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May Andersen

May Andersen's photoGETTY

Nationality:
Danish
Birthday:
June 16, 1982
Born in:
Copenhagen, Denmark
Lives now:
New York, NY
Agencies:
Elite, Storm
Known for:
My temper, my lips, my body
Status:
Bad girl, sexy girl
Dated:
Marcus Schenkenberg , Stephen Dorff, Steve-O, Kid Rock , Jamie Burke
Friends with:
Ana Beatriz Barros, Devon Aoki, Helena Christensen, Jessica White, Julie Ordon, Marcus Schenkenberg, Mary-Kate Olsen, Noémie Lenoir, Rosie Huntington
Model turned…
Designer (Chicks with Guns)

Career

Mug shot, 2006

Jun 16, 1982
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1985
Discovered by a photographer on the street
Jul 1998
Debuts on the runway at Valentino haute couture in Paris
1999
Lands on cover of Italian Marie Claire
1999
Appears in BCBG, Gianfranco Ferré, Miu Miu, Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti, Prada, and Valentino ad campaigns
Apr 1999
Appears on cover of Italian Glamour
Jun 1999
Appears on cover of L’Officiel
2000
Moves to New York
2000
While riding in a car, Andersen collides with a garbage truck on Sixth Avenue, breaking her collarbone and wrist and injuring her pelvis, Receives compensation from the City of New York for the injury after successfully suing
Feb 2000
Walks the runways for Louis Vuitton and Nicole Farhi
May 2000
Appears on cover of i-D
2001
Dates male model Marcus Schenkenberg
Jul 2001
Appears on the cover of Italian Glamour
Nov 2001
Appears on cover of Italian Marie Claire
2003
Sprayed with tear gas by an animal-rights activist during Paris fashion week with Devon Aoki
2003
Dates actor Stephen Dorff
Feb 2003
Appears in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
2004
Dates MTV personality Steve-O
2004
Dorff leaves an angry voicemail about Andersen, much to Steve-O’s delight Video »
Feb 2004
Appears in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
Oct 2004
Appears on cover of British Cosmopolitan
2005
Elite Management changes her name to Lykke May before New York Fashion Week
2006
Arrested for hitting flight attendant on a trip from Amsterdam to Miami
Apr 24, 2006
Andersen is charged with battery, resisting arrest, and disorderly intoxication after spending two nights in jail
2006
Appears on Danish television defending her behavior
2006
Undergoes anger-management treatment
Oct 2006
Walks the spring Christian Dior and Elie Saab shows in Paris
2007
Appears in Lavazza calendar
2007
Dates Kid Rock
Feb 2007
Interviewed about her legal troubles backstage at the Rock & Republic show in New York Video »
May 2007
Walks the Christian Dior resort show in New York
Jul 2008
Walks the Diesel swimwear show in Miami

Quoted

“I did a little bit of anger management, which I didn’t need at all.”

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