Elle Macpherson (born 29 March 1964) is an Australian businesswoman, television host, model, and actress. She is well known for her record five cover appearances for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue beginning in the 1980s, leading to her nickname "The Body". She is the founder primary model and creative director for a series of business ventures, including Elle Macpherson Intimates, a lingerie line, and The Body, a line of skin care products. In 2010, she became the host and executive producer of Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model. She is an executive producer of NBC's Fashion Star and was the host for the first season.
Arpad Flynn Alexander Busson, Aurelius Cy Andrea Busson
Parents
Peter Gow, Frances Gow
Siblings
Mimi Macpherson, Brendon Macpherson, Elizabeth Macpherson
Partner
Arpad Busson
Awards
Glamour Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year (2005), Everywoman Ambassador Award (2007), Underfashion Club's Femmy Awards(Lingerie Designer of the Year 2008), World Career Award (2009 Women's World Awards)
Movies
"The Mirror Has Two Faces" (1996), "Batman and Robin" (1997), "The Edge" (1997), "South Kensington" (2001), "Sirens" (1994), The Mirror Has Two Faces" (1996), "Friends" (1999), "Jane Eyre", "The Beautiful Life" (2009)
TV Shows
"Saturday Night Live", NBC's "Fashion Star" (2012), "Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model" (2010-2013),"Your Personal Best – The Body"
Star Sign
Aries
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Trademark
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Statuesque, model-like figure
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Quote
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(On how she got her stepfather's surname Macpherson): I went to [a new] school, and my mother registered her [married] name, and they presumed, because people just didn't get divorced, that we had the same name.
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Nudity has never been an issue for me - I'm Australian. It's more of a thing in America. I mean people can buy guns, yet it's against the law to be topless on the beach.
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"I am at a really good place in my life right now. A really, really good place." (in 1999)
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On modeling: "I'm too old for that." (in 1999)
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Fact
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Co-hostess, with Patrick Duffy and Ellen Croft, of an infomercial for Ellen's "Supreme Pilates" fitness system. [2006]
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She and long-time partner, Arpad Busson (father of her two children), announce split. [June 2005]
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Appeared in an infomercial, hosted by Daisy Fuentes and Mari Winsor, for Mari's "Winsor Pilates" fitness system. [2006]
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Married for the 2nd time her boyfriend of 4 years Jeffrey Soffer following a 3-month-long engagement. [July 2013]
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Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 40, a son Aurelius Cy Andrea Busson on February 4, 2003. Child's father is her now ex-fiancé, Arpad Busson.
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 33, a son Arpad Flynn Alexander Busson on February 14, 1998. Child's father is her boyfriend (now ex-fiancé), Arpad Busson.
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Was in a relationship with Arpad Busson from 1996 to 2005 and they also were engaged since 2002. They have 2 sons together.
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Ranked #80 on Men's Health 100 Hottest Women of all Time (2011).
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Made the cover of "Sports Illustrated" magazine (swimsuit issues) a record 5 times (Feb. 1986, Feb. 1987, Feb. 1988, Feb. 1994, Feb. 2006).
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Ranked #35 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
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Speaks French fluently. She can also communicate in Spanish and Italian.
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Was ranked #7 in Channel 5's "World's greatest supermodel".
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Has split with French financier Arpad Busson [June 2005].
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As a teenager, she ran a mile in 4 minutes, 24 seconds.
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One of the world's top fashion models.
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Checked into the Meadows Clinic in Arizona, which offers treatment for psychological conditions and addictions. She is suffering from postnatal depression after the birth of her second child in February. [October 2003]
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Has own line of lingerie in Australia, planning on extending it to US (May 2002)
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One of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1995.
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Home was robbed. Money and photographs were stolen. Ransom was held for photographs. Elle and husband worked with FBI and they caught the thieves. One of the thieves claimed that he was the father of Elle's baby.
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Elle claims she put on over 20 pounds in weight so that she would have a figure more in the tradition of a model of the day, for the film Sirens (1993)
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She was "discovered" at the age of eighteen while vacationing in Aspen, Colorado, and was promptly signed to the Click modeling agency.
Was quoted in an Australian magazine (Sydney Morning Herald's Good Weekend magazine) as saying that she did not like reading things that she had not written.
$95 Million
