Stunning model loved by Madonna and Angelina
Jenny Shimizu may not have achieved much success on the runway, but she has secured a place in the biographies of many world stars.
The American model may not have achieved much success on the runway, but her private life is such that she has secured a place in the biographies of many world stars.
Japanese-American model Jenny Shimizu is 54 years old today and can boast of great, but not numerous successes.
While she was still working as a car mechanic, agents who work with the Calvin Klein brand approached her and offered to advertise their perfume, which opened the door to the fashion industry for her.
Campaigns for the Banana Republic soon followed, and then Jenny became the first woman of Asian descent to work on a Prada fashion show, as well as the first member of the national minority to open a fashion show.
Soon, offers for film roles arrived, so Jenny starred in "Foxfire", then in "The Itty Bitty Titty Committee", and then in the third season of "Dante's Cove". After that, she appeared in the reality show Tyra Banks "America's Next Top Model", as well as in another reality show with models, where she was a member of the jury.
Not much has been known about Jenny lately, and she is living a secluded life, which she definitely deserved after the turbulent 1990s.
At the beginning of that decade, she was in a short and passionate relationship with actress Ione Skye, and a little later she seduced - the queen of pop Madonna.
Years later, she said that Madonna was able to get on her private plane and fly anywhere Jenny was at that time in order to indulge their passions together.
“I was her secret, available at any time of the day or night for secret sex” - Jenny said on one occasion.
However, the pop star is not the only famous name on Jenna's long list of mistresses, because she was once in a relationship with Angelina Jolie. This time, it was not just about sex, but the actress loved the model with all her heart.
They became close during the filming of “Foxfire”, and Angelina was won over at first glance.
"I fell in love the moment I saw her," Angelina said in an interview in 1997.
As she added at the time, if she had not already been married to British actor Johnny Lee Miller, she would probably have married Jenny. These feelings were a surprise for Angelina herself, who did not have a relationship with a woman before.
“I was surprised when I suddenly felt towards a woman what I always felt towards men” - Angelina once said. “I wanted to kiss her and touch her.”
The actress and the model would continue to see each other, so Angelina and Johnny divorced in 1999, but they are still on good terms today. Although the love affair with Jenny did not last, Angelina is reportedly still often heard from her today. So Shimizu was among the first to be called by the actress when she broke up with Brad Pitt.
“Angelina called Jenny this week to tell her exactly what is happening. She also told her that she wanted to be a good mother to her children”, said the source at the time.
Jenny, by the way, has always been a prominent fighter for gay rights, and in 2005 she attended a protest regarding the right of homosexuals to marry, which was eventually won. Since 2012, Jenny has been happily in love with Michelle Harper, whom she has been married to since 2014.
