Jourdan Dunn is the British model and actress who made history when she became the first black model in over a decade to walk the Prada runway for her striking beauty and toned physique. Although she was introduced to the modeling world at a young age in 2006, Model.com declared Jourdan an icon in 2014. She is currently signed to Storm Model Management, as is the new face of Maybelline New York, which has helped grow her net worth to a whopping $4 million. Here you will find more interesting details about the Fashion Runway Princess.
Jourdan Dunn’s bio
Jourdan Sherise Dunn was born in the West London suburb of Greenford, UK on August 3, 1990. She had a wonderful childhood living in the suburb of Greenford with her mother and two younger brothers. Jourdan Dunn has dual citizenship. She was born in England, but her mother (Dee Dunn) is from Jamaica.
There is limited information about her father as records indicate that she spent most of her childhood with her mother. Growing up Jourdan was conscious of her body due to her height and weight and at an early stage of her life she was often told by those who knew her that she was going to be a model.
Although she was adamant about Jourdan at first, I didn’t really understand what models actually do and how she can model for a living. However, after watching several episodes of shows like America’s Next Top Model, she began to understand more about the job and developed an interest from there.
career
At the time the Westie was 15 years old, in early 2006 she was scouted by an agent from Storm Model Management agency while she was with a friend in London Primark. In the fall of 2007, Jourdan had the opportunity to make her debut on the New York shows when she was 16 years old. Her shows included those of Marc Jacobs and Polo Ralph Lauren. In 2008, she was listed as one of the top 10 newcomers to walk the runway and was named a new star at British Vogue. In 2008 she made 75 catwalks during the spring-summer model brands such as Valentino and Louis Vuitton. To date, Jourdan’s career has thrived as she has walked for some of fashion’s biggest designers, making her a regular face on the runways.
She reported on the 2008 Vogue Italia issue, which was dedicated to black models only. Some of the magazines she has covered in are: Elle (France, UK, South Africa, Japan, Brazil), Ponystep , Fashion Turkey , Luella, The Sunday Times Style , British Fashion , Pop Muse , Fashion Japan , Antidote , Russh , Fashion Brazil, Teen Vogue, Wonderland , Manifesto , Fashion Magazine Canada , Vogue Girl Korea , Madame Figaro, W Magazine , Glamor Magazine UK, American Vogue , Miss Vogue and cover I’d Magazine (eight times).
Personal Life: Husband, Boyfriend, Baby Daddy
Children, Son
Jourdan Dunn entered a teenage relationship with Jordan Cummings, a boy from Islington in North London in 2005. This was just before she was discovered as a model. The relationship lasted another 5 years, of which at the age of 19 she became pregnant with a son. This was also the peak of her career, which sent her into a state of pandemonium. She struggled to decide whether to keep the pregnancy or terminate it, but with the help of her mother, who promised to be there for her, Jourdan decided to have the baby. The child named Riley was admitted in December 2009, unfortunately he was born with sickle cell anemia which he inherited from his parents.
Jourdan had to raise the child alone after her boyfriend Jordan was arrested for cocaine possession and sentenced to three years in prison. This led to their breakup and thanks to her mother helping to raise her son Riley she still has the freedom to pursue her career.
Jourdan Dunn later started dating teen model and boxer, Younes Bendjima in 2015. The two, who seemed so fond of each other, have even been dubbed as one of the sexiest couples in the business. Because regardless of their equally busy schedule, they still found time to be together. This relationship was short-lived, however, as they called it quits in October 2016. Jourdan Dunn is currently single and mainly focused on her career as well as raising her son.
Body data of Jourdan Dunn – height, weight
To be featured as the first black model she sure has to be one special lady and indeed she is. A synonym for the model world is the size of the models and of course the body contours.
Models especially those looking to further their career on the runway are expected to be at least 5ft 8in tall and weight around 100 and 150 pounds. In Jourdan’s case, she gets the most points in this department as she has a slim body standing at 5ft 10inches and a good weight of 123lbs. Your other body measurements include; bust (32 inches), waist (23 inches), and hips (35 inches).