Elsa Benitez

Elsa Benítez (Hermosillo, Sonora, December 8, 1977) is a Mexican supermodel. At the age of fifteen she was hired by the Sonoran agency Albertina Top Models, while at 16 she was the winner of the Model of the Year contest, organized by Televisa, which made her move to Mexico City.

Career

Benítez began modeling after winning a modeling contest in Costa Rica in 1995. Since she was little, Linda Evangelista was a role model for her.

His first AR opportunities were soon in Mexico for local firms and later in the United States where he obtained greater recognition and with this, his move to Europe. In 1996 she got one of her best opportunities when she was chosen to appear in one of the most important fashion magazines of all time and one of the most coveted by all models: Vogue Italia, once she accepted, she appeared on the cover. of the magazine for three consecutive months in 1996. Two years later Elsa appears for the fourth time on the cover of the magazine in the June issue, she was always photographed by Steven Meisel.

It appeared six times in the American magazine Marie Claire. After being hired by the Elite agency, she appears on the covers of many magazines such as Vogue, ELLE United States, Mexico, Germany, Australia, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Harper's Bazaar and Marie Claire i>.

However, after appearing on the cover of Vogue in several countries such as Mexico, Greece, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, South Korea, and Australia; and in Marie Claire in several issues, Elsa receives the offer that would launch every model to success and worldwide recognition: the American magazine Sports Illustrated.

Elsa Benítez managed to appear on 33 covers of the most recognized magazines in the world in editions of several countries during her career.

Once she arrives in Europe, specifically France and Italy, she participates in fashion shows, presenting collections from the most important designers; She started on the ready-to-wear catwalks, becoming the muse of the Italian house Dolce & Gabbana for which she stars in her fashion shows and commercial campaigns.

In addition, she starred on catwalks and/or campaigns for Chanel, Valentino, Christian Lacroix, Versace, Fendi, Christian Dior, Pierre Balmain, Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano, Gianfranco Ferré, MaxMara, Salvatore Ferragamo, Chloé, Escada, Emanuel Ungaro, Massimo Dutti and in the United States for Carolina Herrera and Óscar de la Renta, Anna Sui, and Covergirl.

Elsa is perhaps the only Latin model who has walked in Haute Couture, during her stay in Paris she walked for some of the most important fashion houses that presented Haute Couture, which have always been a few, due to the great work she did. involves this fraction of fashion; so she Elsa she walked for Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Pierre Balmain, Emanuel Ungaro and Versace.

He has worked for the houses: Macy's, Episode, I-N-C, J.Crew, Rena Lange, Nine West, and Jones New Cork.

Elsa has also modeled for the prestigious and coveted American lingerie brand Victoria's Secret, becoming one of the brand's angels, appearing in presentations during several collections.

Benítez appeared in the 1999 Pirelli calendar that showcased women through the decades. She was photographed as a representative of the & # 34; groovy & # 34; from the 1970s. In 2002 she appeared in the video "Love to see you cry" by Enrique Iglesias.

She divorced after several years of marriage to the Lebanese basketball player Rony Seikaly, with whom she had a daughter named Mila. She later had a romantic relationship for several months with the Mexican businessman Roberto Slim.

Benítez has taken acting lessons and plans to enter the film industry, to work on productions in Spanish and English.

She has been involved in a lawsuit against the Splash agency and the Egotastic portal for publishing nude photos taken in Elsa's garden.

From 2009 to 2012 she was the host of Mexico's Next Top Model on Canal Sony Latin America.