The Cal 2012 Muses

It's uneasy speak about something famous, sure many informations are available but every opinion may have already been stated by someone else. In this post I want write about The Cal, i.e. "his highness" Pirelli Calendar. The Italian tyre company publish this calendar since 1964 which soon became a must despite a stop of almost ten years.

Mainly three reasons are behind this success. First, the calendar is not sold but only few people can have it why it's an exclusive corporate gift. Second, every year It collects glamour photos of famous international photographers like Richard Avedon, Annie Leibovitz or Peter Lindbergh. Third, the photo's models are worldwide famous and beautiful women like top models or actresses.

The Cal 2012 recently released is more italian than past editions: in fact the "Director" is Mario Sorrenti, the first time for an Italian photographer in Cal's story, and Corsica is its photo's location: this island now French has a long Italian story. 

In this edition as in previous The Cal's Muses are models, actresses, or both, some are younger, some are more or less famous. These women of stunning beauty have posed for pictures of artistic nude. Let's briefly discover them.

Isabelli Fontana is a Brazilian top model with Italian ancestors. This latin beauty with brown hair and blue eyes began her model career at the age of 14 years and at the age of 16 She posed for a Victoria Secret's lingerie catalogue. She has been model for many important brands and She has posed for the famous Sport Illustraded Swimsuit Edition. She has already appeared in four previous editions of Pirelli calendar.

Natasha Poly, curtailment of Natalya Sergeyevna Polevshchikova, is a russian top model born in 1985. She's a tipical russian beauty with long blonde hair and green eyes. Her career begins in the year 2004 like model and testimonial for many famous fashion brands including Louis Vuitton, Roberto Cavalli, Blumarine and Calvin Klein. She appeared in many covers of many Vogue edition. She has also posed in the 2011 edition of Pirelli Calendar.

Saskia de Brauw has had an atypical model career. She left modelling very early, at 16 years, to porsue her passion for art studying in her native city Amsterdam. At the age of 29 She returned to modelling becoming quickly a worldwide famous top model. Her body and her look are very androgynous. Her hair and eyes are brown. Her internet site hosts an interesting blog. She has made a pubblication with her artworks named Traces.

Lara Stone born in Netherlands in 1983 has been previously other two times a Pirelli Calendar model: in 2009 and 2011. Models.com's, an internet site, appoints her the first in "Top 50 models women ranking" from 19 February 2010 to November 2011. She has also won the British Fashion Awards becoming "Model of the year 2010". The New York Times' fashion critic Cathy Horyn defined her the "anti-model" in her "On the Runway" blog. She has recently became the only testimonial of all three Calvin Klein brands.

Joan Small born in 1988 in Porto Rico and in 2007 She started modelling but in 2010 her career takes off. The caramel skin, the elegant silhouette and the pout make her a sexy woman and a very distinctive exotic beauty. Sure Pirelli Calendar can be a milestone in her career. In Ask men UK site there is a Small's quote that shown a low profile lifestyle: "My bikini, a pair of black high heels and a pair of comfortable jeans. on her essential travel fashions". 

Guinevere Van Seenus, an other model, has already been on 2006 edition of Pirelli Calendar. She's a famous American model born in 1977 and working from 1992 whe She was only 15 years old but her career only really became successful after taking a trip to Europe. Her face, with an aura of elegant decadence, ispires dark and gothic athmospheres in make up creators and photographers wherewith She works. So in many photos She's portrayed as a "demonic" beauty.

Malgosia or Malgosia Bela, born in 1977, is a Polish model and actress with a very expressive face lit by two large green eyes. White skin and long blonde hair give an aristocratic appearence to her sexy body. She has been a testimonial of many brands and has won many covers of many edition of Vogue. Like other collegues also Malgosia has already posed in a past edition of The Cal. As an actress She has also starred some films and TV movies in Poland.   

Edita Vilkeviciute is a Lithuanian model born in 1989 with a beautiful bright and ingenuos face. She's the younger muse of this edition of The Cal. Despite her young age She's established in modelling having already walked for many fashion designer as well as having taken part in some Victoria Secret Fashion Shows. Like many of her colleagues She has appearead on many covers of famous fashion magazines like Vogue or Numero.

Kate Moss is a British model famous in all around the world. She's an icon of a transgressive, glamourous and hedonistic life: herself has been involved in many dissolute parties and even in a cocaine scandal. Her look personifies the so called and most criticized heroine chic look. Early in her career in 90's She has been defined as "anti supermodel" because She was different from supertop of those years. But She's also an icon of style with his look and personality as I stated in a previous post of my blog.

Milla Jovovich is the super star of The Cal's this edition. In fact She's model, actress, musician and fashion designer. Born in 1975 in Kiev but naturalized in USA where her family had expatriated when She was a child. Her stunning body and face have made her luck: very early She had became modelling career but in the cinema She has gained the real worldwide success: She had starred in 32 movies of many kind from 1988 to 2012. Her activities in music and in fashion design show her polyhedric and uncommon artistic qualities.

Margareth Madè, born in 1982, is an Italian model and emerging actress. Her first movie Baaria directed by Giuseppe Tornatore in 2009 had gived Her a very large fame: in fact after her performance in this movie She has been compared with the most famous italian actresses Monica Bellucci and Sophia Loren: will be their heir? Her beauty is unquestionable. Sure to take part in a Pirelli calendar can be a really consecration of her career. 

Rinko Kikuchi is a japanese actress. Despite her young age in cinema world She holds a remarkable record being the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years. She has played in many japanese films but has also worked in TV: her role in movie Babel (2006) has represented a breakthrough  moment in her career giving her a worldwide fame.