On 17 January 2007, Sanne Nijhof became the 2007 Ford Supermodel of the World in New York. Supermodel of the World (Ford Supermodel of the World, former name Face of the 80s) is the biggest modeling contest in the world. Established by Eileen Ford in 1980, it searches the pre-eminent female model in over 50 countries that successfully finds fashion's newest faces year after year.
This year's top prize of the Ford Supermodel of the World, Sanne Nijhof of the Netherlands, is a $250,000 modeling contract with Ford Models.
Sanne Nijhof was born on 20 October 1987, in Den Ham, Overijssel, the Netherlands.
Hair Color: Light blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'10"; 178cm
Measurements: (US) 32-24.5-34.5; (EU) 81-62-88
Dress Size: (US) 6; (EU) 36
Shoe Size: (US) 8; (EU) 39
Before Sanne Nijhof was a contestant, in the first cycle of Holland's Next Top Model, Nijhof was at a high-level of horse riding, but she suffered from the disease of infectious mononucleosis, so Sanne Nijhof had to stop.
Fifteen-year-old Belarusian beauty Viktoriya Makhota, a resident of Minsk, took second place at the final round. Her prize was a $150,000 contract with Ford Models. It is intersting to note that Yekaterina Domankova, a 17-year-old student at a Minsk high school, won the Ford Supermodel contest in 2006.
Experts said that the Belarusian would have won the contest, which featured some 45 contestants, if she had been 16 years old. The jury said that the Belarusian contestant had a better defile than the winner, Olga Popova, said director of Sergei Nagorny's Fashion Studio, the Belarussian leading model agency.
After winning a months-long national round of the elite world pageant, Ms. Makhota had an intensive training course at Sergei Nagorny's Fashion Studio, where she had acting, etiquette, art, make-up artistry, defile and hairstyle classes, as well as was taught how to work in front of a camera. Apart from this, the girl attended English classes.
A girl from Denmark placed third this year and was awarded a $100,000 contract.
Supermodel of the World (Ford Supermodel of the World, former name Face of the 80s) is the biggest modeling contest in the world. Established by Eileen Ford in 1980, it searches the pre-eminent female model in over 50 countries that successfully finds fashion's newest faces year after year.