Helena Christensen

Helena Christensen is one of those rare supermodels who made the 90s feel genuinely cinematic — that Herb Ritts-shot face, the kind of bone structure that stopped you cold on a newsstand. Born on Christmas Day in Copenhagen and standing 178 cm of pure Nordic poise, she walked for everyone worth walking for and was one of Victoria's Secret's defining Angels during the era when that show was an actual cultural event. What I find most interesting, though, is that she didn't just coast on her looks after the runway slowed down — she pivoted to photography with real seriousness, and co-founded Nylon magazine, which had a whole downtown-cool identity that fit her perfectly. Now well into her 50s and still shooting and modeling, she's proof that the women who survived the 90s fashion machine with their personalities intact end up being the most compelling ones.

Name (English)

Helena Christensen

Name (Japanese)

ヘレナ・クリステンセン

Reading

へれな・くりすてんせん

Born

December 25, 1968 (age 57)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Monkey

Origin

Copenhagen, Denmark

Height

178 cm

Occupation

model / photographer / beauty pageant contestant / fashion photographer / actor

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.helena-christensen.com
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%AC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3

Tags

• model
• photographer
• beauty pageant contestant

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.