Carmen Kass Biography

Carmen Kass is an Estonian Fashion model who has dabbled in acting and politics as well as her successful super modeling career. She was discovered at the young age of 14 and was walking high end fashion show runways in Milan and Paris by the time she was 18. Throughout her career she has been featured on the covers of several fashion magazines around the world, as well as in advertising campaigns for many important fashion labels. She used her prominence as one of the richest people in Estonia to run for political office in the European Parliament, but did not win a seat. The supermodel has also had minor roles in a few films, as well as opening and closing important fashion shows for over a decade. Tall and graceful, Kass is known for her distinctive runway walk and charming gap toothed smile, but also loves to play chess in her spare time. Her father was a professor of chess and she has been romantically involved with a German chess champion; as well as being a powerful chess player in her own right. She is also a part owner of her mother’s company ‘Baltic Models’, which is the agency that helped her get the initial jobs, at the start of her career.