Isabeli Fontana

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Isabeli Fontana
Isabeli Bergossi Fontana outside the Bryant Park tents during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week shows in New York City, September 9th 2007. Photo by Christopher Peterson.
Birth name	Isabeli Bergossi Fontana
Date of birth	July 4, 1983 (1983-07-04) (age 24)
Place of birth	Curitiba, Brazil
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Measurements	34-23-34 (US); 86-59-86 (EU)
Weight	116 lb (53 kg/8.3 st)
Shoe size	8 (US); 40 (EU)
Official website

Isabeli Bergossi Fontana (born July 4, 1983) is a Brazilian model.

Fontana was born in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. In 1996 she made it to the finals of the Elite Model Look Contest when she was just 13. The following year she moved from Southern Brazil to Milan, Italy, to start her modelling career. In 1999, at the age of 16, she appeared in the Victoria's Secret lingerie catalogue. This created a huge controversy as Victoria's Secret had earlier stated that its policy was not to sign models younger than 21 years old. However, the publicity generated by this proved beneficial to Fontana and she quickly rose to fame. Soon after the Victoria's Secret shoot, she was signed by Versace, Ralph Lauren and Valentino. She has modelled for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Marie Claire, ELLE and Vogue.

She was married to model Álvaro Jacomossi but they divorced in 2004. Their son, Zion, was born in 2003. Fontana married actor and model Henri Castelli on December 10, 2005 and their son, Lucas, was born on October 23, 2006 in São Paulo. Fontana and Castelli are separated now and are in the process of divorcing.

Isabeli Fontana, with her son, Zion. Photograph by Ed Kavishe.

[edit] External links

• Isabeli Fontana in the Fashion Model Directory
• Isabeli Fontana at the Internet Movie Database
• Askmen.com profile