Rianne Van Rompaey

Van Rompaey was born on 3 January 1996 in Hoofddorp, North Holland, and raised in Wageningen, The Netherlands, to Dutch and Belgian parents.[6] She attended Montessori School there, and obtained a VWO diploma at Pantarijn College. Van Rompaey started her career by sending photographs to Paparazzi Models,[7] and began modeling professionally as a high school student.[8]

Van Rompaey's first photoshoot was for the January 2013 and February 2013 issues of Elle Netherlands.[9][10]

In 2014, Nicolas Ghesquiere chose Van Rompaey to be a Louis Vuitton exclusive, which included campaigns for the brand including S/S 2016 with actor Jaden Smith.[11][6] She has done campaigns for Chanel,[12] Alexander McQueen, Valentino, Miu Miu, Chloe, Moschino, Celine, Ports 1961, Michael Kors, Fendi, Alberta Ferretti, Loewe, Sacai, Salvatore Ferragamo, Versace, Marc Jacobs, Isabel Marant, Prada, Coach,[13] Bottega Veneta,[14] Hugo Boss,[15] and Burberry.[16]

Van Rompaey has appeared on the covers of Vogue Italia,[17][18] Vogue Paris,[19] Vogue China, Vogue Germany, Vogue Japan, Vogue Korea, Vogue Russia, Vogue Netherlands and T: The New York Times Style Magazine,[20] and Harper's Bazaar.[21]

In 2016, casting director Piergiorgio Del Moro, who placed Van Rompaey in Versace, Victoria Beckham, and Fendi shows, told Vogue magazine that van Rompaey would have a long career because of her personality.[22] Vogue Paris editor-in-chief Emmanuelle Alt corroborated this view.[23]

In September 2019, for the 1000th issue of Vogue Paris, she simultaneously appeared on 4 covers; the same year she had appeared on March and May covers of the magazine.[24] She also appeared on 3 covers for WSJ Magazine that month.[25] In December 2019, she was chosen as runner-up for models.com's "Model of the Year" awards.[26]

Van Rompaey was ranked on Models.com's "Top 50" models list in 2016, calling her "one of the year's biggest breakout stars".[27] In the same year, ELLE UK and Harper's Bazaar UK predicted van Rompaey was on track to becoming a supermodel.[28][29] She is currently ranked as an "Industry Icon" by models.com.[30]