Rebecca Leigh Longendyke

Rebecca Leigh Longendyke (born July 16, 1996) is an American fashion model. She has appeared on the cover of Vogue Italia three times and on the cover of Vogue Paris once.

Rebecca Leigh Longendyke
Longendyke models for Paco Rabanne in 2021
Born (1996-07-21) July 21, 1996[1]
Hurley, New York, U.S.
Alma materBinghamton University
OccupationModel
Modeling information
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorBlue-green
Agency

Early life and education

Longendyke, the middle child of three girls, was born and raised in the small town of Hurley, in the Hudson Valley of New York. She was scouted via Facebook by her mother agent, Model Partner, and did not begin modeling professionally until attending college at Binghamton University.[3] Longendyke studied biomedical engineering, for which she earned her degree.[1][3][4]

Career

While working as a waitress, Longendyke's test photos were chosen to be in a Saint Laurent campaign,[3] alongside British-French singer Charlotte Gainsbourg and American supermodel Amber Valletta.[5] Her first runway show was for the former Calvin Klein Collection label, and she walked for Saint Laurent, Chanel, and Valentino among others.[3] In the 2019-2020 season, she walked in 58 shows,[6] twice as many as her contemporaries, for brands including Vera Wang, Burberry, Ralph Lauren, Victoria Beckham, Prada, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, and Chloé.[7]

Longendyke first appeared on the cover of Vogue Italia in January 2019 photographed by Craig McDean,[3] and shortly after, appeared on the cover of i-D photographed by Alasdair McLellan.[8] She has also appeared on the cover of Vogue Japan and Vogue Germany.[9] Longendyke has appeared in campaigns for Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Celine, Michael Kors, Michael Kors Gorgeous Fragrance, Mango,[1] Isabel Marant, Calvin Klein, Calvin Klein Euphoria Intense Fragrance, Prada, Chloé, Tod's, and Zara.[1]

Longendyke ranks on models.com's "Top 50" models list.[10]

References
  1. Merino, Luis Javier (March 12, 2020). "Zara, Mango... ¿Qué tiene la modelo Rebecca Leigh Longendyke que todos la quieren?". Hola! Magazine (in Spanish) – via Yahoo!.
  2. "Rebecca Leigh Longendyke - Model". models.com.
  3. Florsheim, Lane (April 23, 2019). "May Cover: Dreamy Fashion in the Great Outdoors". Wall Street Journal, the Magazine.
  4. "V125 NEXT GEN: REBECCA LONGENDYKE". V. April 30, 2020.
  5. "Saint Laurent Presents a Superstar Trifecta for Spring 2019 Campaign". L'Officiel.
  6. Mac Donnell, Chloe (October 10, 2018). "From comeback supermodels to new names to know, the 10 models who ruled fashion month". The Telegraph.
  7. "Rebecca Leigh Longendyke's impressive Fashion Month". Agence France-Presse. October 9, 2019 – via Yahoo!.
  8. White, Ryan (February 21, 2019). "the girl next door: rebecca longendyke by alasdair mclellan". i-D.
  9. "Rebecca Longendyke Model". Business of Fashion.
  10. "Top 50 Models". models.com.
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