's career of this American native of Fort Lauderdale (Miami ), began when his mother,Barbera , sent her photos to a modeling agency in Florida. Despite his young age (then age 13) in charge of this company did not hesitate to hire her and convinced her to participate in the beauty contest Fresh Faces of New York, which won first place. Due to this success, Niki starred in her first photo shoots for various French magazines such as Seventeen .
At 16, he had already achieved his first million dollars (890,000 euros), which led him to found his own company Niki Inc. A year later get his first contract with the cosmetics companyCover Girl , becoming the youngest model who posed in this brand campaigns. Throughout his career, Niki , who has appeared on over 160 magazine covers ( Allure , Vogue , Cosmopolitan ,Elle , Glamour , Harper "s Bazaar ...), has also been the face of other major firms such as Gap ,Liz Claiborne , Nokia and Victoria 's Secret .Similarly, during the 90s, was one of the most sought after models in the world.
In fact, firms paraded for Chanel , Chloe , Givenchy andCalvin Klein , to name a few. Like other models, such as [Elle McPherson] or [Daniela Pestova],Niki publishes annually its own calendar, which shows his sculpted body , the same as he used to appear twice (in 1997 and 1998) in the special issue of the journal Swimsuit Sports Illustrated .Their happiness When not working, the beautiful pattern, hazel eyes, spends all his free time take care of their two children, twins Jake and Hunter , which give all the happiness in the world. Both were born to their marriage, in 1993, with footballer Matt Martinez , whom she divorced years later. Their worst Despite her happiness as a successful model, Niki has been hit hard in his life. In July 1995, her younger sister, Krissy (also a model), died victim of an asthma attack. Both she and her parents and her other sister, Joelle , had to fight the pain of this unexpected loss. But this is not the only misfortune against which it had to fight this American dummy.
In April 2001, fate played a trick: the beautiful blonde suffered a terrible car accident after colliding vehicle he was riding into a pole. A chance the driver who was distracted by the sound of a phone was the cause of the event. The model suffered massive internal injuries on his body which he had to stay in hospital for months. Despite the severity, soon recovered and in July of the same year he received a medical discharge. Then Niki was fully recovered and eager to continue to be one of the most desirable women on the planet.
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