Miscellaneous information about Filippa Hamilton.
A Brief Biography of Filippa Hamilton
Still under construction. The following has been compiled from public sources.
Filippa Hamilton was born as “Filippa Kristana Palmstierna” on December 3rd, 1985, in Paris France. [1] Her parents are Michael Palmstierna-Hamilton and Beatrice (nee ?). In 1999, her father, formerly known as “Michael Palmstierna”, won a lawsuit successfully establishing that he is the son of Count Ulph Hamilton, a Swedish noble. [2] The family then used the hyphenated name “Palmstierna-Hamilton” or just “Hamilton”.
Michael Palmstierna-Hamilton is a major Herbalife distributor. [3] Beatrice is a fashion and jewelry designer, formerly working for Pierre Cardin. [4] Beatrice Palmstierna-Hamilton established the “Lady H” jewelry business. In recent years, Filippa Hamilton has joined her mother in that venture.
Filippa Hamilton grew up in Biarritz, and was “discovered” there. According to some sources (e.g., New York magazine [5]), she was discovered by photographer Marc Hispard in 2000, on the streets of Biarritz, at age 14. However, according to a more contemporaneous article in Paris Match, [6] the story is somewhat more complicated. A photographer hired to create a holiday picture of the whole family noted that Filippa could be a model. Soon thereafter, Beatrice and Filippa were chosen for a mother/daughter ad campaign for Comptoir des Cotonniers. Another photographer (not named in this article, but possibly Marc Hispard) then brought Filippa to the attention of the Next modeling agency.
But the Comptoir des Cotonniers ad was not actually Filippa's first modelling work. As an almost four-year old, she had appeared in a Christmas ad for the Printemps department store (1989). [7]
In 2001, she signed with Next Management, and started appearing in advertising. She also started her long association with Ralph Lauren that year.
From 2002 until 2009, Ms. Hamilton was under exclusive contract to Ralph Lauren. Landing such an important “top model” contract at such a young age led the European press to refer to her as “Baby Top”. [6,8] Although she appeared on magazine covers and in editorials, she appeared in no other advertising. She was the face of Ralph Lauren. This apparently cozy relationship blew up in 2009. First, a heavily retouched advertising photo of her, with her hips smaller than her head, went viral on the web. The Ralph Lauren company first tried to suppress the photo, but then they did apologize for it a few days later. Then Ms. Hamilton announced that her Ralph Lauren contract had been terminated, because she was too heavy (according to her and her agent). The Ralph Lauren corporation said it was because she was not able to fullfill her obligations. [9]
Since parting ways with Ralph Lauren, Ms. Hamilton has appeared in several other advertising campaigns (Patek Phillipe, H & M, etc.). In 2014, she began a new association with Biotherm skin and body care products.
On December 8th, 2013, Ms. Hamilton announced her engagement to her boyfriend Mikaël “Miky” Picon, a professional surfer, via Instagram. [10] In the comments to her announcement, she mentioned she wanted to wear a Ralph Lauren wedding gown, so there are apparently no hard feelings toward the company. They were wed June 25th, 2016. [11]
In July, 2014, she announced (again via Instagram) that she was expecting her first child, [12] and later posted a photo showing her pregnant profile. [13] Her son, Kyan, was born in October, 2014. [14]
References
- Paris birth records.
- Aftonbladet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2001/05/18
- The Michael Palmstierna-Hamilton website
- A Biographical note, Lady H website
- New York Magazine profile, c. October, 2009.
- Paris Match, June 20, 2002 (#2769), "Baby Top"
- beatrice_palmstiernahamilton [2015/09] Instagram
- Vogue Espana, "Baby Top", Madrid, Spain, September, 2002
- Frockwriter This blog provides an excellent summary of the controversy (December, 2013). See also this People magazine item (November 2, 2009). More references can be found in the Filippa Hamilton Wikipedia article
- filippahamilton [2013/12/08] Instagram
- Elle Spain, August 2016.
- filippahamilton [2014/07/10] Instagram
- filippahamilton [2014/08/11] Instagram
- Unfortunately, these posts have been deleted:
filippahamilton [2014/11/01],filippahamilton [2014/11/22], etc., Instagram