In her early career, she was compared to Brigitte Bardot. She has appeared on more than one thousand magazine covers [5] and holds the record for the model with the most magazine covers, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. Claudia Maria Schiffer was born in Rheinberg , a small town 15 kilometres 9. Schiffer originally aspired to become a lawyer and used to work in her father's law firm. After leaving high school, Schiffer flew to Paris for a trial photo shoot, and subsequently appeared on the cover of Elle.
In the early s, she starred in campaigns for Guess? After several other magazine appearances including the cover of British Vogue , shot by Herb Ritts , [14] Schiffer was selected by Karl Lagerfeld to become the new face of Chanel.
Schiffer appeared on the November millennium cover of Vogue as one of the "Modern Muses". Schiffer was a judge on Fashion Fringe in Schiffer launched her eponymous cashmere collection during Paris Fashion Week in March Schiffer made her film debut in the children's movie Richie Rich , as the title character's personal fitness trainer.
Films in which Schiffer has made cameo appearances include Ben Stiller 's Zoolander Schiffer was also a spokesman for Make Poverty History , and appeared in their "Click" campaign. In July , she appeared as a presenter at both the Berlin and Edinburgh Live 8 concerts.
Schiffer has released four exercise videos, entitled Claudia Schiffer's Perfectly Fit , which reached the best seller list. She also presented Prince William with a polo trophy in In , at a Berlin celebrity gala, Schiffer met magician David Copperfield when he brought her on stage to participate in a mind reading act and in his flying illusion , and they became engaged in January During this engagement, Schiffer sometimes appeared on stage with Copperfield to act as his special guest assistant in illusions including being levitated, guillotined , and sawn in half.
