for his ""Freedom!"" video. The video featured all top 5 female models along with their top 5 male counterparts, lip-syncing the song. The video was shown during George Michael's 2008 concert tour while he sang. She was added on as the fourth model investor, after Elle Macpherson, Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer of the now"
"song re-entered the Hot 100, peaking at number 31. In December 2017, ""Last Christmas"" reached #1 in the Swedish singles chart. The video to ""Last Christmas"" shows Wham! members George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley accompanying girlfriends to see friends at an unspecified ski resort: the cable-car that can be seen in two shots is from Saas-Fee, Switzerland. It becomes clear early on that the character of Ridgeley's girlfriend (played by model Kathy Hill) was previously in a relationship with Michael and that the song is aimed at her. She can easily be spotted throughout the video by the fact that"
"song, he still refused to appear in it. Instead, inspired by Peter Lindbergh's now-iconic portrait of Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, Christy Turlington, and Cindy Crawford for the January 1990 cover of the British edition of ""Vogue"", Michael asked the five models to appear in the video. While it was not uncommon at the time for models to appear in music videos, usually such models played the love interest of the singer, as with Christie Brinkley's appearance in her future husband Billy Joel's ""Uptown Girl"" video, or Turlington's appearance in Duran Duran's ""Notorious"" video when she was 17 years"
"the models move in front of it. George Michael's ""Freedom! '90"" music video served as inspiration. Leslie talked about the video stating: ""one look and you'll notice I'm not wearing a tuxedo or even a suit in the clip. Director Diane Martel assured me that this one should be all about the beauty of simplicity."" He considered it to be a statement ""about the need for more diversity in the fashion business."" An alternate video directed by Aaron Platt, John Monopoly and Leslie was released later that month. It shows Leslie spending a day with his love interest, played by"
"AIDS' benefit album, Red, Hot & Dance."" ""Music & Media"" wrote: ""The first single from the charity album Red Hot & Dance is a funky and catchy number, underpinned by a persistent keyboard pattern."" Fashion designer Thierry Mugler designed and created the costumes for the models in the song's video, which features Michael in two- to three-second appearances as a director filming a number of supermodels on the catwalk at a fictitious runway show, a concept similar to the one he used in the video for his 1990 single ""Freedom '90."" The models featured in this video were Eva Herzigova,"
"Vogue"", which was photographed by Lindbergh. The cover itself was said to have ""defined the supermodel era"". Upon seeing the cover, the singer George Michael chose to cast these five models in the music video for his song, ""Freedom! '90"", in which they lipsynched the words to the song. In May of that year, Evangelista was chosen as one of the ""50 Most Beautiful People in the World"" by ""People"". She also appeared on the ""Oprah Winfrey Show"" where she served as a judge for an Elite model search competition, and chose Leslie Bibb as the winner, who later became"
"the Michael J. Fox film ""The Secret of My Success"". Three years later, she appeared alongside top models Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz and Naomi Campbell on the cover of the January 1990 edition of British ""Vogue"" magazine. Crawford and the other four models subsequently appeared in the video for George Michael's hit ""Freedom '90"" later that year. Subsequently, Crawford played the lost love of Jon Bon Jovi in the 1994 video for his version of ""Please Come Home For Christmas"", ""John Taylor"" in the 2011 video for Duran Duran's ""Girl Panic"" (featuring supermodels as the band, including Naomi"
"impressed. They tapped him to appear in a Coca-Cola advertisement, the success of which prompted the Jean-Louis to spend several years modeling across Europe. He was very successful in London, working for such notables as Gianfranco Ferré and Valentino. Before finding success as a model, he was homeless at times in Paris. By the mid-'90s, he was gracing music videos by such stars as Mariah Carey, Seal, and George Michael, and appearing in low-budget ""independent"" films in Los Angeles. Jean-Louis is married to his wife, Evelyn, and they have three children. He enjoys watching and playing soccer and is a"
"and ""Cosmopolitan"". In addition to modeling, Peele also appeared in Heavy D & the Boyz's music video for ""Nuttin' but Love,"" Jodeci's 1995 video ""Freakin You"", and George Michael's Thierry Mugler-styled ""Too Funky"" video alongside Nadja Auermann, Tyra Banks, Linda Evangelista, Estelle Hallyday, and Rossy de Palma. In 1997, she began acting and appeared in ""Sister, Sister"" and ""Girlfriends"". Peele also had a role in the 2002 film ""Sweet Friggin' Daisies"" with Zooey Deschanel. In 1993, at age 17, Peele had a daughter named Cairo. On May 10, 2010, Peele and her daughter were in a car accident, which resulted"
