# Alexina Graham

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{{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](/source/Worksop), [England](/source/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](/source/Red_hair){{r|Women}}
|eyecolour    = [Green](/source/Eye_color){{r|Women}}
|known_for    = 
|agency       = [Elite Model Management](/source/Elite_Model_Management) (New York, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen)<br>[Women Management](/source/Women_Management) (Milan)<br>Models 1 (London)<br>[Munich Models](/source/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](/source/Victoria's_Secret) after walking in the [Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2017](/source/Victoria's_Secret_Fashion_Show_2017). She became a [Victoria's Secret Angel](/source/Victoria's_Secret) in 2019, and is the first [redhead](/source/red_hair) to ever become an Angel. Graham is also a brand ambassador for [L'Oréal Paris](/source/L'Or%C3%A9al).<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](/source/Worksop). Her parents split up when she was three, and she later grew up between their homes in Worksop and [Wakefield](/source/Wakefield). Graham attended Valley Comprehensive School and pursued studies in [midwifery](/source/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](/source/ballet) for 12 years, and was also [bullied](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Another_Magazine)''. Alexina appeared in editorials for [''I.D.''](/source/I.D._(magazine)), ''Glamour'' U.S., ''[Teen Vogue](/source/Teen_Vogue)'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://models.com/work/teen-vogue-jeneil-in-teen-vogue|title=Little Ladies (Teen Vogue)}}</ref> [L’Officiel](/source/L'Officiel) Singapore, ''Harper's Bazaar'' Serbia, ''[Marie Claire](/source/Marie_Claire)'' Russia, ''[InStyle](/source/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''](/source/Women's_Wear_Daily),<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](/source/Vogue_Italia)'' and ''[Vogue Arabia](/source/Vogue_Arabia)'', as well as in campaigns for [Burberry](/source/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](/source/Balmain_(fashion_house)), [L'Oréal](/source/L'Or%C3%A9al) and [Victoria's Secret](/source/Victoria's_Secret). She has walked the runway for [Balmain](/source/Balmain_(fashion_house)),<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](/source/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](/source/Brandon_Maxwell), [Etam](/source/Arcadia_Group),<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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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}}

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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

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