{{short description|French fashion model|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox model | name = Cora Emmanuel | birth_name = | birth_place = Martinique, France | image = File:Michael Kors Spring-Summer 2014 37.jpg | caption = Cora Emmanuel walking the runway for Michael Kors | height = {{height|m=1.80}} | haircolor = Brown | eyecolor = Brown | agency = {{Plainlist| * The Society Management (New York) * Ford Models (Paris, Los Angeles) * Elite Model Management (worldwide) * Premier Model Management (London) * Modelwerk (Hamburg) * MP Management (Stockholm) * Vivien’s Model Management (Sydney)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://models.com/models/cora-emmanuel|title=Cora Emmanuel - Model|publisher=Models.com}}</ref> }} | website = }}

'''Cora Emmanuel''' is a French fashion model.

==Career== Emmanuel's mother encouraged her to do the Elite Model Look contest, and she signed with Elite Model Management in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.marieclaire.co.za/fashion/cora-emmanuel | title=Cora Emmanuel|work=Marie Claire South Africa}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elitemodellook.com/int/en/success-stories/index.htm|title=Success Stories - Elite Model Look|work=Elite Model Look|quote=Cora's long limbs and sparkling personality made her a muse at Chanel. She followed in Karolina Kurkova and Freja Beha Erichsen 's footsteps to open and close the Bottega Veneta show. For 2015, she is the face of M.A.C.'s 2015 holiday campaign.}}</ref> She moved to New York City where she signed with New York Models.

In 2011, she signed with Ford Models, her current agency. After having switched to Ford, she walked for Alexander Wang,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/model-wall-cora-emmanuel |title=Model Wall: Cora Emmanuel |date=2 December 2011}}</ref> Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, Kenzo, Elie Saab, Akris and Bottega Veneta (which she opened and closed).<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/cora-emmanuel-13-2013 | title=The Model from Martinique: Cora Emmanuel| date=3 December 2012}}</ref> She has also walked for Valentino, Givenchy, Miu Miu, Louis Vuitton, Mugler, Jean Paul Gaultier, Stella McCartney, Marni, Dolce & Gabbana, Diane von Fürstenberg, Donna Karen, Vera Wang, Jason Wu, Tory Burch<ref>{{cite web |title=NYFW black models |url=https://www.vogue.it/en/vogue-black/the-black-blog/2013/02/black-models-nyfw-aw-13 |work=Vogue Italia}}</ref> and Chanel, for whom she did a campaign.<ref name="VogueParis">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319200414/http://en.vogue.fr/vogue-list/thevoguelist/cora-emmanuel/1148|archive-date=19 March 2015|url=https://en.vogue.fr/vogue-list/thevoguelist/cora-emmanuel/1148 |title=Cora Emmanuel|website=Vogue.fr|access-date=28 February 2019|quote=In September of 2011 and at only 19 years old, Cora Emmanuel was spotted on the runway for Alexander Wang, Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, Kenzo, Elie Saab, Akris and Bottega Veneta's Spring/Summer 2012 collections, for whom she opened and closed the show, an honor bestowed previously upon Karolina Kurkova. Her stunning look gained even more success and by February of 2012, Cora Emmanuel had become a face to follow at the Fall/Winter 2012-2013 Fashion Week. She walked for Valentino, Givenchy, Miu Miu, Louis Vuitton, Mugler, Jean Paul Gaultier, Stella McCartney, Marni, Dolce & Gabbana and Chanel, of which she also faced the Fall/Winter 2012-2013 advertising campaign. In September of 2012, the French beauty continued to make appearances during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear Fashion Week for houses like Moschino, Roberto Cavalli, Michael Kors, Jason Wu, Blumarine, Bottega Veneta, Michael Kors, Vera Wang, Tommy Hilfiger and Prabal Gurung. A month later, the model made her debut appearance in Vogue Paris in the November 2012 issue dedicated to beauty at every age, alongside two other models on the rise, Nadja Bender and Kati Nescher.}}</ref>

