Aija Bārzdiņa
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Aija Bārzdiņa is a Latvian fashion model.
world in Riga
, Latvia
in 1992 when she attended Zandas Kransmanes Model School.
In 1999, the Italian photographer Beppe Lopetrone took her for the first time to Milan, Italy where her modeling career in high fashion as regular size began.
Between 1999 and 2003, she had been living and working mostly both in Milan, Italy and Miami, Florida
.
Her modeling career had a change in 2004 when she moved back to Italy and decided to join the plus-size model
career. With a thoughtful plan of a good diet and with physical activity, Aija gained weight going from a size 8 to a size 12 (US).
She currently resides in Milan
, Italy
where she still works as professional plus-size model
, she is attending a Chef School degree program and she enjoys riding her motorbike.
, Benetton
, Gianfranco Ferré
, Mariella Burani, Yamamay, Liu Jo, Sonia Fortuna, Mariagrazia Severi and has also appeared on the runway for Elena Miro (Miroglio
) in Milan, Italy from 2004 till nowadays.
Aija is also notable for appearing in “Curvy Can”, the Italian Eating disorder
2010 awareness campaign where 6 plus-size model
s were nude pictured under the “We are not Fashion Victim” slogan.
Personal life
Aija got her first approach to the FashionFashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
world in Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
in 1992 when she attended Zandas Kransmanes Model School.
In 1999, the Italian photographer Beppe Lopetrone took her for the first time to Milan, Italy where her modeling career in high fashion as regular size began.
Between 1999 and 2003, she had been living and working mostly both in Milan, Italy and Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
.
Her modeling career had a change in 2004 when she moved back to Italy and decided to join the plus-size model
Plus-size model
Plus-size model is a term applied to a person who is engaged primarily in modeling plus-size clothing. Plus-size models also engaged in work that is not strictly related to selling large-sized clothing, e.g., stock photography and advertising photography for cosmetics, household and pharmaceutical...
career. With a thoughtful plan of a good diet and with physical activity, Aija gained weight going from a size 8 to a size 12 (US).
She currently resides in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
where she still works as professional plus-size model
Plus-size model
Plus-size model is a term applied to a person who is engaged primarily in modeling plus-size clothing. Plus-size models also engaged in work that is not strictly related to selling large-sized clothing, e.g., stock photography and advertising photography for cosmetics, household and pharmaceutical...
, she is attending a Chef School degree program and she enjoys riding her motorbike.
Plus Size Career
Aija has enjoyed lucrative contracts with many high-profile Italian plus-size clothing manufacturers such as MiroglioMiroglio
Seeing incorporation at Alba , Miroglio is an Italian firm specialising in the manufacture and distribution for sale of ready-to-wear clothing and fabrics. The Group now delivers consolidated sales revenue in the amount of Euro 997,1 million and employs some 12 thousand people in Italy and abroad...
, Benetton
Benetton Group
Benetton Group S.p.A. is a global luxury fashion brand, based in Treviso, Italy. The name comes from the Benetton family who founded the company in 1965. Benetton Group is listed in Milan....
, Gianfranco Ferré
Gianfranco Ferrè
Gianfranco Ferré was a fashion designer also known as "the architect of fashion" for his background and his original attitude toward creating fashion design....
, Mariella Burani, Yamamay, Liu Jo, Sonia Fortuna, Mariagrazia Severi and has also appeared on the runway for Elena Miro (Miroglio
Miroglio
Seeing incorporation at Alba , Miroglio is an Italian firm specialising in the manufacture and distribution for sale of ready-to-wear clothing and fabrics. The Group now delivers consolidated sales revenue in the amount of Euro 997,1 million and employs some 12 thousand people in Italy and abroad...
) in Milan, Italy from 2004 till nowadays.
Aija is also notable for appearing in “Curvy Can”, the Italian Eating disorder
Eating disorder
Eating disorders refer to a group of conditions defined by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual's physical and mental health. Bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are the most common specific...
2010 awareness campaign where 6 plus-size model
Plus-size model
Plus-size model is a term applied to a person who is engaged primarily in modeling plus-size clothing. Plus-size models also engaged in work that is not strictly related to selling large-sized clothing, e.g., stock photography and advertising photography for cosmetics, household and pharmaceutical...
s were nude pictured under the “We are not Fashion Victim” slogan.