Taylor Hill is a beautiful American model who became even more famous after she became the Victoria’s Secret Angel in 2015. She is still their Angel and it gained her a lot of money.
Victoria’s Secret is a famous American company which designs women’s lingerie and a lot of beauty products and is currently the biggest retailer of lady’s lingerie in the United States.
Early years
Taylor Hill was born as Taylor Marie Hill on March 5, 1996, in the town of Palatine, which is more similar to a village, located near Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Her mother originates from Canada so she is a part Canadian.
Although she was born there she was eventually raised and grew up in Arvada, in Jefferson County, in the state of Colorado. When she was very young she wanted to become a famous athlete.
She decided to train gymnastics and she was very good at it. When she grew up she decided to turn her career to modeling since she was very beautiful and had an awesome body due to her gymnastics history.
She grew up in a happy and stable home, alongside her three siblings. She has two sisters very close to her age. They are named Logan Rae and Mackinley.
She also has a brother named Chase who is the youngest of them all since he was born in 1999. He was a little bit spoiled by his older sisters.
Before entering the world of modeling she was a student of Pokona Highschool which is a public school whose motto is “Spirit, Tradition, Pride, Excellence”.
Pomona High School is settled in Arvada, Colorado, and Taylor doesn’t hide the fact that she didn’t like school. She was 14 years old when she was noticed by a photographer named Jim Jordan who didn’t work only as a photographer.
He was and is also an agent and worked for modeling agencies who sought new beautiful faces.
She was spotted on a dude ranch and was given a business card of an agency. She flew to New York with her mother and signed to a big model agency named IMG.
If you don’t know what a dude ranch is then you have to know that it is a place where you can live and take care of the horses while living there.
Career development
She started modeling at the age of 17. It was in 2013 and she has her first big photo shoot. She was chosen as one of the models to wear women’s lingerie for the catalog made for “Intimissimi”. Intimissimi is an Italian clothing brand who is specialized for women’s lingerie (men’s also).
She did a great job for them and they were very satisfied with ner work and professional manners. She gained great revenues from them.
After that, she was hired by FOREVER 21, a popular American retailer from Los Angeles who has hundreds of stores all over the world.
She has become one of their valuable models and had workes for them for a very long time.
In 2014 she became even more noticed in the fashion world after she had become a model for a Swedish worldwide known company called H&M (Which is short for Hennes & Mauritz).
But her greatest achievement was when she was invited to walk the world-famous fashion show called “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show”. She brought a lot of interest on her because it seems that she was their youngest model ever at that time.
She was only 18 when she walked the show for the very first time. She gained very good critics and soon began modeling for several known designers such as Frida Gustavsson and Rosa Cha.
In 2015 she received an acknowledgment by the public after she was voted to be the most promising model of the year. It was voted by the readers of “Couturesque” magazine.
Taylor has also become a host of a popular Victoria’s Secret event for their PINK line.
She was very pleased and proud after she was hired to advertise a world-known company specialized for luxury items: Versace.
In the summer of 2015, she became the winner of the category “Model of the Year” on an exclusive event named Fashion Media Awards.
The year 2016 brought her a very interesting new area of work: she gained a role in the movie “The Neon Demon”.
The Neon Demon is a horror movie made by Nicolas Refn and she played the role of a model there.
It was a very successful year for her since she was able to enter “The World’s Top-Earning Models” list made by Forbes.
They have put her name on the 17th place with earnings somewhere around $4 million.
In the summer of 2016, she made a lucrative deal with Lancome, a known French beauty brand and she became their new face. She has appeared on a lot of covers of several known magazines such as Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar and more.
She has millions of followers on her Instagram channel and in 2016 she was one of the most followed models on that social media service. She has almost 13 million followers on Instagram.
Taylor has modeled for a lot of designers and also worked in their campaigns. She walked for Chanel, Versace, Armani, Fendi, Kenzo, Marc Jacobs and many more.
She started in advertisements for Jimmy Choo’s campaigns, for Mr. Kors and Topshop.
In the fall of 2018, she gained sympathies of her fans after she posted her photo on Instagram in which she doesn’t wear makeup. Her fans concluded how she looks very different and congratulated her on her bravery to show how she is imperfect too.
Taylor was also the youngest face of Lancome.
She stars in a campaign for a fragrance by Ralph Lauren called “Romance”, alongside her boyfriend.
She models for several different agencies, but all very important, like IMG Models from New York,
Ford Models in Chicago and Los Angeles, Wilhelmina Models from Miami and more.
When she works abroad she is associated with Traffic Models from Barcelona, Storm Model Management from London and IMG Models in Sydney.
She says that she likes Adriana Lima and Gisele Bundchen very much and considers them as great professionals and good people.
Personal life
She loved riding a bike and snowboarding when she was a kid.
She is in a relationship with Michael Stephen Shank. They started dating in 2016 and since then they have posted hundreds of photos on their social media accounts.
They are very open about their relationship and declare love to each other on social media.
Michael was earlier linked to Gigi Hadid but it was never confirmed were they ever a couple.
Her boyfriend Michael is also a model, but he is an actor too. Michale starred un a soap opera titled “The Bold and the Beautiful”.
The couple has a miniature Labradoodle as their pet. His name is Tate and he has over 50k followers on his Instagram account.
Taylor, however, has almost 13 million followers on her Instagram account and the number is growing on a daily basis since she posts a lot and likes to post simple photos of herself and her natural looks.
Taylor’s brother Chase and a sister Mackinley are all models. Her older sister Logan is a photographer. Taylor likes the fact that she can work with all of them and it is very fun for her.
Her father has a great sense of humor. He has his own Instagram account where he uploads photos of his feet. He calls it foot selfies.
Logan lives in Los Angeles, but Taylor, Chase, and Mackinley all live in New York. Their parents come to visit them. Taylor always goes home for Christmas and Thanksgiving. Taylor is a big fan of reading but also draws beautifully. She is very creative and is thinking about starting her own business.
Taylor is left-handed which is one more plus for her creative side since it is widely known that people who are left-handed are more creative than others.
Taylor had to rake improv classes at the age of 15 because she was too shy and didn’t have confidence.
She struggles with acne. She stated that she is very simple and while not working she just puts some BB cream, mascara and a lip balm on her face.
She likes to wear a bun because her hair is difficult to tame. Although she worked with the world’s finest hairstylists she lets her mum cut her hair. Her mom is a hairdresser and she has been working as one for over thirty years.
As for her fitness routine, she tried doing yoga but it was boring for her since she was a gymnast in her early teens.
That is why she turned to CrossFit and she trains five times a week. Before Fashion Week she trains even harder and does it two times a day.
Her favorite breakfast includes anything containing oats.
Quick summary
Full name: Taylor Marie Hill
Date of birth: March 5, 1996
Birthplace: Palatin, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Age: 23
Profession: fashion model, actress
Height: 1,75 m
Weight: 55 kgs
Net Worth: $4 million