Lorena Ayala

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Lorena Ayala
Birth name	Lorena Van Heerde Ayala
Date of birth	May 21, 1984 (1984-05-21) (age 25)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)
Hair color	Dark Brown
Eye color	Green
Measurements	(US) 33-23-34.5; (EU) 81-58-88
Dress size	(US) 4; (EU) 34
Shoe size	(US) 8; (EU) 39

Lorena Ayala born 21 May 1984 as Lorena Van Heerde,^[1] is a Spanish and Dutch model. Her father Gerald is Dutch and her mother Spanish.

Biography

Lorena was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. But when she was 2 years old her parents moved to Muchamiel, Alicante, Spain, where she grow up and lived until 2001. She currently lives in Madrid even though she travels frequently to Paris and Milan .

Miss Spain 2001

She was crowned Miss Alicante and Miss España in 2001 at age 17 years old.

Controversy

In Miss Universe 2001 she could not compete in the pageant because she was underage (17 at the time). Her first runner-up, Eva Siso, replaced her. Lorena was supposed then to compete in Miss Universe 2002 as well, but after a scandal -involving an undercover journalist^{[clarification needed]}- threatened the integrity of the Miss Spain pageant, Lorena crowned her successor and cut all ties with the organization.

Modelling career

After Miss Spain in 2001 Lorena entered the world of modelling being one of few former Miss España considered as international supermodel. She has done many photoshoots and editorials for several magazines, and has been a catwalk model for Spain's fashion designers. Lorena has been the face of El Corte Inglés, Garnier, Extro, Alcantara Cosmetics, Oro Vivo, Danone Vitalinea, Playboy, Wella, Atian, Mahou, Instimed, Viladrau, Vero Moda, Corporacion Dermoestetica and Pantene Pro V .

Her modelling agencies are:

• Group Model Management in Spain, Mother Agency.
• NEXT Company in Austria.
• L'Agence in Portugal.
• MC2 Model Management in United States.
• Louisa Models in Germany.

Trivia

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• Lorena was chosen favorite Miss España on internet in 2004.
• Lorena appeared on television Spanish soap Paraiso in 2003
• Her first film is Playa Roja.
• She became cover girl for Maxim Magazine in December 2004. In 2005 appeared on U.S., German, and Italian edition.
• Lorena has appeared in severals TV shows. She was a reporter in TV Show Siete Dias, Siete Noches.

References

External links

• Lorena Ayala at Fashion Model Directory
• Lorena Ayala at the Internet Movie Database
• (Spanish) Miss España History
• (Spanish) Hola Magazine.
• Maximonline.