Clara Alonso

Clara Alonso was born on September 21, 1987 in Madrid, Spain.

She started modeling at the age of 15 and regularly walked for Spanish fashion shows.

It was only after she finished school that she was spotted by famous casting director, John Pfeiffer, who helped her ramp walk for various shows, thereby giving a start to her international career.

In 2008, she modeled for the ‘Cruise 2008-09’ collection launched by fashion designer, Diane von Furstenberg, in Florence, Italy. Soon after, she went to New York City in 2009 for the Spring/Summer fashion show.

While modeling in Spain, she was lucky enough to work for Custo Barcelona and make regular appearances at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid.

She was hired by the lingerie giant, Victoria’s Secret, for their 2008 fashion week organized in Miami, at the young age of 21 years. Since then, she has been a regular model at their fashion shows.

She was selected to shoot a lingerie campaign for fashion label, GUESS, in Los Angeles by American photographer Yu Tsai.

As the new, fresh face of Adolfo Dominguez’s ‘Agua Fresco de Rosas’ fragrance, she appeared in its television commercial.

She was honored with the L’Oreal award for ‘Best Model’ at the Autumn/Winter Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week (now Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week), in 2010.

In 2010, she was listed as the ‘Best Model’ by fashion magazine, GQ Spain.

She graced the cover page of the fifth anniversary issue of the Spanish edition of Vanity Fair magazine, released in November 2013, sharing space with tennis legend, Raphael Nadal.

She was voted at #96 in the list of ‘Maxim Hot 100’, published in 2013.

In 2015, she was listed at #140 in ‘Maxim Hot 100’ by the social networking site, Listal.