{{Short description|English fashion model}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox model |name = Alexina Graham |image = Alexina Graham.jpg |caption = Graham in 2019 |birth_name = Alexina Lorna Graham |birth_date = {{birth date and age |1990|03|3|df=yes}} |birth_place = Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England |occupation = Model |years_active = |height = {{height|ft=5|in=11+1/2}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexina graham - Models 1 {{!}} Europe's Leading Model Agency |url=https://www.models1.co.uk/women/image/1899-alexina-graham/ |access-date=24 November 2023 |work=Models 1}}</ref> |haircolour = Red{{r|Women}} |eyecolour = Green{{r|Women}} |known_for = |agency = Elite Model Management (New York, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen)<br>Women Management (Milan)<br>Models 1 (London)<br>Munich Models (Munich)<br>MIKAs (Stockholm)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://models.com/models/alexina-graham|title=Alexina Graham - Model}}</ref> }}
'''Alexina Lorna Graham'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?o=eventyear&d=asc&datasetname=england%20%26%20wales%20births%201837-2006&eventyear=1990&eventyear_offset=1&firstname=alexina&lastname=graham|website=www.findmypast.com|access-date=15 March 2019|title=Find My Past}}</ref> (born 3 March 1990) is an English fashion model. Graham began working with Victoria's Secret after walking in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2017. She became a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2019, and is the first redhead to ever become an Angel. Graham is also a brand ambassador for L'Oréal Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/nottingham-woman-reveals-jaw-dropping-816295|title=Nottingham woman's jaw-dropping tactic to get job as a Victoria's Secret model|first=Emily|last=Hutchinson|date=22 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.instyle.co.uk/fashion/runway/alexina-graham-interview-victorias-secret-angel-2017|title=Meet The Victoria's Secret Model Who Went All Levels of Extra To Get Angel Status|access-date=13 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123002616/http://www.instyle.co.uk/fashion/runway/alexina-graham-interview-victorias-secret-angel-2017|archive-date=23 November 2017|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/victorias-secret-2017-show-models-to-watch|title=Victoria's Secret Casting Directors On The New Models To Watch|first=Alice|last=Newbold|website=www.vogue.co.uk|date=25 August 2017 }}</ref>
==Early life== Graham was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Her parents split up when she was three, and she later grew up between their homes in Worksop and Wakefield. Graham attended Valley Comprehensive School and pursued studies in midwifery, before leaving to pursue modelling.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.5elevenmag.com/post/alexina-graham|title=Alexina Graham|date=18 November 2020 |publisher=5eleven Magazine|access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref> She trained in ballet for 12 years, and was also bullied in school as a child for her red hair.<ref name="glamour">{{Cite news|url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/alexina-graham-victorias-secret|title='This is for my bullies!' We exclusively meet Victoria's Secret's first red-haired angel, Alexina Graham|publisher=Glamour Magazine|date=21 March 2019|last=Newis-Smith|first=Josh}}</ref>
==Career== She began her modelling career in 2008, when she was one of the winners of the 2008 Ford modeling competition, won a beauty contract with Maybelline<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.papermag.com/a-quick-backstage-chit-chat-with-burberry-it-girl-alexina-graham-1425524467.html|title=A Quick Backstage Chit-Chat with Burberry It-Girl Alexina Graham|date=17 February 2009}}</ref> and shot an editorial for ''Another Magazine''. Alexina appeared in editorials for ''I.D.'', ''Glamour'' U.S., ''Teen Vogue'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://models.com/work/teen-vogue-jeneil-in-teen-vogue|title=Little Ladies (Teen Vogue)}}</ref> L’Officiel Singapore, ''Harper's Bazaar'' Serbia, ''Marie Claire'' Russia, ''InStyle'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.instyle.com/fashion/brandon-maxwell-designer-profile|title=How Brandon Maxwell Overcame His Insecurities and Conquered Fashion}}</ref> ''WWD'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwd.com/wwd-publications/wwd/2015-12-09-10292500/|title='Tis the Season!|last=Tutton|first=Robert|date=9 December 2015}}</ref> ''Vogue Italia'' and ''Vogue Arabia'', as well as in campaigns for Burberry,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/galleries/TMG3703446/Burberry-unveil-spring-summer-2009-advertising-campaign-images.html|title=Burberry unveil spring summer 2009 advertising campaign images - Fashion Galleries - Telegraph|website=fashion.telegraph.co.uk|access-date=25 November 2017|archive-date=29 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529130214/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/galleries/TMG3703446/Burberry-unveil-spring-summer-2009-advertising-campaign-images.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Balmain, L'Oréal and Victoria's Secret. She has walked the runway for Balmain,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brit.co/victorias-secret-2017-fashion-show/|title=23 of the Most Naughty and Nice Looks from the 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show}}</ref> Emporio Armani,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eskimo.fr/blog/alexina-graham-opened-emporio-armani-show-london|title=Alexina Graham opened Emporio Armani show in London - ESKIMO Model Management|last=Vavilov|first=Daniil|date=30 September 2017|access-date=7 December 2017|archive-date=24 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324091217/https://eskimo.fr/blog/alexina-graham-opened-emporio-armani-show-london|url-status=dead}}</ref> Brandon Maxwell, Etam,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://models.com/work/etam-etam-fw-13-show|title=Etam F/W 13 Show (Etam)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://models.com/work/etam-etam-fw-14-show|title=Etam F/W 14 Show (Etam)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://models.com/work/etam-etam-fw-15-show|title=Etam F/W 15 Show (Etam)}}</ref> and Jean-Paul Gaultier.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jeanpaulgaultier.com/en-us/spectacles/jpgdinner/|title=Jean Paul Gaultier — #JPGDINNER}}</ref>
In 2017, she walked for Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/victorias_secret/news/sme/591/runway-to-heaven-find-out-who-s-walking-in-the-2017-victoria-s-secret-fashion-show/7205/alexina-graham/|title=Runway To Heaven: Find Out Who's Walking In The 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show|work=CBS|access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref> She walked for the second time in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/victorias-secret-fashion-show-2018-models-confirmed-winnie-harlow-barbara-palvin|title=All the Models Confirmed For the Victoria's Secret Show (So Far)|last=Logan|first=Elizabeth|work=W Magazine|access-date=10 September 2018|language=en}}</ref> Graham became a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2019.<ref name="glamour"/>
In 2022, Graham founded the fashion brand XINA NYC. The company donate 5% of their profits to mental health charities, including to Beder UK which Graham is an ambassador for.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.models1.co.uk/women/image/1899-alexina-graham/|title=Alexina Graham Profile|publisher=models1|access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.xinanyc.com/our-mission|title=Our Mission XINA NYC|publisher=XINA NYC|access-date=11 April 2023|archive-date=16 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416201305/https://www.xinanyc.com/our-mission|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://beder.org.uk/supporters/|title=Supporters|publisher=BederUK|access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="Women">{{cite web|title=ALEXINA GRAHAM - Women Management|website=Women Management|url=http://www.womenmanagement.com/model/2184/alexina-graham/|access-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317034303/http://www.womenmanagement.com/model/2184/alexina-graham/|archive-date=17 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} ==External links== *{{Instagram|alexinagraham}} *{{fashionmodel|alexina_graham}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Alexina}} Category:1990 births Category:English female models Category:Living people Category:People from Worksop Category:Elite Model Management models Category:Models from Nottinghamshire Category:Models from Wakefield