Heather Marks is a Canadian model

Model (person)

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 known in the fashion world for her big eyes and doll-like or elfin features. Her high fashion looks have booked her many campaigns, and her career has followed those of other doll-like models, Gemma Ward

Gemma Ward

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, Caroline Trentini

Caroline Trentini

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, Lily Cole

Lily Cole

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, Lisa Cant, Vlada Roslyakova

Vlada Roslyakova

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, Jessica Stam

Jessica Stam

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, and Devon Aoki

Devon Aoki

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Early life

Marks was born in Calgary, Alberta

Alberta

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, and was discovered at the Calgary Woman's Show at the age of 12 (already 178 cms tall) by Kelly Streit, the owner of Mode Models. He invited her to enter Mode's upcoming model search, which she won. She was still not convinced on the idea of modeling and agreed to help Streit with filing jobs a few times a month.

Career

At almost 15 Marks was sent to Toronto and began booking jobs in New York, including her first editorial for Italian Vogue. She made her runway debut three years later at the Givenchy

Givenchy

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 Spring 2003 couture show. She made her ready-to-wear show debut in the Spring/Summer 2004 season, in which she walked over 43 shows (including Anna Sui, Blumarine, Burberry, Chanel, D&G, Givenchy, Lanvin, Louis Vuitton, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Marni, MaxMara, Rochas, Sportmax and Versus by Versace). In each the Spring/Summer 2005 and Fall/Winter 2005 catwalk show seasons she walked in over 70 shows.

Marks has since done shows and advertisements for D & G, Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein

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, Emporio Armani, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Max Mara

Max Mara

MaxMara, or The House of MaxMara, is a luxury Italian fashion house known for its ready-to-wear clothing. Established in 1951 in Reggio Emilia by Achille Maramotti...

, Moschino

Moschino

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, Kenzo, Jimmy Choo

Jimmy Choo

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, Lacoste, Anna Sui

Anna Sui

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, Christian Lacroix

Christian Lacroix

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, Just Cavalli, Badgley Mischka

Badgley Mischka

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, Jeremy Laing, Sisley

Sisley

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and other prominent fashion designers. She has also appeared in advertisements for H&M

H&M

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children....

, Aubin & Wills, Converse, Victoria's Secret

Victoria's Secret

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, Lui Jeans, American Eagle

American Eagle Outfitters

American Eagle Outfitters is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1977 by Mark and Jerry Silverman as a subsidiary of Retail Ventures, Inc., a company which also owned and operated Silverman's Menswear...

, Benetton

Benetton Group

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, Blanco

Blanco

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, Cacharel

Cacharel

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, Daks, GAP

Gap (clothing retailer)

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, Holt Renfrew

Holt Renfrew

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, Lee Jeans, Levi's, Mango

Mango

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, Sportmax, Swarovski

Swarovski

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, Trussardi and Via Spiga. She is very well known in the industry as a beauty and money model, as she has appeared in cosmetics campaigns for Anna Sui

Anna Sui

Anna Sui is an American fashion designer. Her luxury brand retails globally in the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Her clothing, fragrance, cosmetic, and accessories lines sell at Anna Sui stores in over 50 countries and are also widely distributed at leading department stores...

, Revlon

Revlon

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, MAC

Make-up Art Cosmetics

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 and Nars

Nars

NARS Cosmetics is a Shiseido-owned cosmetics and skin care company founded by François Nars, make-up artist and photographer.The cosmetics line began with twelve lipsticks sold at Barneys New York. Since then, NARS have created various multi-use beauty products...

, as well her many turns in the beauty editions of both Japanese and Italian Vogue

Vogue (magazine)

Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...

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She has appeared on the covers of magazines such as the German, Korean, Latinoamerican, Mexican and Spanish editions of Vogue

Vogue (magazine)

Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...

, the Croation, Canadian, and Italian editions of Elle in addition to Harper's Bazaar, Dazed, French, Velvet, Flair, Fashion, BLACK and Mixte. In 2006 she participated in the Victoria's Secret

Victoria's Secret

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 Fashion Show. Marks has also appeared in the catalogs for Bloomingdales, Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Lloyd Jewelry, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Holt Renfrew, Max Mara, Americana Manhasset and Aubin & Wills

She is also slated to play the supporting role of "Suki" in the upcoming film Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is an upcoming American 3D horror film due to release in 2012. Written and directed by Michael J. Bassett, Revelation 3D is based on the survival horror video game Silent Hill 3 and a sequel to the horror film Silent Hill, which is an adaptation of the survival horror...

, due in early 2012. This will mark her first major acting role in a motion picture.

Personal life

Marks currently lives in Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village

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 with her English Bulldog, Otis. She has said that she used to be a "tomboy" and is a fan of wakeboarding

Wakeboarding

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, snowboarding

Snowboarding

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, and soccer. She also owns a cabin in British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, where she stays for at least one month a year.

Agencies

• Mode Calgary/Edmonton/Portland (Mother Agency)
• Giovanni Model Management (Toronto)
• Women New York
• Women Milan
• Women Paris
• Select London
• Louisa Hamburg/Munich

External links

• Heather Marks photos on Style.com