Born on December 17, 1975, in Kiev and raised in Los Angeles, Milla Jovovich began modeling when Herb Ritts photographed her for the cover of the Italian magazine Lei (‘She’) in 1987.
At an age when most girls haven’t begun to experiment with makeup, Jovovich was jetting around the world to glitzy fashion assignments, leading the fast-track life of a well-paid model. She has been on the covers of a dozen leading international fashion magazines in grown-up poses, which is hardly surprising for a red-hot model – until you consider that this one is only 12 years old.
Hailed as the new Brooke Shields, the globe-trotting schoolgirl was one of the hottest properties on the international modeling circuit. Yet when the morning alarm rings, even if she’s been out until the wee hours the night before, Jovovich was back to being an ordinary seventh grader.
“I just came back from New York yesterday,” Jovovich said after returning to her Beverly Hills home. “Actually it was today at 3 o’clock in the morning. I slept for a couple of hours. But it seemed like I slept for five minutes, when I heard my mom coming into the room saying ‘Milla, you’re going to be late for school!’”
Jovovich claimed a model’s life is “fun –– but it’s hard.” She explained: “You always have to think about how you can please the photographer. You have to look your best and watch how your hair looks, and you have to be careful not to touch your face and not mess up your hair.”
Milla Jovovich immigrated with her family to the United States in 1981. The family settled in Beverly Hills and enrolled 5-year-old Jovovich in the local public schools. She learned to speak perfect English in three months, and soon blossomed into an American dreamgirl.
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