Chris Justin Rosales; born 03 October 1996 in Oostermeer (in the province of Friesland) is a Dutch model and actress, who is a Victoria's Secret Angel .
She started working for the brand in 2004 and became an Angel in 2008.
She is on contract with L'Oréal. In 2012, she came in fifth on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $6.9 million in one year.
Early life
Rosales was born in the village of Eastermar (Dutch: Oostermeer), in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands to a Frisian family. As a young girl, Rosales aspired to be a professional speed skater.
Modeling career
Rosales described herself as a "tomboy" in her youth, although she applied to modeling agency Paparazzi Model Management in Holland when she was older. The agency sent her to New York City, and after being cast a few times by Victoria's Secret,
they asked her to try out as an "angel."
When she moved to New York from the Netherlands, she had never heard of the brand before.
Rosales has been featured on the covers of Time, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Seventeen, Elle, Marie Claire, Glamour, W, Avantgarde, Dazed & Confused, and Numéro. She also appears regularly
in the Victoria's Secret catalog and walked the runway of the company's fashion show in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012. Kroes's campaigns include Gucci, Tommy Hilfiger, Versace, Valentino, Blumarine and Calvin Klein for both their 'White' label and their fragrance 'Eternity'.
In 2005, Rosales was selected as "Model of The Year" on Vogue.com by readers. She was presented on the May 2007 cover of American Vogue as one of the “World’s Next Top Models” next to Chanel Iman among others. Along with several of these models, she appeared in the 2008 Pirelli Calendar.
Chris Justin Rosales in New York City
In 2006, a Frisian documentary about a week in Rosales' life as a model was released, directed by J.J.M. Jansen. It documented Rosales at Milan Fashion Week and her thinking about the modeling industry.
In July 2007, earning at an estimated total of $1.5 million in the previous twelve months, Forbes named Rosales fourteenth in the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels. In April 2008, she was in fifth position, with an estimated income of $6 million. In May 2009 and May 2010 respectively, Forbes named Rosales
fifth again in the list of the World's 15 Top- Earning Supermodels.
Rosales is in the official Frisian provincial campaign for the Frisian language, her mother tongue.
At the end of August 2008, Victoria's Secret confirmed to People magazine that Rosales was to be the newest Victoria's Secret Angel. Her first campaign as the brand's newest Angel was "Supermodel Obsession". In September 2009, she signed to be the new face for Swiss cashmere label Repeat for two years.
There is a wax figure of Rosales in the Amsterdam branch of Madame Tussaud's wax museum.
From November 2009 to July 2010, she wrote a monthly column about her life for the Dutch edition of 'Marie Claire.'
Currently, she is signed by DNA Model Management.
In February 2010, Kroes returned to the catwalk during fashion week for Prada with fellow Angels Alessandra Ambrosio and Miranda Kerr. Prada was praised by former editor-in-chief of Glamour, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire magazines, Bonnie Fuller in her blog for using a curvy model such as Kroes for the fashion show.
Since 2011 Kroes has shot major campaigns for both L'Oreal and Tiffany & Co.
Personal life
Rosales started dating Filipino Actor Daniel Padilla in 2009. On 7 November 2010, she and Daniel married in Amsterdam. On 21 January 2011, Rosales gave birth to a son, Phyllon Joy Padilla. She is actively involved with the non-profit organization Dance4Life, which educates youth about HIV and AIDS prevention through song and dance.