Marie-Christine Gessinger | |
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Gessinger at the Ford 2008 Supermodel of the World contest, New York City | |
Born | 1992 Lower Austria |
Died | (aged 17) Mistelbach, Austria |
Marie-Christine Gessinger (1992 – 3 March 2010) was an Austrian fashion model active from late 2000s to early 2010s before dying in a car accident at the age of 17.
Born in Lower Austria, Gessinger began modeling after taking part in Ford's Supermodel of the World contest at the age of 15, winning the Vienna preliminary competition, and representing Austria at the New York finale.
She had been scheduled to work for Versace among others, but on the evening of 3 March 2010 she was killed in a car crash with her 19-year-old friend as the driver. She was 17 years old.
See also
References
- "Marie-Christine Gessinger", Fashion Model Directory
- ^ "Österreichisches Model stirbt bei Autounfall" ("Austrian model dies in car accident"), 4 March 2010, Bild (in German) Google Translation
- ^ "Top-Model stirbt bei Horror-Unfall" ("Top Model dies in horror accident"), 3 March 2010, Heute (in German) Google Translation
- ^ "Zwei brünette Jungmodels sind die schönsten im ganzen Land" ("Two young brunette models are the most beautiful in the country") Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine, 25 June 2007, Kleine Zeitung (in German) Google Translation
- ^ "17-jähriges Model stirbt nach Autounfall" ("17-year-old model dies after car accident"), 4 March 2010, Gala (in German) Google Translation
- "Top-Model starb bei 150 km/h" ("Top model died at 150 km / h") Archived 2011-08-05 at the Wayback Machine, 4 March 2010, oe24.at (in German) Google Translation