Argentine model Tatiana Cotliar in the F/W 2010 campaign for Valentino

Brazil has long been known as a producer of some of the world’s most beautiful and successful models. Giselle Bündchen, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, and many others have graced the covers of fashion’s top magazines and strutted down the runways of the world’s top designers. Recently, however, it seems as if Brazil’s neighbor to the south may be catching up in this regard. New York Magazine recently published the article Are Argentinians on Their Way to Modeling World Domination? and in an interview with La Nacion, four of Argentina’s top models discuss their careers and upcoming campaigns. Twenty-one year old Tatiana Cotliar, one of fashion’s most in-demand faces, hails from Buenos Aires and has served as the face of Valentino, Top Shop, Vivienne Westwood and Proenza Schouler. When she opened the Marc Jacobs Fall 2010 show as a relative unknown, the fashion world immediately took notice. Antonella Graef has appeared in Vogue and Elle and in shows for Jill Stuart, Rodarte, and Givenchy Couture. Dafne Cejas, who is extremely new to the world of modeling has already appeared in the French and Italian versions of Vogue and has worked with photographers like Mert & Marcus, Steven Klein and David Sims. Florencia Gennaro, a three-year veteran of the international modeling circuit, has appeared on the runways of Dior Couture, Anne Demeulemeester, Louis Vuitton, Lanvin, Marni and Nina Ricci, among others. With this influx of talent in its beginning stage, one can expect to see many more Argentine faces in the pages of fashion’s most influential magazines in the months and years to come.

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