Born September 25, 1985 (age 25)
Perth, Australia
Height 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)
Hair color Black
Eye color Brown
Measurements 36D-25.5-36 (US); 91-65-91 (EU)[1]
Dress size 6 (US), 36 (EU)
Agency IMG Models
Jessica Gomes is an Australian model of Singaporean-Chinese and Portuguese heritage who appeared in the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of the Swimsuit Issue of the United States–published magazine Sports Illustrated. She was featured in a bodypainting layout as a canvas for bodypaint artist Joanne Gair, who is in her tenth year of producing bodypaint art for the Swimsuit Issue. She was part of a record group of seven "rookie" Swimsuit Issue models, along with Quiana Grant, Melissa Haro, Yasmin Brunet, Melissa Baker, Jeisa Chiminazzo and Jarah Mariano.
Biography
Her father is from Portugal and her mother is from Singapore from the Chinese diaspora. Gomes was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia, the baby of a family that includes two older sisters, an older brother, a Portuguese father, and a Chinese mother. Gomes' mother sent her to finishing school at the age of 13. It was there that she appeared on the hit TV show Bush Patrol which lead to a modeling contest and the start of a successful career. She has appeared in Vogue, Teen Vogue, Glamour, American Glamour, Italian GQ and Victoria’s Secret catalogue ,[citation needed] and has modeled for DKNY Jeans, Garnier, Levi's, Motorola, Urban Outfitters, LG Electronics and Victoria's Secret, and appeared on the cover of Biba. She signed with Estee Lauder as the face of Diddy's Unforgivable fragrance. As of 2007, she lives in NYC.
In 2008, Gomes appeared in advertisements for Hyundai and LG Cyon Bikini Phone. For promotional use, she played baseball with the Korean baseball team LG Twins which led to celebrity-status in South Korea. In 2009, her reality tv-show "My name is Jessica Gomes" was launched on the Korean television network On Style owned by On-Media. After Gomes became the face of Enprani Cosmetics, they went on launching a new lipgloss named Gomes Pink. Her latest ventures are working on a Yoga-video entitled Body Art and a dancing debut in the Korean version of Dancing with the Stars on June 10.
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