ELSA BENITEZ
Name: Elsa Benitez
Born: 8 December 1977 Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Elsa Benitez (born on December 8, 1977) is a Mexican model. Benitez was born in
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, and she got her modeling start after winning an
international model search, held in Costa Rica in 1995. With Linda Evangelista
as one of her childhood idols, Benitez decided to follow her dream of modeling.
Modeling opportunities opened up for BenÃtez soon after, first in Mexico, where
she started out her career, and then in the United States and Europe.
She become a supermodel after being chosen by photographer Steven Meisel and
being featured many times on the US and Italian Vogue for Meisel's layouts.
In 1996, she appeared on the cover of Vogue Italy three times in April, August
and September. After signing with Elite Model Management, she then appeared on
the covers of many fashion magazines, including Vogue, ELLE, Glamour,
Mademoiselle, Harper's Bazaar, and Marie Claire. Benitez has also done
advertising campaign work for Dolce & Gabbana, Macy's, Episode, I-N-C, J.Crew,
Oscar de la Renta, Rena Lange, Nine West, Valentino, and Jones New York, and has
modelled for Victoria's Secret. Benitez appeared in the 1999 Pirelli Calendar
that featured "Women Through the Decades." She was photographed as a
representative of the "groovy '70s."
She also appeared in Enrique Iglesias' music video "Love to See You Cry" in 2002
and in the beautiful ad for the perfume Mahora Guerlain shot by Bruno Aveillan
in 2003. Benitez was also selected to be on the cover of the 2001 Sports
Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She has appeared in the Swimsuit Edition five times
since her debut in the magazine. In the 2004 issue, Sports Illustrated reported
Benitez's story of nearly boarding the doomed TWA Flight 800 a Boeing 747 that
exploded over the Atlantic soon after takeoff. She was crying on the phone to
her husband and said, "I feel something is going to happen on the flight." Her
husband told her not to worry, but she continued to cry. She changed her ticket
and took off ten minutes after TWA Flight 800. "It made me appreciate so much
that just being alive is a gift."
Benitez plans to enter the film industry and as such has taken acting lessons.
She hopes to work in both Spanish and English language films. She married former
NBA player, Rony Seikaly -- 12 years her senior -- in September 1999, and she
filed for divorce in August 2005. They have one daughter together, Mila.
Name: Elsa Benitez
Born: 8 December 1977 Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Elsa Benitez (born on December 8, 1977) is a Mexican model. Benitez was born in
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, and she got her modeling start after winning an
international model search, held in Costa Rica in 1995. With Linda Evangelista
as one of her childhood idols, Benitez decided to follow her dream of modeling.
Modeling opportunities opened up for BenÃtez soon after, first in Mexico, where
she started out her career, and then in the United States and Europe.
She become a supermodel after being chosen by photographer Steven Meisel and
being featured many times on the US and Italian Vogue for Meisel's layouts.
In 1996, she appeared on the cover of Vogue Italy three times in April, August
and September. After signing with Elite Model Management, she then appeared on
the covers of many fashion magazines, including Vogue, ELLE, Glamour,
Mademoiselle, Harper's Bazaar, and Marie Claire. Benitez has also done
advertising campaign work for Dolce & Gabbana, Macy's, Episode, I-N-C, J.Crew,
Oscar de la Renta, Rena Lange, Nine West, Valentino, and Jones New York, and has
modelled for Victoria's Secret. Benitez appeared in the 1999 Pirelli Calendar
that featured "Women Through the Decades." She was photographed as a
representative of the "groovy '70s."
She also appeared in Enrique Iglesias' music video "Love to See You Cry" in 2002
and in the beautiful ad for the perfume Mahora Guerlain shot by Bruno Aveillan
in 2003. Benitez was also selected to be on the cover of the 2001 Sports
Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She has appeared in the Swimsuit Edition five times
since her debut in the magazine. In the 2004 issue, Sports Illustrated reported
Benitez's story of nearly boarding the doomed TWA Flight 800 a Boeing 747 that
exploded over the Atlantic soon after takeoff. She was crying on the phone to
her husband and said, "I feel something is going to happen on the flight." Her
husband told her not to worry, but she continued to cry. She changed her ticket
and took off ten minutes after TWA Flight 800. "It made me appreciate so much
that just being alive is a gift."
Benitez plans to enter the film industry and as such has taken acting lessons.
She hopes to work in both Spanish and English language films. She married former
NBA player, Rony Seikaly -- 12 years her senior -- in September 1999, and she
filed for divorce in August 2005. They have one daughter together, Mila.