Barbara Palvin is a Hungarian model, actress, and former Victoria’s Secret model. She was named as the 2016 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue “Rookie of the Year.”
She gained worldwide fame when she graced the runway at Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, as a calendar girl with the famous Angels’ wings, in 2012. She is the latest muse of the cosmetic range ‘L’Oreal Paris’. She is the face of its Rouge Caresse lipstick range and Miss Candy cosmetic collection.
In 2006 she stands out as one of the best Models of International Icon Model Management. In 2012, she gained the Official face of L'Oréal Paris and the same year she was put as the representative of Victoria's Secret. In 2013, Palvin's ranked number 23 on the Money Girls list and also ranked at number 40 in the list of ‘Top 50 Models Women’ published by models.com.
Barbara Palvin was born on October 8, 1993, in Budapest, Hungary. She enjoyed playing soccer and singing as a child. She was spotted while walking down a street with her mother in Budapest, in 2006. She was only 13 then. Largely influenced by the chic heroin look of Kate Moss during the 1990s, she agreed to take up modeling. She attended her school at SZINYEI MERSE PAL HIGH SCHOOL in her home city Budapest. There is not much information about her educational background. She is of Hungarian descent and holds a Hungarian nationality.
It was that moment when Palvin was discovered waking in the Budapest street with her mother in 2006 at the age of 13 which led her to first modeling job for Spur Magazine. Since then, Barbara has become a somewhat sought-after face for modeling jobs in the industry. She built most of her early modeling career in Asia where she had appeared in different modeling jobs at the cover face for various international fashion magazines. L’Officeal, Marie Claire, Vogue, Elle, Glamour Hungary – her face has been the cover of some of their international pages spreading across countries from Brazil to Korea to Singapore. She’s featured in fashion campaigns by multinationals like Victoria Secret, H&M and Armani Exchange
In February 2012, she turned into a minister for L’Oréal Paris. In 2012, she strolled in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and wore Rosa Clara on the Barcelona Bridal Week 2012 runway. Furthermore, she showed up in the 2014 film Hercules. As of 2016, she positioned number 14 on the Money Girls list by models.com and #17 on Forbes as one of the most generously compensated models in the world. Later that year, she positioned fourth in Maxim Hot 100 in 2016.
She is in a romantic relationship with Hungarian Kristof Somfai. She was rumored to be dating Canadian pop star Justin Beiber for a brief period, after the latter’s break up with Selena Gomez. However, the rumors were sidelined when Beiber was spotted back with Gomez after a few weeks.
She has been standing with a perfect height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) and weighs around 54 kg. The Body Measurements are 33-23-35 inches and Bra size is 32B. Her Dress size is 4 (US) while Shoe size is 5 (US). She has brown hair with beautiful Blue eyes.
Due to brand endorsements and revenues from her modeling career, she has a net worth of $6 million and yearly salary is about ?$135,294.