Victoria Syde Praver (born June 4, 1987) is an American model and swimwear fashion designer perhaps best known for her appearances in the 2007–2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue,[3] as a Global Brand Ambassador for Billabong in 2009,[4] and for being the youngest face of Guess in 2006, at the age of 17.[5]
Tori Praver | |
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Born | Victoria Syde Praver June 4, 1987 San Diego, California, U.S. |
Other names | "Tori", "Tori Praver-Fuller" |
Occupation | Model |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Modeling information | |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Hair color | Blonde |
Eye color | Green |
Agency | IMG Models (Worldwide)[1] Uno Models (Barcelona) Modellink (Gothenburg) Place Models (Hamburg)[2] |
Website | www |
Biography
editBorn in San Diego, California,[6] and raised on the Hawaiian island of Maui, Praver's childhood was spent surfing, swimming and hanging out at local beaches with her friends. Discovered at age 13 at a Lahaina supermarket,[7] Praver has gone on to work for Guess, Yamamay, Tally Weijl, and Liu-Jo. She has been on multiple covers of Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Cover magazines.[8] She made Sports Illustrated shoots and was the object/subject of Joanne Gair body painting works in the 2007 and 2008 editions and appeared again the following year in 2009.
Her initial career goals were to become a fashion designer and in 2009, Praver started her own line of swimwear, Tori Praver Swimwear.[9] The successful swimwear line is sold through major retailers, boutiques and online. In 2013, she married long-time boyfriend and professional surfer Danny Fuller, they separated in June 2017. The former couple share a daughter, Ryan, born in 2013, and a son, Phoenix, born in 2016, and split their time between Hawaii, Malibu and New York.
References
edit- ^ "Tori Praver - IMG Models". imgmodels.com. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ "Tori Praver - Model". models.com. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ "Tori Praver SI Swimsuit Collection - Sports Illustrated - SI Vault". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2009.
- ^ "Surf". GrindTV.com.
- ^ "Model Tori Praver is Thinking Arby's®". Business Wire. May 5, 2009.
- ^ "Tori Praver". New York Magazine.
- ^ "Fashion Shows: Fashion Week, Runway, Designer Collections". Vogue.
- ^ "Profile of Tori Praver". Fashion Model Directory.
- ^ "Tori Praver Swimwear | about tori". Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
External links
edit- Official website
- Tori Praver at Fashion Model Directory
- Tori Praver at NYmag.com
- Tori Praver at IMDb
- Profile from Askmen.com
- Tori Praver Swimwear Official website
- 2012 Interview with Tori Praver
- Pacific Weddings 2013 Feature
- Swept Away: Model Tori Praver and Surfer Danny Fuller's Hawaiian Wedding from Vogue