Jessica Stam

Jessica Stam is a 22-year old Canadian model.


Born and raised on a farm in Kincardine, Ontario, Jessica Stam was discovered by Michèle Miller and began her modeling career with a controversy. Jessica signed on with New York Models, and was the winner of the 2002 L.A. Looks Model Search Contest, even though she was technically ineligible to enter the contest as a Canadian citizen.

Jessica Stam was not paid her $100,000 winnings by LA Models and did not like the way her career was being handled by her agency. Stam legally disavowed her contract with New York Models in February 2003 and signed on with International Model Management, for which she was sued but the case was dismissed.



Jessica Stam almost made it to the list of supermodels with money in 2008, having earned $1.5 million in 2007. Designer Marc Jacobs named his handbag Stam after Jessica who has laos walked the runway as a Victoria's Secret model. This year Jessica Stam has signed a fragrance contract with Giorgio Armani's Onde, and has been hired by Korean fashion brand HAZZYS.

Jessica also has a very active love life...she has dated actor Harrison Ford's son Malcolm, Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis, and DJ Adam Goldstein.

With a height of 5'10" and a skinny figure of 34-24-34.5, Jessica Stam is dismayed at the trend for thin models in fashion shows. "There are a lot of girls doing the shows who are very thin and frail," Jessica says. "I don't know if they are healthy or not, but I don't think the frail, fragile look is very feminine, and I don't think it's attractive."

Maybe what Jessica means is that she is naturally skinny, while other models are anorexic!



Jessica as a 16-year old featured in Italian Vogue (above). "When a woman walks more confidently, it can really affect the way other people see her -- and the way she feels about herself," says Stam who believes in pulling her shoulders down and keeping her head high and straight, for better posture.

"People are eating organic food," Jessica Stam, who supports green causes, said at a fashion show in new York where designers used organic fabrics. "So why not wear organic clothes? It can't hurt to bring awareness to the designers, and the public, that there are alternatives to things that cause greenhouse gases."

Jessica Stam and Adrian Greenier have been promoting the new charity, Water, which builds wells in Africa since 2006. However last month Jessica Stam missed her co-hosting duties at the Charity Water benefit because of the flu.