Doutzen Kroes

Doutzen grew up in the village of Eastermar where she and her younger sister Rens, a nutritionist, grew up skating, cycling they were always outside, like  tomboys. 

"I biked to school every day, about 25 km there and back..... I never even thought about my looks. We didn't have social media so we couldn't look at other girls and pictures from magazines. We didn't really buy a lot of magazines"

Her mother was a nurse, then a teacher, and her father a psychotherapist. In the 1970s they were both champion speed skaters.

The Dutch supermodel, actress, activist and philanthropist began her modelling career in 2003. She is one of few successful  models who were not discovered by any scouting agency but got accepted at Paparazzi Model Management after sending some of her holiday pictures. 

Doutzen won "Model of The Year" on Vogue.com in the year 2005, became a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2008 and has been a brand ambassador and spokesperson for L'Oréal Paris for over 10 years.

Kroes has been in the top five of best-paid models since 2008. She became the first model/celebrity to land 4 different solo international covers of Vogue's September issue in a single year in 2013. (The September issues are regarded as the most important issue of the year for fashion magazines, especially Vogue.)

Her film debut was in Nova Zembla (2011). She also appeared in Wonder Woman (2017), and Justice League (2017)  as the Amazon warrior, Venelia.

She is one of the active members to contribute to Dance4Life, a Dutch non-profit organization that uses song and dance to educate youth about HIV and AIDS prevention. She is also one of the supporters of Wildlife Conservation and World Wildlife Fund and an ambassador for "Praat mar Frysk" ("Just speak Frisian") campaign which aims to promote the Frisian language.

Doutzen practices jumping rope, speed-skating, and shadow boxing. Her hobbies also include ice-skating and surfing.

She bought a trip to Sri Lanka with her first pay cheque  but when her kids grow up she wants to get back to the hippy backpacking life, she was used to.

She is married to Dutch DJ Sunnery James Gorré since 2010.  They have two children: son Phyllon Joy Gorré (2011) and daughter Myllena Mae Gorré ( 2014).