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| − | '''Josie Maran''', born '''Johanna Selhorst Maran''' on [[1978]] [[May 8]], is an [[United States|American]] [[supermodel]] and [[actor|actress]]. She is well known for her association with [[cosmetics]] company [[Maybelline]] and for her appearances as a model in the [[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue|''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue]].
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| − | ==Biography==
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| − | Josie Maran was born in [[Menlo Park, California]] to a father of [[Russians|Russian]] and [[Poles|Polish]] descent, and a mother of [[Dutch people|Dutch]], [[French people|French]], and [[German people|German]] ancestry. She began modeling part-time after an agent spotted her at a local barbecue restaurant at the age of 12. Maran continued a more dedicated career after graduating from the [[Castilleja School]]. Considered by some to be too short for runway modeling at 5 feet 7 inches tall, her career consists mostly of editorial modeling and [[advertising]]/image modeling.
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| − | Signed at age 17 with the [[Elite Model Management|Elite]] modeling agency of Los Angeles, Josie appeared on her first cover with ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'' magazine in 1998, and she was the featured [[Guess?]] Girl in their summer 1998 and fall 1998 campaigns. After building a resumé of over 25 commercials and advertisements, including a music video for the popular boy-band the [[Backstreet Boys]], Maran moved cross-country to join with [[Elite Model Management|Elite]] in [[New York City]]. In 1999 she landed a multi-year deal with [[Maybelline]] following in the footsteps of her idol [[Christy Turlington]]. She appeared in the annual [[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue|''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue]] for three consecutive years—2000, 2001, 2002.
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| − | In addition to her thriving modeling career, Josie began an acting career in 2001 with a star turn as title character Mallory in an [[independent film]], ''[[The Mallory Effect]]''. She continued to take on roles, appearing in 2002 as Susan in ''Swatters''. In 2004 she landed film roles as a French model in ''[[Little Black Book]]'', as one of [[Dracula]]'s brides in ''[[Van Helsing]]'', and was seen briefly as a cigarette girl in ''[[The Aviator]]''. She appeared in a short film "The Confession" alongside [[Wentworth Miller]] in 2005, and as Kira Hastings in ''[[The Gravedancers]]'' in 2006. Josie will play Polly Hudson in ''[[The Final Season]]'', scheduled for release in 2007.
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| − | In 2005, she was recruited by [[Electronic Arts|EA Games]] to appear as a main character in the street-racing computer and video game, ''[[Need for Speed: Most Wanted]]'', which was released on November 17, 2005. She plays the game's second lead Mia Townsend, who guides the lead character through the game.
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| − | ==Personal life==
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| − | Josie had a long-term relationship with popular magician [[David Blaine]], with whom she lived in [[Manhattan]]. He reportedly has a tattoo of the letter "J" over his heart for his time spent with her. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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| − | Josie is possibly [[bisexual]]. On the [[Howard Stern]] show, November 17 2000, she spoke of "touching" at least one other actress/model together with David Blaine, and experimenting as a child without knowing what she was doing. On ''[[Jimmy Kimmel]] Live'', August 12 2004, she talked about a hypothetical crush on singer [[Gwen Stefani]] and actor [[Johnny Depp]]: "I wanna merge them into one person". She later clarified that she does not want to meet them in real life, and that she is not actually "[[gay]]".
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| − | She is quoted as saying on that same appearance on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'', "I don't believe in marriage. I just don't think it's necessary in this day and age. I just think if you get married and you're already distrusting the person, why do you have to sign something to show your love? You just love."
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| − | Josie talked about quitting modeling and acting to live in Hawaii and teach children, on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'', 24 October 2005. She has also started doing [[yoga]], eating organic foods, and quit smoking.
