Kristy Hinze (born 16 October 1979) is an Australian model, actress and television host. Hinze has appeared in Sports Illustrated as well as the Victoria's Secret catalogue.

Life and career

She was born on the Gold Coast where she was reportedly raised on a cattle station in Beaudesert, Queensland.^{citation needed} She is the granddaughter of Russ Hinze (Queensland Politician) and sister of Guy Hinze (ex-Qld Police officer and owner of Bubs Baby Shops). In 1994, when she was only 14 years old, Hinze was contracted to appear in the Australian edition of Vogue.

Hinze appeared on the tenth season of America's Next Top Model and was working at that time with Elite model management New York. She appeared on the cover and did a fashion spread for Vogue Australia in 2008.

Hinze is the host and head judge of Project Runway Australia. She appeared on the first ever cover of the short lived Australian Edition of Ocean Drive magazine. Hinze portrayed Marc Anthony's love interest in the music video for his single "You Sang To Me", both the Spanish and English versions.

It was announced in February 2008 that she will be the host of the Australian version of US reality TV show, Project Runway.¹ Hinze is currently the face of Australian retail chain Sportscraft.^{citation needed}

In October 2008, she became engaged to James H. Clark, founder of Silicon Graphics and Netscape. They married on 22 March 2009.² Clark is 34 years Hinze's senior. She reportedly bought a home in Australia online while taking a break from filming Adam Rifkin's Without Charlie in L.A.³

Hinze takes exception to Japanese whaling and appeared to call for the whalers to be put to death, stating "I think we should do to the whalers what they're doing to the whales".⁴

Quotes

• "I feel more Australian when I am overseas: you can take the girl out of Australia, but you cannot take Australian out of the girl."⁵
• "My accent isn't too broad, like most Queenslanders. But yes, I do have to talk a little slower so people can understand what I am saying."⁵
• About her 64 year old billionaire husband — "To me, it was different to hang out with someone with something to say that was so interesting and important and who was truly, incredibly intelligent. He's handsome and has so much charisma — and he's so funny."

References

External links

• Kristy Hinze in Sports Illustrated
• Kristy Hinze at the Internet Movie Database
• Kristy Hinze at Fashion Model Directory
• Kristy Hinze Ask Men Profile

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