Doutzen Kroes, my favorite model, covers the new issue of the Wall Street Journal Magazine. The photoshoot is gorgeous – go here to see. The vibe is very “ballet studio” and Doutzen is more contemplative as opposed to “fierce”. Which is fine. Doutzen is 30 years old right now, which means that she’s probably aging out of a lot of the modeling jobs these days, except Doutzen is still one of the most in-demand models in the world. She’s still with Victoria’s Secret, she still gets major magazine covers and she still headlines major campaigns. Here’s a secret for any magazine editors or bookers out there: most of us want more Doutzen and less Cara Delevingne. Truth. Anyway, you can read Doutzen’s WSJ. Magazine profile here. Some highlights:

Her career aspirations growing up in Holland: “I wanted to become a teacher like my mother, or a charity worker. But my mom says that when I was younger I told her, ‘People are going to know me,’ so I guess I always had that idea. We didn’t have fashion magazines around the house, so I would see someone like Jennifer Lopez’s CD covers and think, ‘I would love to have hair or makeup like that.’”

Moving to New York to start her career: “I secretly sent my pictures to a modeling agency in Amsterdam, and they sent me to New York…I lived in an apartment for models in the Meatpacking District, which back then was a place filled with all sorts of people that you couldn’t even look in the eye. I wasn’t booking jobs, and I was very lonely.”

Getting repeatedly rejected on casting calls for being “too pretty”: “It was strange: I thought, isn’t [being attractive] how it’s supposed to be?”

Where she’ll be in the next ten years: “I have no idea! Ten years ago, I had no idea I’d be here. Maybe I’ll do movies—I dream of working with particular directors—or maybe I’ll just live someplace quiet where I can grow my own vegetables.”

Balancing her and her husband’s (DJ Sunnery James) busy work schedules: “A lot of communication. Our agents are on the phone every other day. They’re the ones who keep us together.

[From WSJ. Magazine]

I like the idea of Doutzen crossing over to movies. She could be a Bond Girl! Not to limit her or anything, I just think she would be a great Bond Girl. And I can’t imagine why “too pretty” is a liability in modeling. I guess the current trend is surly androgyny, or that jolie-laide look that is very styling-dependent. And yes, I’m thinking of Cara Delevingne again.

HONK IF YOU LOVE DOUTZEN.

Photos courtesy of Josh Olins for WSJ Magazine.