Birgit Kos

Birgit Kos (born April 13, 1995) is a Dutch fashion model. She is known for both her work in fashion magazines and on the runway.

Birgit Kos
Kos walking the runway for Alexander McQueen in 2018
Born	(1995-04-13) 13 April 1995 (age 30) Dedemsvaart, Netherlands[1]
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation	Model
Years active	2010–present
Modeling information
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Hair color	Light Brown[2]
Eye color	Blue-Green[2]
Agency	The Society Management (New York) Elite Model Management (Paris, Milan, London, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Copenhagen) Model Management (Hamburg) Munich Models (Munich)[3]

Early life

Kos is Dutch.^[4] Born and raised in Overijssel, Kos now resides in Zürich, Switzerland. She says her creative outlet is being active in nature.^[5]

Career

Kos was first scouted while she was 15 in Amsterdam by two local modeling agents.^[6][7] After meeting with a modeling agency in the Netherlands, Kos was told that her "hips were too big" to obtain a contract with them.^[8] She entered the 2010 Elite Model Look competition a year later, where she represented the Netherlands during the world finals and won a contract with Elite Model Management in Amsterdam. After the competition, she took a few years off to focus on schooling before modeling full-time.^[9] Kos lived in Milan for two years in a model apartment to develop her career.^[10]

Kos' first magazine cover was for Glamour France's January 2016 issue.^[8] In 2017, Kos worked with notable Peruvian photographer Mario Testino.^[11]

Kos has appeared in advertisements for Giorgio Armani, Miu Miu, Gap Inc., Calvin Klein, Lanvin, Tom Ford, and Massimo Dutti.^[12][13][14] She and Irish actor Jamie Dornan co-starred in a Hugo Boss advertising campaign which included a mini-movie in 2018. Kos said, she would like to do more acting as modeling is not the most secure job.^[6][10]

Kos has been on the covers of Vogue Italia, Vogue Brasil, Vogue Japan, Vogue Germany, Vogue Mexico & Latino America, Vogue Netherlands, Vogue Russia and Vogue España.^{[15][16][17][18][19]} Kos appeared alongside Croatian model Faretta in the Spring 2019 campaign for Italian label Twinset.^[20]

Kos is currently ranked as one of Models.com's "Top 50 Models".^[21]

Runway modeling

After signing to Elite Worldwide in 2014, Kos made her runway debut in Dolce & Gabbana's Alta Moda Fall 2015 show.^[22] In 2016, she exclusively opened Miu Miu's Spring/Summer 2017 show.^[23][24] She went on to close Fendi and Hermès' Fall/Winter 2017 shows and open Chloé's show of the same season.^[1] In the Spring/Summer 2018 season, Kos closed Tory Burch.^[25] In the Fall/Winter 2018 season, Kos closed Blumarine and opened Roberto Cavalli.^[26][27] In the Spring/Summer 2019 season, Kos closed Hermès and opened Zimmermann.^[28][29]