Vendela Kirsebom Thomessen was born in Stockholm on January 12th, 1967. She was first discovered at a restaurant in Sweden at the age of 13 by Eileen Ford. Within 3 to 4 months, of arriving in the US, she was negociating a contract with 'Elizabeth Arden'. When her contract with Arden ended she started working with Almay as their spokesperson. She has appeared as a guest on several TV/cable shows and also appeared in several TV commercials. Vendela relocated to Los Angeles to persue her acting career.


Supermodel. She was the host, together with Anders Lundin, in Melodifestivalen 1999 (1999) (TV) (the Swedish national Eurovision song contest). Measurements: 33 1/2B-25-34 (Ford model card 1988), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Turkish father, Norwegian mother. In early April 2004 she shocked Sweden by revealing that her father was a Turk living in Istanbul. Her mother had conceived Vendela in Istanbul.