General Information
- Jenny Lynn Shimizu
- June 16, 1967
- NYC/LA
- Japanese American
- Supermodel / Actress / Author / Mechanic
Advertising Campaigns
- Banana Republic
- Calvin Klein (CK One)
- Clinique
- J.Crew
- Jean Paul Gaultier
- Jigsaw
- L.A. Eyeworks
- Levi’s
- Shiseido
- The Gap
- United Colors of Benetton
- Versus Versace
Art & Exhibitions
- Catherine Opie: American Photographer, Retrospective, Guggenheim, 2008 (“Chicken” from the series “Being and Having”)
- Catherine Opie: Girlfriends, Gladstone Gallery (2010)
- The Model as Muse at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009 (CK One advertisements by Steven Meisel)
- Pirelli Museum, Italy, permanent exhibition (1997 Pirelli calendar by Richard Avedon)
- The Rotten Riotous West by Margo Victor, 2009-ongoing (16mm short film starring Jenny Shimizu)
Awards
- 10 Most Amazing Women in Show Business by Power Up
- A Magazine’s “100 Most Influential Asian Americans of the Decade 1989-1999”
- Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival “2006 Lesbian Icon Award”
Books
- The Art of Makeup by Kevyn Aucion
- Beyond the Frame: Women of Color and Visual Representation by Angela Davis and Neferti X. M. Tadiar
- Bad and Beautiful: Inside the Dazzling and Deadly World of Supermodels by Ian Halperin
- The Modern Amazons : Warrior Women on Screen by Dominique Mainon and James Ursini
- The House of Klein: Fashion, Controversy, and Business Obsession by Lisa Marsh
- The Visual Culture Reader by Nicholas Mirzoeff
- Fifty Years of Fashion: New Look to Now by Valerie Steele
- Queers in History: The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Historical Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals by Keith Stern
- It’s So You: 35 Women Write About Personal Expression Through Fashion and Style by Michelle Tea
- Any Objections? by Mario Testino
- Couples by Ellen Von Unwerth
- Women before 10AM by Veronique Vial
- Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People by Helen Zia
Designers
- Anna Sui
- Betsey Johnson
- Calvin Klein
- Christopher Kane
- Donna Karen
- Ghost
- Jean Paul Gaultier
- John Bartlett
- Prada
- Thierry Mugler
- Versace
- Yohji Yamamoto
- Zang Toi
Magazines (Editorial)
- Allure
- Corduroy
- Elle
- Elle UK
- Glamour
- Glamour (Italy)
- Glamour (France)
- Harper’s Bazaar
- Love
- Mademoiselle
- Marie Clare
- Paper
- Playboy
- The Face
- Vogue
- Vogue (Italy)
- Vogue (Australia)
- W
Movies/Television
- America’s Next Top Model (as herself)
- Bob’s New Suit
- Curl Girls (as herself)
- Dante’s Cove
- Ding Dong
- Ellen
- E Television’s Sexiest Top Models (as herself)
- Four Steps
- Foxfire
- Hi-Octane (as herself)
- Itty Bitty Titty Committee
- Make Me a Supermodel (as herself)
- RuPaul’s Drag Race, “M.A.C./Viva Glam Challenge” (as herself)
- The Goods (as herself)
- The New Women
- Tools 4 Fools
Photographers
- Richard Avedon
- Jake Chessum
- Michael Comte
- David LaChapelle
- Ari Marcopoulos
- Steven Meisel
- Sean Mortensen
- Catherine Opie
- Irving Penn
- Dusan Reljin
- Paolo Roversi
- David Sims
- Mario Sorrenti
- Mario Testino
- Michael Thompson
- Ellen Von Unwerth
- Veronique Vial
- Bruce Weber
Press
- A. Magazine
- Asiance Magazine
- AsianWeek
- AfterEllen.com
- Boston Globe
- British Elle
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Chicago Tribune
- Compete
- Curve
- DIVA
- GR:10 / Giant Robot
- i-D
- Italian Glamour
- LA Weekly
- Life & Style
- LOTL
- Los Angeles Times
- People
- Purple
- New York Magazine
- New York Post (Page 6)
- New York Times
- Newsday
- Out
- The Advocate
- The Face
- USA Today
- Vanity Fair
- Variety
- Velvet Park
- Washington Post
- White Hot
- WWD
