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
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