Hilary Hollis Rhoda (born April 6, 1987) is an American model. She is perhaps best known for her work with the brand Estée Lauder and her 2009, 2010 and 2011 appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
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| Born | Hilary Hollis Rhoda April 6, 1987 Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States |
| Occupation | Model |
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| Children | 1 |
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
| Hair color | Dark brown |
| Eye color | Blue |
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Early life
editRhoda was born in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and raised there and in Rye, New York. She has Irish ancestry.[4] As a high-school student at the Academy of the Holy Cross in Maryland she was on the field hockey and basketball teams as a three-year varsity athlete, and as a member of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship team she earned honors and was awarded best offensive player. Recruited by several colleges to play field hockey, Rhoda deferred her college acceptances after she began a career in modeling during her sophomore year.
Career
editRhoda was discovered at a ProScout event in Washington, D.C. She soon appeared in ads for Hollister and Abercrombie, before switching to Click Model Management and then to IMG Models, globally. She is currently represented by IMG Models in New York.
She was featured in the 2011 Max Mara AW campaign. She previously appeared in advertisements for Balenciaga, Valentino, Belstaff, Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Donna Karan, Gucci, Gap, DSquared², Shiatzy Chen, Blumarine, and Ralph Lauren, and in Victoria's Secret catalogs. She has also appeared on the covers of American Vogue, Vogue Italia, Vogue Paris, British Harper's Bazaar, Time, Numéro, and W. In particular, for the May 2007 issue of American Vogue, Rhoda was featured on the cover with fellow models Doutzen Kroes, Caroline Trentini, Raquel Zimmermann, Sasha Pivovarova, Agyness Deyn, Coco Rocha, Jessica Stam, Chanel Iman, and Lily Donaldson as the "World’s Next Top Models."[5][6]
In January 2007, Rhoda signed an exclusive contract with Estée Lauder as their newest face.[7] In July that year, earning at an estimated total of $2 million in the prior 12 months, Forbes named her 12th in their list of The World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels.[8] She is the current face of Via Spiga, St. John Knits (replacing Angelina Jolie), ERES Beachwear, and the Neiman Marcus spring/summer 2009 campaigns. 2009 also marked Rhoda's debut in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.[9]
Rhoda was selected to model the Hope Diamond in the Embrace Hope necklace on November 18, 2010, for the 50th anniversary on display at the Smithsonian.[10] She also appeared in Victoria's Secret's Fashion Show 2012.[11]
Rhoda ranked sixth in Forbes' 2013 ranking of the world's highest-paid models.[12]
Personal life
editRhoda dated former New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez for several years,[13] including appearing with him in a GQ photo shoot showing the two in many intimate poses.[14]
Rhoda announced on November 13, 2013, that she was engaged to former National Hockey League player Sean Avery.[15] They were married at the Parrish Art Museum in New York on October 10, 2015. She announced she was expecting their first child in 2020. They separated and Rhoda filed for divorce in 2022. [16]
Notes
edit- ^ "Hilary Rhoda Portfolio". IMG Models. 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ^ "Undefined". IMG Models.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Hilary Rhoda - Model". models.com. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ Truong, Peggy (November 8, 2012). "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2012: Backstage With Hilary Rhoda". Celebuzz. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ Lee, Helen (April 11, 2007). "Vogue's 'World's Next Top Models' cover". SassyBella.com. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- ^ "Hit Girls". American Vogue. May 2007.
- ^ "3 Minutes With Hilary Rhoda". Estée Lauder. Archived from the original on September 19, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ Blakeley, Kiri (July 16, 2007). "The World's Top-Earning Models". Forbes. Archived from the original on August 15, 2007.
- ^ "Swimsuit edition". Sports Illustrated. 2009. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
- ^ Righthand, Jess (November 18, 2010). "See the Hope Diamond in its New Setting, Unveiled Today at Natural History". Smithsonian. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ "2014 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show". VS All Access. 2014. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ Le, Vanna (2015). "The World's Highest-Paid Models of 2013: No. 6: Hilary Rhoda". Forbes. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ "Why Would Mark Sanchez Let Hillary Rhoda Get Away; Former Jets Player Dies!". Pro Sports Extra |. May 13, 2021. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ Oct 20, foxsports; ET, 2016 at 5:01p. "Mark Sanchez GQ photo shoot". FOX Sports. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Webber, Stephanie (November 13, 2013). "Sean Avery, Former NHL Player, Engaged to Model Hilary Rhoda". Us Weekly.
- ^ "Hilary Rhoda Is Pregnant With First Child After Suffering Multiple Miscarriages". Entertainment Tonight. CBS Studios Inc. January 23, 2020.
