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CLAUDIA SCHIFFER

Name: Claudia Schiffer                                                             
Born: 25 August 1970 Rheinberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany                     
                                                                                   
Claudia Schiffer (born August 25, 1970) is a German supermodel and actress,         
who reached the height of her popularity during the 1990s. Schiffer is one of       
the world's most successful supermodels, appearing on over 500 magazine covers.     
Forbes estimated Schiffer to be worth £38 million in 2002.                         
                                                                                   
Claudia Schiffer was born in Rheinberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which     
is a small town just outside Düsseldorf, to Gudrun and Heinz Schiffer, a lawyer.   
She has two brothers, Stefan and Andreas, and one sister called Ann Carolin.       
                                                                                   
During her school life, Schiffer commented that she was quite popular but felt     
socially overshadowed by the other girls in her year, who all acted like stars     
and were very dominant. She has revealed that because she was so tall, she         
became very shy and did not want to be noticed. She was also subjected to           
jealousy by others as she came from a wealthy family that were well-known           
locally. Schiffer became fluent in French and English.                             
                                                                                   
Schiffer originally wanted to become a lawyer and work in her father's law firm.   
She later dropped these aspirations when in October 1987 at seventeen she was       
spotted in a nightclub in Düsseldorf by Michel Levaton, the boss of Metropolitan   
Model Agency who signed her up to become a model.