Doutzen Kroes

Doutzen Kroes
Kroes at Cannes Film Festival in 2015
Born (1985-01-23) 23 January 1985
Gytsjerk, Friesland, Netherlands
Occupations
  • Model
  • actress
  • philanthropist
Years active2003–present
Spouse
(m. 2010)
Children2
Modeling information
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorBlue
AgencyDNA Models (New York)

Doutzen Kroes (West Frisian: [ˈdɔutsn̩ ˈkrus], Dutch: [ˈdʌutsə(ŋ) ˈkrus]; born 23 January 1985) is a Dutch fashion model. She began her modelling career in 2003, in the Netherlands and was quickly sent by her agency to New York where she was cast by lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2008 until 2014, making her the second Dutch to earn the coveted title after Karen Mulder. She has been a brand ambassador for L'Oréal Paris since 2006. Kroes has been one of the highest-paid models, with an estimated income of more than $5 million per year, since 2008. In 2014, she came in second on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $8 million in one year. In 2013, she became the first model to land four different solo international covers of Vogue's September issue in a single year.

Her film debut was in Nova Zembla (2011).