Mariacarla Boscono

Mariacarla Boscono (pronounced [maˌri.aˈkarla boˈskɔːno]; born 20 September 1980) is an Italian fashion model and actress. Rising to fame in the early 2000s, Boscono has walked the runways of major worldwide fashion weeks and festivals, including Milan Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week, the Met Gala and Venice Film Festival. In 2005, over a two-week period, she walked more than seventy runways in three different cities (Milan, New York City, Paris), establishing a world record.Vogue Paris declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s, and in 2005 she earned an estimated $3,500,000 in one year, earning her a spot on Forbes' list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels . Models.com has ranked Boscono on their Icons List, a ranking of the twenty supermodels considered icons in the fashion industry.Boscono has worked with the most recognized fashion brands and become a favorite of famous designers such as the late Karl Lagerfeld and Riccardo Tisci. She has posed for major fashion magazines, having been photographed by Juergen Teller, Steven Meisel, Tim Walker, Peter Lindbergh, Peter Beard and Mert and Marcus. Boscono has also worked with other top models such as Natalia Vodianova, Caroline Trentini, Karlie Kloss, Naomi Campbell, and Joan Smalls.Boscono made her theatrical debut in 2006 in New York City with the play The Maids by Jean Genet and between 2010 and 2011 in Imogen Kusch's plays Shakespeare's Women, The Winter's Tale and Cymbeline.She has worked with world-renowned fashion brands such as Chanel, Blumarine, Moschino, Etro, Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Escada, Marc Jacobs, DKNY, Diesel, Roberto Cavalli, Alberta Ferretti, Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Barneys New York, NARS Cosmetics, H&M, John Galliano, Hermes, Lanvin, Loewe, Prada, Pucci, Missoni, Laura Biagiotti and Salvatore Ferragamo.