"That Day"", ""Freedom! '90"", ""Heal the Pain"", and ""Cowboys and Angels"" (the latter being his only single not to chart in the UK top 40). ""Freedom '90"" was the second of only two of its singles to be supported by a music video (the other being the Michael-less ""Praying for Time""). The song alludes to his struggles with his artistic identity, and prophesied his efforts shortly thereafter to end his recording contract with Sony Music. As if to prove the song's sentiment, Michael refused to appear in the video (directed by David Fincher), and instead recruited supermodels Naomi Campbell, Linda"
"they came to embody the term ""supermodel"". Individually and as an elite group, it seemed as if the idea of ""the supermodel"" had been coined just for them. Each model had gradually attained fame since the mid-1980s and was now among the industry's top stars. Selected by Lindbergh for the January cover of Vogue, the now famous cover inspired singer George Michael to cast the same five models in the music video for his song, ""Freedom! '90"", directed by David Fincher. Other notable photographs capturing this new generation of models, including the famous nude taken by Herb Ritts for Rolling"
"and video models Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn and Joan Smalls. Filming took place on the streets of Brooklyn, New York. The director wanted to add ""a raw, kind of lo-fi, very New York kind of grimy, dark aesthetic"" to the video. Through the clip, Beyoncé introduces viewers to her new alter ego Yoncé, whose preferences include Brooklyn, her grill, and ""being the hottest girl in the club"". Beyoncé was inspired by the visuals of the 1990 David Fincher-directed video for George Michael's ""Freedom"" and she conceptualized of a ""contemporary, street version"" of the clip for ""Yoncé"". ""Freedom"" similarly featured the"
"""The Fader"" found a ""hyper-sexualized vision of ruby-red lips, tongues, booty shorts and fish-net body suits"" being presented in the clip. Conor Behan of ""The Independent"" dubbed ""Yoncé"" as a ""street-wise update"" of George Michael's ""Freedom! '90"". ""Entertainment Weekly"" writer Hillary Busis described the video as ""super sexy"" further praising the singer's showcased persona. Joanna Nikas from ""The New York Times"" described the look of the character Beyoncé portrayed in the video for the song as ""[f]ierce"". Whitney Phaneuf of the website HitFix noted its concept to be a street styled runway and concluded ""The four women pose in gritty"
"in 1999 entitled, ""Fashion Fetish Fantasy"" which assembles photos of his creations. Mugler also directs short films, advertising films and video clips. He regularly designs costumes for musical comedies, concerts, operas and the theatre (including Macbeth for the Comédie Française). He has worked with Robert Altman and George Michael (he directed the video for Michael's ""Too Funky"" in 1992). He also directed the first advertising film for one of his fragrances, Alien. In 2002 Mugler collaborated with the Cirque du Soleil. He directed ""Extravaganza"", one of the scenes of Zumanity, and also created all of the costumes and the identity"
"protégé: Gareth Pugh. Lamy also sings. In November 2010, she posed for a shoot for Vogue Paris with the photographer Steven Klein. In 2015, she was featured in one of the videos for the EP M3LL155X by FKA Twigs. Lamy appeared in the first clip (""Figure 8"") wearing a headpiece with a luminous bulb imitating an anglerfish. Michéle Lamy Michèle Lamy is a French culture and fashion figure of Algerian origin. She is the wife and muse of Rick Owens, the American fashion designer. Michèle Lamy, with her tattooed fingers and gold-plated teeth, was an emblematic figure of nightlife in"
"Too Funky ""Too Funky"" is a song written and performed by English singer George Michael and released by Columbia Records in the United States and Epic Records elsewhere in 1992. ""Too Funky"" was Michael's final single for his recording contract with Sony Music before he started legal action to extricate himself from his contract. ""Too Funky"" had been initially earmarked for a follow-up to the album ""Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1"" but Michael shelved the idea, instead donating it, along with two other songs, to the project ""Red Hot + Dance"", which raised money for AIDS awareness. Michael subsequently donated"
"Michael Caine's character's wife, and ""Escape Plan"", as the CIA lawyer that hires Sylvester Stallone's character. In 2012 she portrayed Alex #34 in ""The Beauty Inside"", a social film divided into six episodes that narrates the story of a man named Alex (Topher Grace) who wakes up in a different body every day. In 2013 she starred in the music videos for ""First Fires"" by British musician Bonobo, and for ""Chloroform"" by French band Phoenix, the latter directed by Sofia Coppola. Balfe was part of the main cast of the Warner Bros. web series """" during 2012 and 2013, in"
