Rebecca Ariane Givens

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Rebecca Ariane Givens is a Canadian - Chinese photo model . She gained fame through stock photos that are used worldwide for advertising campaigns.

Life

Rebecca Ariane Givens was born to a French Canadian and a Chinese woman and grew up in Canada. During her studies, which she finished with a law degree, she began modeling and worked for five to six years for Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire China , among others . In 2005 she and her boyfriend started producing stock photographs and have since published around 200 photos per month on iStockphoto and Shutterstock, among others . She also poses in short video clips. Around 2015 she started the blog The Radiant Peach , which deals with healthy eating and natural beauty. According to her own statement, she also writes for Urbanette magazine and works as a health coach .

reception

Givens' stock photo images are used in promotional campaigns in many different countries. Getting attention on the many uses of the unknown model drew the short-lived WordPress -Blog Overexposed Big Mouth Model ( Overexposed model with big mouth), which was later replaced by other blogs with a similar name. In 2013 Mike Aquino published an article in the Filipino edition of Esquire about Givens, which he noticed on many billboards in Singapore . He reached out to her for an interview through her Shutterstock profile. Since Givens wanted to remain anonymous at this point, she only gave her middle name and some information about her origin. She gave up this anonymity in 2015 when she gave an interview to model Sarah Woodstock on her blog, in which she announced further details, including her full name, and promoted her blog. Givens has been referred to as "the most famous model in the world you've never heard of" and "the Mona Lisa of the Internet age".

For Givens, the reasons for their numerous use in advertising are, among other things, the origin of their parents, who make their appearance "racially ambigous" (for example, "of ambiguous origin"). This reason is also mentioned in the article by Mike Aquino.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Mike Aquino: Almost Famous . In: Esquire , April 2013, pp. 100-101 ( PDF , English).
  2. ↑ portfolio Maridav. In: Adobe Stock. Retrieved September 20, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c Elena Schulz: The woman whose smile haunts you all over the world. In: Motherboard . March 8, 2018, accessed September 20, 2018 .
  4. ^ A b c Sarah Woodstock: Interview with the Most Famous Stock Photography Model in History. In: insiderdiva.com. Accessed August 8, 2019 .
  5. ^ Danica Lo: The Most Famous Model in the World You've Never Heard Of. In: glamor . October 4, 2013, accessed September 20, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Givens, Rebecca Ariane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-Chinese photo model
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century