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.