Rianne Van Rompaey

Rianne Van Rompaey
Van Rompaey in 2019
Born	Rianne Frida Loes Van Rompaey (1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 (age 26) Hoofddorp, Netherlands[1]
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation	Fashion model
Years active	2010–present
Modeling information
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Hair color	Red
Eye color	Blue
Agency	DNA Model Management (New York) VIVA Model Management (Paris, London, Barcelona) Paparazzi Model Management (Amsterdam)[2]

Rianne Frida Loes Van Rompaey (born 3 January 1996)^[3] is a Dutch fashion model. Vogue has called her a top model.^[4] She is one of 50 models who appeared on the cover of the 50th anniversary September issue of Vogue Italia, photographed by Steven Meisel.^[5] She also appeared solo on a Vogue Italia cover in March 2016.^[6] Her beauty has been described as pre-Raphaelite.^[7] She has appeared on the cover of Vogue Paris over 6 times under editor Emmanuelle Alt.

Early life[]

Van Rompaey was born in Hoofddorp, North Holland, and raised in Wageningen, The Netherlands, to Dutch and Belgian parents.^[8] She attended Montessori School there and obtained VWO-diploma at Pantarijn College. She began modeling professionally as a high school student.^[9] Van Rompaey started her career by sending photographs to Paparazzi Models.^[10]

Career[]

Van Rompaey's first photoshoot was for the January 2013 and February 2013 issues of Elle Netherlands.^[11][12]

In 2014, Nicolas Ghesquiere chose Van Rompaey to be a Louis Vuitton exclusive, which included campaigns for the brand including S/S 2016 with actor Jaden Smith.^[13][14] She has done campaigns for Chanel,^[15] Alexander McQueen, Valentino, Miu Miu, Chloe, Moschino, Celine, Ports 1961, Michael Kors, Fendi, Alberta Ferretti, Loewe, Sacai, Salvatore Ferragamo, Versace, Marc Jacobs, Isabel Marant, Prada, Coach,^[16] Bottega Veneta,^[17] Hugo Boss,^[18] and Burberry.^[19]

Van Rompaey has appeared on covers of Vogue Italia,^[20][21] Vogue Paris,^[22] Vogue China, , Vogue Japan, Vogue Korea, , Vogue Netherlands and T: The New York Times Style Magazine,^[23] and Harper's Bazaar.^[24]

In 2016, casting director Piergiorgio Del Moro, who placed Van Rompaey in Versace, Victoria Beckham, and Fendi shows, told Vogue magazine that van Rompaey would have a long career because of her personality.^[25] Vogue Paris editor-in-chief Emmanuelle Alt corroborated this view.^[26]

In September 2019, for the 1000th issue of Vogue Paris, she simultaneously appeared on 4 covers; the same year she had appeared on March and May covers of the magazine.^[27] She also appeared on 3 covers for WSJ Magazine that month.^[28] In December 2019, she was chosen as runner-up for models.com's "Model of the Year" awards.^[29]

Van Rompaey was ranked on Models.com's "Top 50" models list in 2016, calling her "one of the year's biggest breakout stars".^[30] In the same year, ELLE UK and Harper's Bazaar UK predicted van Rompaey was on track to becoming a supermodel.^[31][32] She is currently ranked as an "Industry Icon" by models.com.^[33]

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