danish-born supermodel. she began modeling at the age of 9. After leaving school, she moved to paris to model for the french magazine Elle, and in 1986 she competed in the Miss Universe contest as Miss Denmark, but did not receive a placing. Her breakthrough as a model came in June of 1989 when she was discovered by photographer Friedemann Hauss. Since then her career has taken off, and she is now one of the top international catwalk queens. christensen has since taken on the movie industry, starring in a british TV movie Inferno and following it up with a cameo role in Robert Altman's Pret-A-Porter.she gained a lot of media attention through her relationship with rocker michael hutchence. She was frequently spotted with the late lead singer of INXS in the pages of the tabloids.