Emmanuel has been featured on the covers of ''H&M Magazine'',<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.elitemodellook.com/gp/fr/home/cora-emmanuel--hm-magazine-summer-2014/index.htm | title=Cora Emmanuel - H&M Magazine Summer 2014}}</ref> ''Elle Sweden'' ,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fashiongonerogue.com/cora-emmanuel-swimsuits-elle-sweden/|title=CORA EMMANUEL WEARS SPORTY SWIMSUIT LOOKS IN ELLE SWEDEN|work=Fashion Gone Rogue|date=22 July 2016}}</ref> ''Elle Norway'', ''Elle France'', and ''Vogue Mexico''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.mx/vip/style-file/galerias/cora-emmanuel/4856|title=STYLE FILE Cora Emmanuel|work=Vogue Mexico|date=27 May 2016 |quote=Model on the rise and muse of the cover of June Vogue Mexico and Latinomérica}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/cora_emmanuel/covers/ | title=Cora Emmanuel - Gallery with 9 magazine covers - Fashion Model &#124; Models &#124; the FMD &#124; Page 1}}</ref> She has also appeared in ''CR Fashion Book'',<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_3313704 | title=Cora Emmanuel & Maria Borges Pose for CR Fashion Book, Proving Again Black is Beautiful (PHOTOS)| newspaper=Huffington Post| date=21 May 2013| last1=Wilson| first1=Julee}}</ref> ''Allure'',<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.allure.com/story/jean-paul-gaultier-models-gold-hair-fall-2017-couture | title=This Designer Painted His Models' Parts GOLD for His Couture Show|work=Allure| date=6 July 2017}}</ref> ''Glamour'', ''Vogue Paris'',<ref name="VogueParis" /> ''Vogue Italia'', and ''Elle''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/fashion/a39077/rami-malek-and-cora-emmanuel-elle-editorial/|title=RAMI MALEK AND CORA EMMANUEL MODEL FALL'S SLICKEST LOOKS|work=Elle|date=8 September 2016 }}</ref>

She has done ads for Sephora, Tiffany & Co.,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fashionista.com/2015/01/tiffany-engagement-campaign|title=TIFFANY & CO'S NEW CAMPAIGN STARS A BEAUTIFUL SAME SEX COUPLE FOR THE FIRST TIME|work=Fashionista}}</ref> Tommy Hilfiger,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/adding-multimedia-tommy-hilfiger-announces-global-fall-2013-ad-campaign-2013-07-23|title=ADDING MULTIMEDIA Tommy Hilfiger Announces Global Fall 2013 Ad Campaign|work=MarketWatch}}</ref> Balmain,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/fashion/news/a16914/fall-2013-campaigns-alexander-wang-valentino-balmain/|title=Campaign Buzz: Alexander Wang, Valentino, and Balmain Debut Fall Ads|work=Elle|date=18 July 2013}}</ref> and NARS Cosmetics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BwaPyQqF_Xd/|title=🔥 OBSESSED! New "Orgasm" by @narsissist w/ @jujujuxiaowen 🖤 many thanks to a killer team|work=Instagram}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=StackPath |url=https://models.com/models/Cora-Emmanuel/10 |access-date=2 June 2022 |website=models.com}}</ref>

==Personal life== Her father is a former architect and current architecture teacher; her mother is a history and geography teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reborn |first=Stars |date=24 January 2022 |title=Cora Emmanuel: Bio, Height, Weight, Age, Measurements |url=https://starsreborn.com/cora-emmanuel-bio-height-weight-age-measurements/ |access-date=2 June 2022 |website=Stars Reborn |language=en-US}}</ref> She has an older sister and younger half-brother.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet the New Girl: Cora Emmanuel Thought Modeling Was 'Stupid' |url=https://www.thecut.com/2011/11/mtng_cora_emmanuel.html}}</ref>

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