Mariacarla Boscono

Mariacarla Boscono (; born 20 September 1980) is an Italian model and actress. Rising to fame in the early 2000s, Boscono has walked the runways of major worldwide fashion weeks and festivals, including Milan Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week , the Met Gala and Venice Film Festival. In 2005, over a two week period, she walked more than seventy runway in three different cities (Milan, New York City, Paris), establishing a world record.
"Vogue Paris" declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s, and in 2005 she earned an estimated $3,500,000 in one year, earning her a spot on "Forbes"' list of the "World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels" . Models.com has ranked Boscono on their "Icons List", a ranking of the twenty supermodels considered icons in the fashion industry.
Boscono has worked with the most recognized fashion brands and become a favorite of famous designers such as the late Karl Lagerfeld and Riccardo Tisci. She has posed for major fashion magazines, having been photographed by Juergen Teller, Steven Meisel, Tim Walker, Peter Lindbergh, Peter Beard and Mert and Marcus. Boscono has also worked with other top models such as Natalia Vodianova, Caroline Trentini, Karlie Kloss, Naomi Campbell, and Joan Smalls.
Boscono made her theatrical debut in 2006 in New York with the play "The Maids" by Jean Genet and between 2010-2011 in Imogen Kusch's plays "Shakespeare's Women, The Winter's Tale" and "Cymbeline."
She has worked with world-renowned fashion brands such as Chanel, Blumarine, Moschino, Etro, Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Escada, Marc Jacobs, DKNY, Diesel, Roberto Cavalli, Alberta Ferretti, Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Barneys New York, NARS Cosmetics, H&M, John Galliano, Hermes, Lanvin, Loewe, Prada, Pucci, Missoni, Laura Biagiotti and Salvatore Ferragamo.
Early life.
Boscono was born in Rome, Italy. She spent most of her early life traveling because of her father's work. Her parents lived in Thailand before she was born, but after her mother became pregnant they moved back to Italy. She spent a couple of years there until moving to Providence, Rhode Island and then Key West, Florida. She spent her early school years in the United States, though her parents thought it would be better for Boscono to study in Italy. However, by the age of 9 Boscono and her family moved to Kenya, living in a village between Malindi and Mombasa. Boscono described her years in Kenya as "the most fantastic in her life".
Modeling career.
Boscono was discovered at the age of 17 during a dinner with a family friend who happened to be a photographer. The friend and Boscono's mother encouraged her to begin a modeling career, but Boscono chose to finish school first. Soon after graduating high school, she flew to New York City and signed with DNA Model Management. Her first runways were in 1997 for Laura Biagiotti and Alberta Ferretti, continuing in the late 1990s for Italian and international stylists like Gai Mattiolo, Rocco Barocco, Fausto Sarli, Paul Smith, Issey Miyake, Vivienne Westwood, Guy Laroche. Boscono was noted by Karl Lagerfeld, becoming one of the favourite models of the stylist. It did not take long for Boscono to rise as an internationally known model, being featured on the cover of "Vogue" several times and walking in many high fashion runway shows of the first years of 00s for Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Escada, Gianfranco Ferré, Alessandro Dell'Acqua Michael Kors and Alberta Ferretti.
During the 2005 fashion season, Boscono walked in over seventy fashion shows between New York City, Milan and Paris. She was named spokesperson for H&M in 2005, replacing Kate Moss, and during 2006's Fall Fashion Week she traded in her long dark locks for a short platinum blonde hairstyle reminiscent of Jean Seberg. Boscono was absent from the runways for both the Fall/Winter 2007 and Spring/Summer 2007 seasons. , Boscono made her return to the runways in Paris at the Fall/Winter 2008 Couture collection for Dior and she was the sole face of Emilio Pucci, Hermès, John Galliano, and Moschino ad campaigns and walked for brands like Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, and Jean Paul Gaultier. In November 2008, she signed a contract for the new Moschino's fragrance "Glamour", photographed by Patrick Demarchelier and she becomes the new face of the Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2009 advertising campaign with Brazilian model Caroline Trentini and American model Karlie Kloss. She posed in Africa for the 2009 Pirelli Calendar by Peter Beard. In 2009, she became the face of Dolce & Gabbana and Givenchy Spring/Summer 2009 ad campaigns. She was the face of the Fall/Winter 2009 Salvatore Ferragamo, Gianfranco Ferré and Dolce & Gabbana ad campaigns.
In 2011, she was photographed by Steven Meisel for Prada's spring collection and returned to fashion shows for Roberto Cavalli. In the same year she became the testimonial of Givenchy's "Dahlia Noir" perfume. Boscono was also invited with Riccardo Tisci at Met Gala. In 2012 she is called for Missoni's spring campaign, while in 2013 she walked in Armani, Alberta Ferretti and Dior's runways. From 2014 to 2015 she became the new model for Salvatore Ferragamo and came back to Alberta Ferretti's runway. In 2014 she was photographed by Mert and Marcus for spring session by Armani.
In 2016 Boscono is hired for the Fall/Winter collection for Chanel, Mugler and spring campaign of Stella McCartney, La Perla and Redken. In 2017 she becomes the face of Bottega Veneta, Vera Wang and Oscar de la Renta's Fall/Winter campaigns. In 2018 she appeared in Equipment collection, Ermanno Scervino winter collection photographed by Peter Lindbergh, and the new luxury collection by Marc Jacobs. In 2019 Paris Fashion Week she walks on chat-way for Valentino and she was the guest model for Karl LagerfeldxLuisaViaRoma's for the 90° anniversary of the boutique. Boscono mada a campaign for Burberry in Korea and participated at Met Gala. In 2020 she is the new face for Zara's summer collection, the model for Daniel Lee's collection for Bottega Veneta, she walks the runway of Tod's, Versace, Burberry, Salvatore Ferragamo, Tom Ford Fall/Winter collections. Boscono walked also Valentino's runway and posed for his spring campaign by Juergen Teller.
Theatre career.
On 18 May 2006, Boscono made her theater debut as Solange in Jean Genet's "The Maids" at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York. Margherita Missoni played the role of her sister. In 2010she played the role of Florizer in Imogen Kusch's "Shakespeare's Women" at Colosseum in Rome, while in 2011 she acted in "The Winter's Tale" and "Cymbeline", both by Imogen Kusch.
Personal life.
In August 2012, Mariacarla announced the birth of her daughter, Marialucas. She is a single mother. Boscono is living in New York, and calls it her second home, coming second after her birthplace of Rome.
Since 2019 she has been in a relationship with the thirteen years younger Italian rapper Ghali but they broke up at the beginning of 2020, he dedicated to her the song “Barcellona”.