Taylor Hill
Hill in 2016
Born
Taylor Marie Hill

(1996-03-05) March 5, 1996 (age 28)
Palatine, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationModel
Years active2012–present
SpouseDaniel Fryer (m. 2023)
Modeling information
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[1]
Hair colorBrown[2]
Eye colorGreen[2]
Agency

Taylor Marie Hill (born March 5, 1996) is an American model. A former Victoria's Secret Angel, she appeared in the brand's annual fashion show from 2014 to 2018. She has worked for brands including Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, and Carolina Herrera. She has also appeared in magazines such as Vogue, Elle, and Harper's Bazaar.

Early life

Hill was born in Palatine, Illinois, and raised in Arvada, Colorado.[4] Beginning at an early age, she was a gymnast, before becoming a model. She has three siblings: sisters Logan Rae and Mackinley, and a brother Chase. Mackinley and Chase are also models. She graduated from Pomona High School in Arvada at the age of 16.[5]

Career

Hill in 2015

Hill was discovered in 2011 at the age of 14 by talent agent Jim Jordan[6] at a ranch in Granby, Colorado where Hill and her family rode horses.[7] Jordan photographed Hill and subsequently shopped the images, securing her contracts with a number of modeling agencies.[8]

In 2013, she started out her modeling career when she was featured on Intimissimi's catalog. She has been in print campaigns for Forever 21.[9]

In 2014 she modeled for H&M[10] and walked the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for the first time, the youngest model on their rotation at the age of 18.[11][12] That year she became the face of Rosa Cha.

She was voted "2015's Most Promising Model" by Couturesque's readers.[13] In 2015, she hosted an event for Victoria's Secret PINK.[14] That same year she became a Victoria's Secret Angel.[15] Also she advertised Versus Versace. In August 2015, she won "Model of the Year" in social media at Fashion Media Awards.[16]

In 2016, she played a model in the film The Neon Demon and made her debut at No. 17 on Forbes' "The World's Top-Earning Models" list, with estimated earnings of $4 million between 2015 and 2016. In July 2016, she was named as the new face of French beauty brand Lancôme.[17]

She has appeared in editorials for American, British, French, Spanish, Japanese, Arabian, Mexican and Turkish Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, French, Dutch and Australian Elle, W, Madame Figaro, Dazed, LOVE, V, Russian Número, Pop Magazine, British, Spanish, Turkish, Italian Cosmopolitan, Russh Magazine, Grazia, Glamour and Italian Marie Claire.

In 2016 her name has reached No. 9 with 3.6 million followers on the "Most Followed Models" list by Harper's Bazaar. She has 24 million Instagram followers as of December 2023.

After working in campaigns and photoshoots, she walked for high fashion designers Versace, Valentino, Chanel, Armani, Moschino, Dolce & Gabbana, Brandon Maxwell, Balmain, Givenchy, Tommy Hilfiger, Fendi, H&M, Ralph Lauren, Kenzo, Alexander Wang, Lanvin, DKNY, Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu, Michael Kors and Bottega Veneta during the New York, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks. She has been the face for advertisements of Jimmy Choo by Craig McDean, Michael Kors by Mario Testino, Topshop by Giampaolo Sgura, David Yurman by Bruce Weber and Joe's Jeans by Mario Sorrenti between 2016 and 2018.

Personal life

In June 2021, Hill announced that she was engaged to private equity investor Daniel Fryer.[18] In June 2023, the couple got married in Winter Park, Colorado.[19]

Filmography

Film and television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2016 The Neon Demon Flirty Model #1 Film
The Fashion Fund Herself Episode: "Winner Announced"
2019 Too Old to Die Young Donna Episode: "Volume 1: The Devil"
2020 The Broken Hearts Gallery Taylor Film
2021 Dating and New York Olivia Film
Good on Paper Chanterelle Streaming film
2022 Babylon Rebecca Film

References

  1. ^ a b "Taylor Hill - Los Angeles - IMG Models". IMG Models. Archived from the original on January 22, 2024. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Taylor Hill - MODELWERK". Modelwerk. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  3. ^ "Taylor Hill - Model Profile - Photos & latest news". models.com.
  4. ^ Liana Satenstein (December 1, 2014). "Meet 7 New Faces of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show". Vogue. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  5. ^ "Taylor Hill Is The Youngest Victoria's Secret Model And 'The One To Watch'". Inquisitr. May 9, 2015. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  6. ^ Wiseman, Ellie (April 24, 2020). "Absolutely Everything You Could Ever Want To Know About Taylor Hill" (Online). Grazia. Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media Group. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  7. ^ Chanel Adams (May 9, 2015). "Taylor Hill Is The Youngest Victoria's Secret Model And 'The One To Watch'". Inquisitr. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  8. ^ Rice, Lilyanne (July 22, 2019). "The Untold Truth Of Taylor Hill". StylesRant. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  9. ^ Moti Ankari (March 15, 2015). "Meet Taylor Hill, the Young Model Who Won Fashion Week". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  10. ^ "Taylor Hill Models Loungewear for H&M Shoot by Hasse Nielsen". Fashion Gone Rogue. April 1, 2014. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  11. ^ Rodulfo, Kristina (November 17, 2017). "Your Model Cheat Sheet: The 14 Official Victoria's Secret Angels". Archived from the original on November 20, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  12. ^ Mackenzie Wagner (April 28, 2015). "Exclusive! Taylor Hill on Becoming a Victoria's Secret Model—and How to Get a Bombshell Body". Vogue. Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  13. ^ Tia (February 11, 2015). "Taylor Hill is our Model of the Year". Couturesque. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  14. ^ Danielle Prescod (February 14, 2015). "Victoria's Secret Model Taylor Hill Shares her Foolproof Date Night Tips". Elle. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  15. ^ Mackenzie Wagoner (April 28, 2014). "Exclusive! Taylor Hill on Becoming a Victoria's Secret Model—and How to Get a Bombshell Body". Vogue. Archived from the original on May 1, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  16. ^ Carlson, Jane (August 20, 2015). "DAILY FRONT ROW FASHION AWARDS ANNOUNCE WINNERS (EXCLUSIVE)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  17. ^ Kim, Monica (July 12, 2016). "Taylor Hill is the New Face of Lancôme! How the American Supermodel Does French Girl Beauty" Archived April 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Vogue.
  18. ^ Adams, Abigail (June 26, 2021). "Victoria's Secret Model Taylor Hill Gets Engaged to Daniel Fryer: 'I'll Love You for Always'". People. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  19. ^ "Taylor Hill Is Married! Behind the Scenes of Her Final Wedding Dress Fitting at Etro". Vogue.com. June 10, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.

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