Elle Macpherson ( /??l m?k?f?rs?n/; born 29 March 1963) is an Australian model, actress, and businesswoman nicknamed “The Body”. She is perhaps best known for her record six cover appearances for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue beginning in the 1980s. She is also known as the founder and primary model for a series of business ventures including Elle Macpherson Intimates, a lingerie line, and “The Body”, a line of skin care products. According to Forbes, Macpherson possesses assets around $60 million. In 2010, she became the host and executive producer of Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model.
Was quoted in an Australian magazine (Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Weekend magazine) as saying that she did not like reading things that she had not written.
One of the models who own the Fashion Cafe in New York City, along with Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell.
She was “discovered” at the age of eighteen while vacationing in Aspen, Colorado, and was promptly signed to the Click modeling agency.
Son, Arpad Flynn Busson born in New York, New York, USA. Father is Arpad Busson, a French financier. [14 February 1998]
Elle claims she put on over 20 pounds in weight so that she would have a figure more in the tradition of a model of the day, for the film Sirens (1993)
Home was robbed. Money and photographs were stolen. Ransom was held for photographs. Elle and husband worked with FBI and they caught the thieves. One of the thieves claimed that he was the father of Elle’s baby.
Became engaged to her partner of six years, French financier Arpad Busson, in the Bahamas. [January 9, 2002]
One of People Magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People” in 1995.
Has own line of lingerie in Australia, planning on extending it to US (May 2002)
Measurements: 36C-24-35 (early modeling career- 1984), 37D-25-36 (after adding weight to flm “Sirens”), 36D-24-35 1/2 (in 1997), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Gave birth to her second child, a son named Aurelius Cy Andre, with Arpad Busson. [February 4, 2003]
Checked into the Meadows Clinic in Arizona, which offers treatment for psychological conditions and addictions. She is suffering from postnatal depression after the birth of her second child in February. [October 2003]
One of the world’s top fashion models.
As a teenager, she ran a mile in 4 minutes, 24 seconds.
Has split with French financier Arpad Busson [June 2005].
Was ranked #7 in Channel 5′s “World’s greatest supermodel”.
Speaks French fluently.
Ranked #35 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of “100 Sexiest Women in the World”.