"the Spanish edition of Vogue. She also appeared in the music video for New Order's ""Round and Round"" off their 1989 album ""Technique"". In 1994, with fellow models Naomi Campbell, Tatjana Patitz, Heather Stewart-Whyte and Emma Wiklund, Terwinghe posed nude in a PETA anti-fur ad. Terwinghe has stated that throughout her modeling career, she has refused to pose wearing fur. Fabienne Terwinghe Fabienne Terwinghe, also spelled ""Therwinghe"" (born 1968) is a Belgian model who was active during the late 1980s and 1990s. Terwinghe grew up in Belgium. She reached her full adult height at age 14, and stated she was"
"Palau in a 1994 Vogue article. ""Just for fun. I got found out and was sacked. They told me I'd never make it as a hairdresser."" This setback caused him to re-evaluate his career, and take his occupation more seriously. After working in numerous hair salons, he decided that his passion was session hair styling for photographic shoots and fashion shows. An early turning point in Guido's career was when he styled George Michael's Freedom! '90 music video, which featured supermodels, including Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Tatjana Patitz, and Cindy Crawford. In the early '90s, just as the"
"the 1990 MTV Video Awards live performance of ""Vogue"", a ""Rock The Vote"" public service announcement, and the behind the scenes tour documentary """" (known as ""In Bed with Madonna"" outside of North America). Jose Gutierez Xtravaganza also appeared in Madonna's music video ""Justify My Love"", and modeled for Jean Paul Gaultier. His collaborations with Madonna continued throughout the mid-1990s. During this period Jose also worked as a dancer and choreographer for artists as diverse as Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam and Tony Bennett. He appeared in the 1991 Peter Lindbergh project ""Models: The Film"" alongside Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford,"
"and Deborah Allen. Michael also recorded and performed in the mid 90's with Canadian Polygram Records rock recording artist Sue Medley and the Toronto duo Lost & Profound (Lisa Boudreau and Terry Tompkins) playing on their 1994 Polygram release Memory Thief produced by Richard Bennett. In 1999 Michael began a music project with Creative Dance and Movement educator Margot Faught. Michael composed rhythmic tracks to be used in dance and movement classes which were compiled into the CD - Zuni Movement. Ms Faught utilized the CD in teaching seminars nationally and internationally including her work for the New York City"
"song being accompanied by a music video. The videos were shot in Brooklyn and Coney Island, New York, respectively. The ""Yoncé"" video was directed by Ricky Saiz and features fellow models Joan Smalls and Chanel Iman. The video was inspired by the 1990 David Fincher video for ""Freedom"" by George Michael, which also featured models, such as Naomi Campbell. The ""XO"" video was directed by Terry Richardson and features Dunn alongside Jessica White and Diandra Forres. Dunn currently hosts a cooking show entitled ""Well Dunn"", on Jay Z's Life+Times YouTube channel. The web show has featured celebrity guest co-chefs, such"
"Among the schools she attended was one in Częstochowa, Poland. Her family still lives in Poland where Anja also owns a home. Rubik was interested in modeling from a young age after watching George Michael's music video for ""Too Funky"" featuring famous 90s supermodels. She participated in a local modeling contest, where she was scouted by a Parisian agency. In 1999, she moved to Paris to begin her modeling career. While she finished her education, she modeled during school vacations only. Rubik made her runway debut during the Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 1999 ready-to-wear collections. In 2000, Rubik signed with"
"this eviction on Day 12. On Day 14, she was nominated again, She was then evicted on Day 17. Since Celebrity Big Brother, Morgan has appeared on E! Botched and guest starred in MTV's Teen Mom. <br> Morgan has also released four songs and is currently working on her own reality TV show 'Frenchy World' Angelique Morgan Angélique Morgan,also known as Frenchy, (born 22 September 1975) is a French reality TV personality, film actress, and model . Morgan is best known for her appearances on Howard Stern, VH1's reality shows ""Rock of Love 2"", """", and the second season of"
"week. The song then debuted and peaked at number fifty on the French Singles Chart. The music video for the song was directed by Dave Hogan. In relation to this video, Minogue is quoted as saying ""how many Hollywood stars can you look like in three and a half minutes..."". Her younger sister Dannii Minogue also appears in the video. The music video begins with clips of the dance scene intercut with Minogue emerging from a swimming pool and her love interest seeing her with another man. The love interest is played by Zane O'Donnell, the same model who would"