Triinu Kivilaan

An Estonian pop singer and model, Triinu Kivilaan earned fame as a member of the girl group Vanilla Ninja.

Triinu Kivilaan (born January 13, 1989 in Viljandi, Estonia) is an Estonian vocalist and former model, best-known as a former member of the popular girl group Vanilla Ninja. She had been modelling for several years when she replaced Maarja Kivi in the group in 2004, having met the other members of the group a year earlier. A key factor, allegedly, in her being selected to join the group was the similarities between her and Kivi's appearance. Kivilaan was (by several years) the youngest member of the group, and continued with her education despite Vanilla Ninja's busy schedule.

Tiiu Kuik

An Estonian model, Tiiu Kuik has represented brands such as Gucci, Chanel, Covergirl and Louis Vuitton and appeared on the cover of high profile fashion magazines such as Vogue.

Tiiu Kuik (Estonian pronunciation: [tiju kʲuɪk]) (born March 16, 1987) is an Estonian model.

Born in Tallinn, Estonia, Kuik has walked the runways for more than 40 designers, including Gucci (for which she opened the fall 2003 and spring 2004 shows), Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Paul Smith, Narciso Rodriguez, Paco Rabanne, Salvatore Ferragamo, Dsquared2, Emilio Pucci, Fendi, Prada, Jil Sander, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, Dolce & Gabbana, Chloé and many others. She is now representing CoverGirl cosmetics. At the age of 13, she was at a local food fair in Estonia when the owner of the "TopModel" agency discovered her. She was then sent to Japan for modeling work, and after that, to Italy. Her modeling career has skyrocketed since. Kuik's face has graced the covers of several high profile fashion magazines like Elle, Marie Claire, Velvet and multiple Vogue covers. She also has appeared in fashion advertising campaigns for: Christian Dior (J'Adore fragrance), Louis Vuitton, Moschino, Valentino, Pollini, Bill Blass, MontBlanc, Kenneth Cole, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and many others.

Her modeling agencies include her mother agency, Major Model Management New York, and the famous Marilyn Agency in Paris.

She is noted and recognized for her mole on her left cheek.

Julia Kovaljova

An Estonian model, Julia Kovaljova won the Miss Estonia Universe crown and represented her country at the Miss Universe 2008 pageant.

Interview:
What are your interests and what do you enjoy doing the most?
Photography, fashion (sometimes I work as a photo assistant and I help with styling different photo sessions), drama, and mountain skiing.
What is your career ambition?
I was born in a small country and I am used to achieving success by myself. My career ambition is to become a self-made woman and be an example for other people.
What is your proudest personal accomplishment?
I am a founder of the charity foundation "Wide Look Foundation." The mission of the organization is to provide the elderly, the disabled, children's homes, and poor families with TV sets, radios, computers, and Internet. All this can help them not feel cut off from the modern world.
What is something unique that has happened to you; some interesting thing about you?
Once I was in a real sea passage and I was standing at the wheel of the freight ship. I was ten years old. At that moment I understood I was the "captain of the ship" and I had a great power and responsibility in my hands. From that moment I realized that I am the "captain" of my own life with power, responsibility, and an ocean of possibilities.
What do you want the judges to know about you?
I am interested in Socionics - a theory of personality and interpersonal interaction. It is enough for me to communicate with a person for about half an hour to draw his psychological portrait.

Carmen Kass

Carmen Kass was born on September 14th, 1978 in Tallinn, Estonia, Northern Europe. She grew up in Paide and was discovered at age fourteen in a street market by an Italian modeling scout. She soon left Estonia to live and work in Milan, Italy. Because her mother, who did not approve of her young daughter leaving home at such a young age, would not give her consent, she forged her mothers name on the permission form. At age eighteen she then moved to Paris, France and modeled for Vogue, Elle and Image magazines. In 1999 she had begun modeling for most top designers including Calvin Klein, Chanel, Dior, Donna Karen, Versace, Gucci, Prada, Ralph Lauren and Valentino, to name a few.

In addition to modeling on runways and in print ads and filming multiple commercials she appeared in the film Set Point in 2004. She also is involved in Estonia politics and ran for Parliament after her country joined the European Union in 2004. Although she won a great deal of votes she did not win the seat.

Oskar Raunam

Formation and development of the Estonian post-war fine arts is connected with a name of artist Oscar Raunama. Raunam consistently went by the way of the statement of realistic vision of the world. Picturesque language of its products varied. Raunam addressed to different genres and themes: to a historical picture, a portrait genre, to a landscape, worked in the schedule, was engaged in an applied art. So versatile endowments and high professionalism speak features of the art education received by the master.