Concentrate Trivia Quiz

Answer: Estelle Lefebure

Lefebure started her modelling career in 1985 aged 19 and appeared in most of the top fashion magazines through the '80s and '90s as well as being the model in the first "Guess" clothing campaign. Her starring role in "Frontier(s)" was, one hopes different to her modelling career as she played a publican who seduces young Arab men and in the finale shoots people with a sub machine gun before having her throat ripped out. Now that would be some way to close a catwalk show!

Answer: Milla Jovovich

Jovovich combined modeling and acting from an early age, being just 13 when she began acting in "The Night Train to Kathmandu" and "Two Moon Junction". She became fluent in English in just three months after her family emigrated from Kiev to California and dropped out of school at age 12 to concentrate on modeling, little realising that by 2002, she would be starring in the "Resident Evil" movie and then all five sequels.

She has also released two albums on which she wrote the songs, both of which gained favourable reviews from music critics.

Answer: Suzy Parker

Parker actually made her film debut in 1957, the same year as her role in "Kiss Them For Me", when she appeared uncredited in "Funny Face", which starred Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. During her modeling career, she appeared on over 70 magazine covers, as well as being the face of Chanel and a close friend of Coco Chanel.

Her acting career saw her appear in war movies ("A Circle Of Deception" (1960)), romantic movies, ("The Best Of Everything" (1959)) and horror ("Chamber Of Horrors" (1966)) as well as parts in TV shows such as "Tarzan" and "The Twilight Zone".

Answer: Twiggy

Twiggy has had such a life that it is possible to write a quiz just on her. Although she is always going to be remembered for her modeling, she did this for just four years and was an unlikely model, being just 167 cm tall, weighing 51 kg and having a 31-23-32 figure.

Her first leading film role in 1971's "The Boyfriend" won her two Golden Globes and she went on to appear in "The Blues Brothers" (1980) and with Robin Williams in "Club Paradise" (1986) as well as playing Charlie Chaplin's mother in "Young Charlie Chaplin" (1989). On stage she managed a Tony nomination for her Broadway debut in 1983, "My One And Only", as well as having roles in the West End in "Cinderella" and at the Royal Albert Hall in "A Butterfly Ball".

She started her own clothing range in 1967 and in 2016, launched her 15th collection for Marks and Spencer.

She is also a passionate campaigner for the "Fashion Targets Breast Cancer" movement.

Answer: History Of Art

Cole left school with A grades in English, politics, and philosophy and ethics, winning a place at Cambridge to study Social and Political Sciences, but she switched to History of Art and graduated impressively. She has graced the catwalk for fashion houses such as Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier, Versace, Alexander McQueen and Louis Vuitton and appeared on magazine covers worldwide.

She has appeared on stage in an adaptation of Chekhov's "The Seagull" and played the title role in a TV show about Elizabeth I as well as finding time to support many humanitarian and environmental causes.

Answer: Christie Brinkley

Brinkley, one time wife of Billy Joel, appeared on the swimsuit cover in 1979, 1980 and 1981, becoming the first model to appear in three consecutive years and in 2017 at age 63, she appeared in a bikini, alongside her daughters in the swimsuit edition and looked as stunning as ever.

In 1985 signed a 25 year deal with CoverGirl cosmetics, a deal which was renewed in 2005, prior to it expiring and in 2011 she starred as Roxie in New York, before reprising the role on Broadway and eventually doing 180 performances in the tour of the show.

Answer: Casino Royale

Veruschka, actual name Countess Vera von Lehndorff-Steinort graced the covers of the American, Italian, French and British versions of Vogue magazine at the height of her fame but quit modeling for many years after a disagreement over her image with the editor in chief of Vogue in 1975.

Interesting fact about her - her father was executed when she was five years old for attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

Answer: Gisele Bundchen

Bundchen is also credited with creating the "horse walk" on the runway, has appeared on three consecutive "Vogue" covers and became only the fourth model, following in the footsteps of Claudia Schiffer and Cindy Crawford to appear on the cover of "Rolling Stone".

In 2000, she modeled the most expensive Victoria's Secret Fantasy bra of all time worth $15 million and in 2005 followed up with the second-most expensive bra ever made, the Victoria's Secret Sexy Splendor Fantasy Bra, valued at $12.5 million. Apart from acting she is also a musician, having had top 40 hits in France and on the USA dance chart.

Answer: Iman

Iman was born in Somalia and in 1976, cut short her studies in political science at the University of Nairobi to move to USA to pursue her modeling career. at which she was successful for almost 20 years. Towards the end of her modeling days, she established her own cosmetics company which by 2010 was turning over $25 million annually.

She moved into movies, while still modeling in 1979 and first met Bowie in 1990, after being introduced by their hairdresser. They married in 1992.

Answer: Naomi Campbell

Supermodel for 20 years, successful businesswoman, actress, author, singer, ambassador for several charitable causes, tireless humanitarian campaigner. What more could Naomi put on her resume? How about the quote from Nelson Mandela, who called her "my honorary granddaughter".

This lady has success after success and continues to love working. In 2018, over 30 years after her debut, she walked the catwalk for Louis Vuitton and featured on the cover of British "GQ" magazine.