Born: March 1, 1977 in Alicante at the Costa Blanca in Spain.
Nationality: Spanish
Address: Esther married Dutch supermodel Mark Vanderloo in June 1999, and they divorced in November 2000.
Eyes: Blue's
Hair: Dark Blonde
Discovered: At her mother's suggestion, Esther took a shot at modeling when she was still a school girl. Esther entered and won a local competition for a teen magazine and then represented her country in a model search that took her to South Africa. From there, she jetted on to fashion mecca Milan. She signed her first contract with the Take 2 Agency. At the age of 15, Esther moved to Barcelona to start working there. During her first New York collections, she was booked by twenty designers in just two days."
I wanted to be a criminologist (but) my mom was always telling me that I should be a model," she recalls. "I did the first job just...to try something. And then I (felt) like it's the thing that I really wanted to do," she says.
Agency: New York-IMG, Paris-IMG, Milan-Why Not, Barcelona-Group.
Resume: Has modeled for DKNY, Anna Molinari, Atelier Versace, Burrberys, J.Crew, Mossimo, Rena Lange, Saks Fifth Avenue, Victoria's Secret, Osborne, Pronovias, etc.
She has also appeared in the film The Thomas Crown Affair, but although she was in several scenes, she did not speak.
Know for: Her extra-large lips.
Quotes: "I wanted to be a criminologist (but) my mom was always telling me that I should be a model," she recalls. "I did the first job just...to try something. And then I (felt) like it's the thing that I really wanted to do," - Esther Canadas on her early career ambitions.
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