MODELS
I wanted to be a journalist, but my
family suggested that I should try
modeling.
“The Dominican Sunshine”
Arlenis
Sosa
She
has
walked the
runway for Alexander
Wang, Anna Sui, BCBG
Max Azria, Carlos Miele, Carolina
Herrera, Derek Lam, Gap, Herve Leger,
Jason Wu, Jill Stuart, Jonathan Saunders,
Malo, Matthew Williamson, Michael Kors,
Narciso Rodríguez, Ohne Titel, Oscar de
la Renta, Peter Som, Ports 1961, Rag &
Bone, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger,
Zac Posen, Aquascutum, Arise
Ranked 26th on models.com’s list of the top 50 female models in the
African Fashion Collective, Badgley
world, Arlenis has already landed on the cover of over a dozen magazines,
Mischka, Custo Barcelona, Diane
including Time Style & Design, Latina and numerous Vogues all around the
von Furstenberg, Gottex, Hermes,
world. Arlenis Sosa Peña (born May 7, 1989) is a Dominican model. She is the
Hussein Chalayan, Isaac Mizrahi,
current spokesmodel for Lancôme and appeared in the 2008 Victoria’s
Jean Paul Gaultier, Jeremy Scott,
Nathan Jenden, Nicole Farhi, Paul
Secret Fashion Show
Smith, Roksanda Ilincic, Ruffian, and
Tibi, among others. She also walked the
Victoria’s Secret show in 2008.
She has done campaigns for Express, Victoria’s Secret, David Yurman, Topshop, Gap, and
Lancome.
She has been on the cover of magazines such as Flare,
i-D Magazine, Deutsch, French Revue de Modes, Mujer
Única, Latina, Trace, Yo Dona, and Vogue Germany.
She has appeared in editorials for Yo Dona, Mujer Única,
Flare, i-D, French Revue de Modes, Trace, Deutsch,
Latina, Harper’s Bazaar US, and the German, Spanish,
Italian, and American editions of Vogue.
She’s currently signed with Models 1 in London, Uno in
Barcelona, Why Not in Milan, and with Marilyn Models
in New York, and Paris.
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