Kaia Gerber

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Kaia Gerber
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Gerber in 2019
Born
Kaia Jordan Gerber

(2001-09-03) September 3, 2001 (age 20)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Model
  • actress
Years active2014–present
Parent(s)
Modeling information
Height5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)[1]
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Agency

Kaia Jordan Gerber (born September 3, 2001) is an American model and actress. She is the daughter of model Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber. After starring in a series of ad campaigns for fashion brands since debuting at Fashion Week in 2017, Gerber won Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards. Gerber and her mother have worked together in campaigns for the Omega watch brand. Gerber is the first model born in the 2000s to achieve The Big Four of Vogue covers.

Early life[]

Kaia Jordan Gerber was born on September 3, 2001, in Los Angeles, California. She is one of two children from celebrity couple, model Cindy Crawford[4] and businessman Rande Gerber[5][6] who have an older son, Presley Gerber. Her father is of Russian-Jewish descent.[7] Her mother, who is of German, English, French, and Danish ancestry, is Christian.[8][9] When she was 10, Gerber landed her first modeling gig with Versace's junior line, Young Versace. Gerber took online classes at Malibu High School.[10]

In a 2018 interview, she stated "my dad is Jewish and my mom is Christian so we grew up doing both; we call it Christmas Chrismukah. I love learning about both of those sides of my life. We’d do Passover, Passover dinner and Yom Kippur. I love learning all of that, and learning the cooking."[11][12][13]

Career[]

Gerber made her acting debut at 15 in Sister Cities as the young version of Carolina.[14] Gerber made her runway debut for Raf Simons's Calvin Klein Collection at 16 years old in 2017, and then walked for fashion houses such as Marc Jacobs, Burberry, Alexander Wang, Coach, Prada, Chanel, Fendi, Miu Miu, Max Mara, Givenchy, Bottega Veneta, Stella McCartney, Isabel Marrant, Alberta Ferretti, Loewe, Chloé, Sacai, Michael Kors, Moncler, JW. Anderson, Longchamp, Tom Ford, Salvatore Ferragamo, Ports1961, Lanvin, Anna Sui, Moschino, Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Valentino, and Versace, alongside her mother, during 2018 Spring Fashion Week.

Gerber has made editorials and has been on the cover of fashion magazines, including The Love Magazine, i-D, Teen Vogue and Pop Magazine, etc. as well as different covers and international editions of Vogue, including Vogue Paris, Vogue Japan, Vogue Italia, Vogue British, Vogue India, Vogue China, Vogue Magazine, and "The Book edition" for Vogue Netherlands with her mother in Winter 2016.

Gerber appeared in the Miu Miu eyewear campaign in 2016, and the Omega campaign in 2017.[15] with her mother, photographed by Peter Lindbergh. In Spring 2018, she appeared in campaigns for Versace, Calvin Klein, and Saint Laurent fall/winter. In 2018, she and Sofia Mechetner led the campaign for Marc Jacobs's fragrance Daisy. In the same year, she was the star of the CHANEL spring handbags campaign photographed by Karl Lagerfeld.[16] and Valentino[17] at the same time.

In 2018, Gerber collaborated with Karl Lagerfeld to create the KarlxKaia collection,[18] her first collection. In 2019, Gerber starred in Jimmy Choo's[19] spring/summer and fall/winter campaigns, the Stella McCartney spring campaign and the Fendi spring campaign.She also debuted as the new face of advertising campaigns and brand ambassador for YSL beauty.[20][21] In 2020, Gerber starred in the Louis Vuitton "Twist bag" spring summer advertising campaign photographed by Craig McDean.[22]

On August 14, 2020, Daily Front Row listed Gerber as one of a group of high-profile investors who purchased W magazine, a fashion magazine.[23] Gerber appeared in the tenth season of the FX horror anthology American Horror Story, as well as its spinoff, American Horror Stories.[24][25] In 2021, Gerber appeared on her first American Vogue cover, featuring on their June/July issue, and again on their September issue.[26][27]

Personal life[]

Gerber resides in New York City.[28] She dated comedian Pete Davidson from October 2019 to January 2020, and Australian actor Jacob Elordi from August 2020 to November 2021.[29][30][31]

Awards and honors[]

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2015 The Daily's Annual Fashion Media Awards Breakthrough Model Award Won [32]
2018 The Fashion Awards Model of the Year Won [33][34]

Filmography[]

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Sister Cities Young Carolina Television film
2017 Rich Kids of Instagram Herself Episode: "Pilot: RKOI"
2021 American Horror Stories Ruby McDaniel 2 episodes
American Horror Story: Double Feature Kendall Carr 4 episodes
Music videos
Year Title Artist(s) Notes
2019 "BURNOUT" John Eatherly [35]
2020 "Imagine (Quarantine Edition)" Artists for We Are One [36]
"Crying in the Mirror" Rainsford [37]

References[]

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  17. ^ Anastasiou, Zoe. "Kaia Gerber Just Landed Her First Valentino Campaign". Harper's BAZAAR. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  18. ^ "It's Here! Karl Lagerfeld x Kaia Gerber's Cali Inspired Collaboration Lands". Fashion Gone Rogue. August 30, 2018. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  19. ^ Samaha, Barry (February 3, 2020). "Kaia Gerber's Capsule Shoe Collection with Jimmy Choo is Perfect". Harper's BAZAAR. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
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  21. ^ Rodulfo, Kristina (October 1, 2018). "Kaia Gerber Just Landed a Major Beauty Gig". ELLE. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  22. ^ "Kaia Gerber Charms in Louis Vuitton 'Twist' Spring 2020 Campaign". Fashion Gone Rogue. February 28, 2020. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  23. ^ Freya Drohan (August 14, 2020). "Investor Group including Karlie Kloss and Kaia Gerber acquire W magazine". Daily Front Row. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2020. Sara Moonves, the glossy’s first female editor in chief in its 50-year history, assembled the group, led by model and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss. Other celebrity investors include fashion fixtures Lewis Hamilton and 18-year-old Kaia Gerber.
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  28. ^ "Kaia Gerber and Pete Davidson end romance: He was 'too intense' for teen model, report says". Mercury News. Retrieved November 22, 2021. Over the holidays, the power couple were photographed visiting Gerber at her New York City apartment.
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  36. ^ Laura Smith-Spark (March 19, 2020). "Gal Gadot enlists celebrity help for coronavirus 'Imagine' video". CNN. Archived from the original on March 19, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  37. ^ Belfiore, Emily (May 22, 2020). "See Kaia Gerber and Gregg Sulkin's Steamy Makeout Session in Cara Delevingne Directed Music Video". E! News. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.

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