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| − | Josie and boyfriend Ali Alborzi welcomed daughter Rumi Joon on June 20 2006 in [[Los Angeles]], according to the Celebrity Baby Blog.<ref>[http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2006/10/model_josie_mar.html "Model Josie Maran welcomes a daughter"], Celebrity Baby Blog, October 29, 2006</ref>
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| − | ==Notable work==
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| − | ===Editorial===
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| − | * ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]''
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| − | * ''[[Cosmo Girl]]''
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| − | * ''[[ELLE]]''
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| − | * ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]''
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| − | * ''[[Estylo]]''
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| − | * ''[[FHM]]''
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| − | * ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'' (6 time cover girl)
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| − | * ''[[GQ]]''
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| − | * ''[[Lucky (magazine)|Lucky]]''
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| − | * ''[[Mademoiselle (magazine)|Mademoiselle]]''
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| − | * ''[[Marie Claire]]''
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| − | * ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]''
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| − | * ''[[Rev (magazine)|Rev]]''
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| − | * ''[[Shape (magazine)|Shape]]''
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| − | * ''[[Surface (magazine)|Surface]]''
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| − | * ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''
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| − | ===Print===
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| − | * [[Allen Allen]]
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| − | * [[American Eagle Outfitters]]
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| − | * [[Ann Taylor]]
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| − | * [[Andrew Marc]]
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| − | * [[bebe stores|Bebe]]
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| − | * [[Guess?]] (featured Guess? Girl in Summer 1998 and Fall 1998 campaigns)
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| − | * [[Intimissimi]]
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| − | * [[Maybelline]] ("face" of Maybelline cosmetics)
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| − | * [[Levi's]]
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| − | * [[Benetton Group|Sisley]]
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| − | * [[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue|''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue]] 2000, 2001, 2002
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| − | * [[Victoria's Secret]]
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| − | ==Filmography==
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| − | * ''[[The Confession]]'' (2005): Wife
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| − | * ''[[Need for Speed: Most Wanted|Need For Speed: Most Wanted (VG)]]'' (2005): Mia Townsend
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| − | * ''[[The Gravedancers]]'' (2005): Kira Hastings
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| − | * ''[[The Aviator]]'' (2004): Thelma
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| − | * ''[[Little Black Book]]'' (2004): Lulu Fritz
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| − | * ''[[Van Helsing]]'' (2004): Marishka
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| − | * ''[[Swatters]]'' (2002): Susan
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| − | * ''[[The Mallory Effect]]'' (2002): Mallory
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| − | ==Television Appearances ==
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| − | * ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]'' (2005) (2004) (2003)
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| − | * ''[[Van Helsing: Behind the Screams]]'' (2004)
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| − | * ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' (2004)
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| − | * ''[[The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn]]'' (2004) (2002)
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| − | * ''[[Howard Stern]]'' (2000)
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| − | * ''music video of Everybody (Backstreet's Back) by [[Backstreet Boys]]'' (1997)
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| − | * ''music video of Morning Light by Truman'' (2004)
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| − | ==Trivia==
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| − | *Maran is pronounced MAIR-an, rhymes with Karen, like "CARE-an".
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| − | *Josie has a [[scar]] due to an [[appendectomy]] performed when she was 12, but the scar is edited out from most photos.
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| − | ==Quotes==
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| − | "Modeling isn't all that tough."<br>
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| − | "Part of the challenge of Most Wanted is trying to become the most notorious street racer on the pavement."<br>
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| − | "The roughest part of that [model] lifestyle is the travel and early mornings."<br>
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| − | "Working on Most Wanted has been a great experience. If they'll have me back, I'd be happy to get with more games."<br>
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| − | "Performing for a game involves real acting. The way they create a game is very similar now to how they create a film. I've always wanted to stretch my acting skills, and the timing being what it is, I couldn't say no." <br>
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| − | "For this game, we shot it just like it as if it was a film so there wasn't that much different from doing a film other than some technical things for the costume that had to be done so they could transfer the footage later and make it look animated." - about the game, Van Helsing. <br>
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | *{{imdb name|id=1036691|name=Josie Maran}}
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| − | *{{fashionmodel|id=Josie_Maran|name=Josie Maran}}
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| − | *[http://www.contactmusic.com/new/artist.nsf/ArtistNames/Josie%20Maran ContactMusic.com news archive]
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| − | *[http://josiemaran-world.com/ Josie Maran World] (fansite)
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| − | {{lgbt|Josie Maran}}
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