Toni Garrn is a model and social media influencer from Germany. Here are a few things you likely didn’t know about her.
Why Is Toni Garrn Famous?
Toni is famous for the deal she inked with Calvin Klein in 2008. She signed an exclusive contract that made her stand out in the fashion industry.
Date Of Birth
7 July 1992
Birth Place
Hamburg, Germany
Family
Her father works for an oil company while her mother is a businesswoman. Toni has an older brother named Niklas who also works as a model.
When she was 2 years old, she moved with her family from Germany to London. She later moved to Athens at the age of six before moving back to Hamburg with her family when she was 10 years old.
She has one child.
Hobbies
She loves traveling and getting involved in charitable causes.
Toni Garrn Dating History
She was married to Alex Pettyfer from 2020 to 2023 when they got divorced. Toni announced that the marriage was coming to an end on Instagram.
They had a daughter together who was born in July 2021.
From 2013 to 2014, she was in a relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio.
Toni Garrn Social Media
On her Instagram, page, Toni shares with her fans many aspects of her life as a model and her celebrity. Her posts get about 12k likes on average.
About Toni Garrn
Toni started taking piano lessons when she was 6 years old. She was discovered as a model when she was 13 during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
At the age of 15, she made her debut on the runway for Calvin Klein’s Spring/Summer 2008 runway show. In 2009, she walked over 60 shows for famous designers such as Michael Kors, Dior, Chanel, Hermes, Dolce & Gabbana, Stella McCartney, Louis Vuitton, and many others during the fashion week.
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She is represented by The Lions, Women Management, Storm Management, and View Management.
Thanks to her popularity as a model, Toni has been in several famous magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Elle, Muse, V, Tush, and many others. She has also had the chance to work with a lot of famous photographers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Manfred Baumann, Mariano Vivanco, Corinne Day, David Bellemere, and many others.
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In 2012, she was ranked among the Top 50 Models by models.com, where she took the 20th place.
She got into a deal with the German denim brand, Closed to design her own line of jeans. She uses the money she gets from her Closed T-shirt to support the education of young girls in Africa.
Despite being incredibly successful as a model, Toni has also tried acting. She played the role of Reeva Steenkamp in the 2017 movie, Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer. The film is about the culpable homicide committed by Oscar Pistorius when she fatally shot his girlfriend Steenkamp in his Pretoria home in 2013.
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She was also in You Are Wanted, a German drama series. Toni was also in Alvaro Soler’s music video, “La Cintura.”
Toni is also passionate about charity work, and she has been an ambassador for Plan International’s Because I Am A Girl campaign. She also established the Toni Garrn Foundation, which promotes girls’ access to education in Ghana, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda.
The famous model also hosted the annual fundraiser for “Supermodel Flea Market” where donated clothes from celebrities and models around the globe are sold.