Marisa Miller

Born August 6, 1978
Marisa Miller is an American model best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues, and her work for lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret. After a stint shooting with photographer Mario Testino for fashion magazines like Vogue, Miller began working for both companies in 2002. As of late 2007, she is a Victoria's Secret Angel, and graced the cover of the 2008 SI Swimsuit Issue to record-setting numbers, accomplishments that have led to her being dubbed the "return of the great American supermodel."

Marisa Bertetta she was first "discovered" at age 16 walking through a San Francisco café by two Italian modeling agents. After talking to her mother Krista Bertetta, she was on a plane to Italy with her mother a few months later, despite such a "shy and conservative" personality growing up that she had to put on all her clothes just to go to the trash can while at the beach. Miller gained attention when she appeared in a 1997 issue of Perfect 10 magazine. Although she came in third behind Ashley Degenford and Monica Hansen in Perfect 10 magazine's first annual model search, she was repeatedly showcased in following issues, including the covers of the Winter 1998, Aug/Sept 1999, and Fall 2004 editions.

Miller moved from a start as an amateur magazine model to high profile mainstream work after an acquaintance showed a picture of her to famed fashion photographer Mario Testino in 2001. Testino asked to meet Miller, who was running a surf school at the time, and was invited to Manhattan Beach, California, where she would be surfing.

Noticing her, Testino snapped pictures of her and approached her for a job offer that turned out to be editorials for both the American and Italian editions of Vogue. Within six months, Miller was working for Victoria's Secret and the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, in which she appeared in every issue from 2002 to 2008. She has also appeared in a diverse range of magazines, many of them international editions, such as GQ, Maxim, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle, and Vanity Fair, as well as working on campaigns/advertisements for Nordstrom, J.Crew, Guess?, Tommy Hilfiger, Pepsi, Panasonic, Bath & Body Works, and most recently, for True Religion jeans and motorcycle company Harley-Davidson. In July 2008, Miller took her first step beyond modeling when her shoe line with skateboarder/surfer-oriented company Vans launched.

Television spots of Miller's include the short-lived reality television series Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model (2004), Puddle of Mudd's "Spin You Around" music video (2004), the pilot episode and finale of VH1's reality show The Shot (2007), and cameos in HBO's Entourage and the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother (both 2007), the latter with her fellow Victoria's Secret Angels. However, it wasn't until 2007 that she filmed her first television commercial for Victoria's Secret, appearing alongside Heidi Klum for the It bra. Miller's other commercials include a 2008 viral video on YouTube with All Star baseball player Ryan Braun for Remington's ShortCut clippers and a commercial for the NFL Network.

On December 4, 2007, Miller made her debut at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and opened a segment in the following year's edition. Other runway credits of Miller's include 2007's Fashion for Relief show, benefiting victims of Hurricane Katrina, as well as MTV's Fashionably Loud, Imitation of Christ, Inca, and Amir Slama's Rosa Cha, for which she was one of the most anticipated models.

On the February 12, 2008 episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, it was announced via a three-story billboard in New York City that Miller would grace the cover of that year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The tandem online launch of the issue drew record page views to the SI website: 228 million, a 41% increase over 2007. In September 2008, Sports Illustrated released a "Best of Marisa Miller" swimsuit calendar for the 2009 year.

Victoria's Secret also put her to work in 2008, with a five-city tour to promote the 2008 Swim collection's release in stores; the April-May tour included stops in New York City, Miami, Chicago (where she threw the opening pitch at a Cubs game), Boston, and Minneapolis. The relaunch of Victoria Secret's sports line, VSX, soon followed, along with her first official campaign as an Angel: promoting the company's newest fragrance, Very Sexy Dare.

Marisa Miller's work in several Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues and Victoria's Secret catalogs sends her sexiness ratings off the charts.

Marisa Miller was particularly sexy in the 2004 Sports Illustrated photo shoot video. Dressed like an Iowa farm girl, she definitely stood out from her colleagues Ana Beatriz Barros and Bridget Hall.

When a photographer notices you on the beach without any makeup or fancy clothes, chances are you're not bad looking. This freckled strawberry blonde is the very incarnation of the all-American California girl. She was ranked No. 12 on AskMen.com's Most Desirable Women of 2007, No. 9 in 2008 and No. 3 in 2009. She also made her debut in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2007.

In 2008, Marisa Miller was named No. 1 in Maxim's annual Top 100.

"The first thing I do every morning is go online to check the surf. If the waves are good, I'll go surf. The beach is 10 minutes away."
- Marisa Miller

Birth name Marisa Bertetta
Nickname: Legs
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Hair color Blonde
Eye color Hazel
Measurements 34D-23-35 (US)
86-58-88 (EU)
Weight 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st)
Dress size 2 (US), 32 (EU), 5 (UK)
Shoe size 7 (US), 37½ (EU), 4½ (UK)
Agency Elite Model Management - New York
Vision Los Angeles
D Management Group
Modelwerk
Hobbies:Football, Driving muscle cars, Cooking, and Surfing (this might just be the best supermodel hobbies we have ever heard of)
Advertisements: Andrew Marc, Calzedonia, Harley Davidson, J.Crew, Michael Stars, Nordstrom, Panasonic, Pepsi, Tommy Hillfiger, True Religion, Victoria's Secret,
Official website MarisaMiller.com