Mona Tougaard Explained

Mona Tougaard
Birth Date:3 April 2002
Birth Place:Aarhus, Denmark
Hair Color:Brown
Eye Color:Brown

Mona Tougaard (born 3 April 2002) is a Danish model.[1] As of 2024 Tougaard ranks on the "Top 50" on models.com.[2] Tougaard has appeared on the British, Italian and French Vogue.[3]

Early life

Tougaard was born in Aarhus, Denmark, to a half Turkish half Danish father and a Somali-Ethiopian mother.[4] [5] She has two older siblings from her mother's previous marriage. Her mother died when she was 9.[6] She was scouted at age 12, and won the Elite Model Look Denmark contest when she was 15.[7] She was a finalist in the global competition.[8]

Career

Tougaard was discovered when she was 12 years old in Aarhus, Denmark and 3 years later she won the Elite Model Look in Denmark.

Tougaard debuted as a Prada exclusive in 2019. Between two seasons she opened for Loewe and Fendi, also walking for Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Stella McCartney, Valentino, Miu Miu, Versace, Burberry, Dior, Victoria Beckham, Max Mara, Lanvin (which she closed), Salvatore Ferragamo, Alberta Ferretti, Givenchy, Dries Van Noten, Paco Rabanne, Chloé, and Saint Laurent among 40 shows.[9] Later she appeared on the Prada and Miu Miu F/W 19 campaign.

She has appeared in advertisements for Prada, Louis Vuitton, Loewe, Chanel, Max Mara, Chloé and Ports 1961.[10] She appeared on the cover of i-Ds Post Truth Truth issue with contributions by American model Adesuwa Aighewi.[11]

For the F/W 2019 season, models.com deemed her a "top newcomer",[12] with Vogue noticing, she "swept Paris Fashion Week, landing nearly all the city's key shows".[13] She also ranked as the "Breakout Star" in models.com's "Model of the Year" Awards.[14] Currently, she is one of the "Top 50" models on models.com.[15]

She appeared on a cover for British Vogues April 2021 issue and on the Italian Vogue on August 2021.[16] Both she and Somali-American model Ugbad Abdi appear on the August 2022 cover of Vogue France.[17]

In 2023 Tougaard appeared on the cover of the British and French Vogue.[18] For the F/W 2023 season Tougaard walked 39 shows and booked advertising campaigns and for the S/S 24 season Tougaard walked 22 shows.[5] [19]

Notes and References

  1. https://models.com/models/mona-tougaard
  2. https://models.com/rankings/ui/Top50/32945#32945
  3. https://models.com/models/mona-tougaard/year/magazine
  4. Web site: After a killer first season, the teen model just getting started. Graham. Georgia. Dazed. 12 November 2021.
  5. Web site: 2023-09-06 . Mona Tougaard Is the Moment . 2024-02-23 . W Magazine . en.
  6. News: Model Mona Tougaard on the Challenges of Being Multiracial on the Runway. Wall Street Journal. 10 December 2020. Hartman. Jenny.
  7. Web site: Five Up And Coming Models You'll Want To Keep Your Eyes On. 12 March 2019. Harper's Bazaar Singapore. 12 November 2021.
  8. Web site: Valeria Chenskaya e Antonio Freitas sono i vincitori di Elite Model Look 2017. 30 November 2017. Vogue Italia. Italian. Valeria Chenskaya and Antonio Freitas are the winners of Elite Model Look 2017. 12 November 2021.
  9. Web site: Fresh face: Mona Tougaard é a modelo-sensação da temporada internacional de verão 2020. 26 September 2019. Vogue Brasil. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20191002100142/https://www.vogue.globo.com/amp/moda/moda-news/noticia/2019/09/fresh-face-mona-tougaard-e-modelo-sensacao-da-temporada-internacional-de-verao-2020.html. 2 October 2019.
  10. Web site: Mona Tougaard. Business of Fashion. 12 November 2021.
  11. Web site: model mona tougaard wants to fuck shit up. Adesuwa. 4 September 2019. i-D. 12 November 2021.
  12. Web site: TOP NEWCOMERS F/W 2019. models.com. 12 November 2021.
  13. Web site: In Europe, the Model Age Debate Rages On. Okwodu. Janelle. 12 April 2019. Vogue. Condé Nast. 12 November 2021.
  14. Web site: Breakout Star: Women. models.com. 12 November 2021.
  15. Web site: Top 50 Models. models.com. 12 November 2021.
  16. Web site: Allow British Vogue’s Exuberant April Cover Story To Help You Find Your Joy. British Vogue. McDermott. Kerry. 5 March 2021. Condé Nast Britain. 12 November 2021.
  17. Web site: Mona Tougaard and Ugbad Abdi: The model revolution on the cover of the August 2022 edition of Vogue France. Trochu. Eugénie. Vogue France. 21 July 2022.
  18. Web site: 2023-04-28 . Mona Tougaard is the cover star of the May 2023 edition of Vogue France . 2024-02-23 . Vogue France . fr-FR.
  19. https://models.com/rankings/ui/Runway/

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