Author: Suren Prasad
Born on April 18, 1987 in Plymouth, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is estimated to be worth £3 million. She was raised on a farm near Tavistock and attended Tavistock College.
In 2002, prior to her GCSE exams, Huntington-Whiteley interned as a model at London-based agency Profile.
After her graduation in 2003, she first modelled for Levi’s jeans. Her first break came the following January with a New York photoshoot for Teen Vogue. That spring, Huntington-Whiteley debuted on the catwalk with Naomi Campbell and was later snapped for Abercrombie & Fitch.
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In 2006, she modelled for Victoria’s Secret in Los Angeles.
Huntington-Whiteley was subsequently chosen for Burberry’s autumn/winter campaign in 2008. Celebrating British models, British Vogue featured her on the cover of their November 2008 issue.
In 2009, she was selected for Karen Millen’s spring/summer campaign and Miss Sixty and Godiva’s fall/winter campaigns. That year, Huntington-Whiteley was awarded an Elle Style Award for “Model of the Year”.
Huntington-Whiteley was officially made a Victoria’s Secret Angel in February 2010, where she appeared on the ramp for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Posing nude for the Pirelli Calendar, she also catwalked for Giles Deacon and Prada as well as featuring in ad campaigns for SS10, VS Online, Full Circle and Thomas Wylde. She later endorsed Burberry’s first beauty line.
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The book Ten Times Rosie, by photographer Rankin, was devoted entirely to Huntington-Whiteley, while make-up artist Ruby Hammer called her the “quintessential English rose”.
In March 2011, she landed her first solo cover on British Vogue followed by solos on the July covers of UK’s Elle and GQ. Huntington-Whiteley was again Burberry’s girl for its fragrance (Burberry Body) the same month.
She later starred in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
Winning the “top style icon” at the 2012 Elle Style Awards, Huntington-Whiteley next starred in the Marks & Spencer Christmas ad and also became ambassador for Australian cosmetics company ModelCo in 2013.
Currently dating actor Jason Statham, Huntington-Whiteley starred in the recent Mad Max film Fury Road (May 2015).
She owns an $860,000 duplex apartment in Greenwich Village, New York and a villa in Devon, England.
Her other assets include a $70,000 Audi S5 Cabriolet convertible and a metallic black $150,000 Audi S8.
