Shalom Harlow was born in the year 1973 and she is an actress and a model of Canadian origins. She got to prominence like a fashion model in 1990s and continued to appear on eight covers of American Vogue. She was in the advertisements and worked like a runway model for many fashion houses like Versace, Jil Sander, Alexander McQueen and Chanel.


She was named anti-supermodel and she hosted the House of Style at MTV together with her fellow model and friend Amber Valletta. She was a star in the films How to Lose a Guy in 10 Day and In&Out. In the year 2007, she got listed on Forbes list to be among 15 Top Earning Supermodels in the world.

According to her biography, Shalom Harlow was born in the city of Oshawa in Ontario. She attended the Oshawa high school but she quitted high school because of what became a successful modeling career. Her parents are David Harlow and Sandi Herbert. The mother called her Shalom because it means Hello or Peace in Hebrew. The father had many jobs working like financial investor, real estate agent and social worker. Her mother was working together with adults who are mentally challenged.

She grew up in the hippie community outside of the city of Toronto and the family was spending their time in the family cottage that was built by the great-great grandfather. She took up some lessons in ballet and he decided to stop since she had a rebellious nature. She became instead interested in the tap dancing since she enjoyed the noise it creates.

Shalom Harlow got discovered at The Cure Concert in the city of Toronto and he started to model after finishing high school. She has been on the cover of many magazines, top runway shows and editorials while she appeared in the movies and became a TV co-host. She became a favorite model for many designers for a long time since her looks translated well between couture and commercial. She is the first winner of Model of The Year Award of Vogue/VH1. Harlow was the spokesperson of Coco Fragrance of Chanel. She was born with two younger brothers called Nathan Harlow and Chris Harlow.

Even if she has a boyfriend, she said that the she is not planning to get married with him soon since she fears that she may want to divorce him when he becomes her husband. Sometime her career required her to walk naked at the runway such as on the fashion show of John Galliano. The modeling career helped her to make a net worth of 10.5 million dollars. Shalom Harlow is a vegetarian and it is for a long period. She likes kids and she had done many charity works to help children. Shalom Harlow is available on Instagram, @shalomharlow and on twitter @SHarlow78.

Last Modified: Mar 10, 2020


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