Claudia Schiffer is a German model, actress, fashion designer, and executive producer, based in the United Kingdom. She rose to fame in the early 1990s as one of the world’s most successful models, cementing her supermodel status. In her early career, she was compared to Brigitte Bardot.
She has appeared on more than one thousand magazine covers and holds the record for the model with the most magazine covers, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.
As well as endorsing luxury brands, Schiffer has appeared as the face of high street retailers including Mango and Accessorize. Schiffer was a judge on Fashion Fringe in 2011. Schiffer launched her eponymous cashmere collection during Paris Fashion Week in March 2011. The Autumn-Winter 2011 season saw her fashion design debut and was followed by a Spring-Summer 2012 collection.
Schiffer began her involvement with UNICEF by becoming a member of the Arts & Entertainment Support Committee, and is a UK Goodwill Ambassador for the organization.
