Helena Christensen is certainly one of the leading supermodels of the 1990's. She has had one of the most diverse careers of those belonging to this elite group familiar to most everyone. A veteran of the fashion runways and trade magazines, Helena is still one of the most in-demand models.
The leaders of the fashion world have endlessly showered praise about Helena's captivating looks. The late designer Gianni Versace said she has the most beautiful body. Karl Lagerferld described her as possessing a figure type that's very rare. Nobody has better legs. John Galliano comments, she fills clothes with life and fire.
Her great success has allowed Helena to be more selective about her work. However, it is for her work for Victoria's Secret that she is perhaps best known to most. She appears regularly in eveyone's favorite lingere company's catalogs, as well as in televised ad campaigns, alongside other Victoria's Secret models like Yasmeen Ghauri.
In addition to these more traditional modeling opportunities, Helena has also worked in various film and television projects. These include: the MTV fashion show Fashionably Loud, the 1992 independent film Inferno, and Chris Isaak's hit music video Wicked Game.
Helena soon gained further media attention through her relationship with rocker Michael Hutchence. She was frequently spotted with the late lead singer of INXS in the pages of the tabloids.
However, while Hutchence's career was declining, Helena's was quickly rising. For whatever reasons, the two grew apart after several years and went their separate ways before Hutchence's death. Helena was later linked with actor Leonardo DiCaprio and singer Billy Corgan in the gossip columns.
Recently Helena has been seen prominently on American television in ads for the lingerie company Victoria's Secret. As one of their signature Angels, she shot several commercials with fellow models Stephanie Seymour, Karen Mulder, Daniela Pestova, and Tyra Banks. The spots were generally very goofy and the script involving a lame premise such as singer Tom Jones arriving in heaven and being greeted by the angels. However, we must remember that it is pure eye candy, so we can't really ask for Oscar caliber performances!
Helena maintains residences in New York, Monaco, and her native Copenhagen. She turns up every so often in the New York social-life columns as having attended events such as fundraisers, show openings, or movie premieres. Among her closest friends are fellow models Claudia Schiffer, Carla Bruni, Karen Mulder, and Eva Herzigova.
In an interview she listed that some of her interests including painting, photography, interior decorating, and Rock music. She also stated that real life starts when I stop being a model and described having a family as a future goal. But for now she remains a supermodel, much to the delight of fans around the world.