Niki Taylor

Niki Taylor

United States
Measurements : 34.5 - 25 - 34.5
Height : 180 cm
Date of Birth : March 5, 1975

Nicole Renee "Niki" Taylor (born March 5, 1975) is an American supermodel. Niki (Nicole) Taylor was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Ken and Barbara Taylor, a Broward Sheriff's Office deputy and a photographer, respectively. She was raised in Pembroke Pines, Florida and attended Cooper City High School. After graduating, her education included studying special effects and taking song and dance classes. She has an older sister, Joelle, and her younger sister Kristen, a fellow model, died of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia on July 2, 1995, at the age of 17. Taylor grew up wanting to be a model and at age 13, she signed with a Florida modeling agency. In Florida she met up with photographer Jean Renard who became her manager. She subsequently won a Fresh Faces contest in New York City and a $500,000 modeling contract. She began professional modeling at the age of 14 and two years later Taylor was a millionaire and president of her own company, Niki, Inc. Her first magazine cover was an issue of Seventeen and at 17, she graced the cover of Vogue, becoming the youngest model to do so. She has over 400 worldwide magazine covers to her credit and her six covers of Allure, Vogue, ELLE, Self and Shape, all in the month of May 1996, have become known as the "Niki Six." She was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 1991 and appeared in the 1997, 1998 and 1999 editions of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, as well as on the 1998 cover of their swimsuit calendar. In 1992, Taylor became the first spokesmodel under 18 to sign a major contract with CoverGirl and she became a feature in their national advertising campaign. Some of her other ad campaigns have been for Liz Claiborne, Nokia, Ellen Tracy, L'Oréal, Lee Jeans and Pantene. Taylor also simultaneously had six enormous billboards in NYC's Times Square, in addition to three yearlong billboards for Liz Claiborne. Outside of modeling, Taylor has been an interviewer for several segments of the international syndicated show, Lifestyles, covered events for NBC and guest-hosted MTV's Fashionably Loud. She also appears in former boyfriend Keith Urban's "Somebody Like You" music video. Source : Wikipedia