Barbara Palvin (born 8 October 1993)[3] is a Hungarian model. She was named as the 2016 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue "Rookie of the Year." She also appeared on Love magazine's 2016 advent video recreating Sharon Stone's iconic Basic Instinct scene.

Modeling career
Discovered on the streets of Budapest at the age of 13, Palvin shot her first editorial in 2006 for Spur Magazine. Palvin subsequently moved to Asia where she maintained a steady stream of bookings.[4] Since then, Palvin has been on the cover of L'Officiel (Paris, Russia, Turkey, Thailand, Singapore), Vogue (Portugal), Marie Claire (Italy, Hungary), Glamour Hungary , Elle (Britain, Italy, Korea, Brazil, Argentina, Sweden, Serbia, Hungary), Allure, Harper's Bazaar and Jalouse Magazine. Palvin has appeared in campaigns for Armani Exchange, H&M, Victoria's Secret, and Pull & Bear.[5] In February 2012, she became an ambassador for L'Oréal Paris.[6] In 2016, Palvin was revealed to be a part of the 2016 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Rookie Class.[7] She also became the new face of Armani's signature scent "Acqua di Gioia." Palvin is the face of Amazon Fashion and appeared on Express and Chaos advertising campaigns.

Her runway debut was as an exclusive for Prada during Milan Fashion Week in February 2010. Palvin has also walked for Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Nina Ricci, Emanuel Ungaro, Christopher Kane, Julien MacDonald, Jeremy Scott, Giles Deacon, Vivienne Westwood, Etro, and opened the pre-Fall 2011 Chanel show. In 2012, she walked in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and wore Rosa Clara on the Barcelona Bridal Week 2012 runway.[8]

Palvin is often compared to Russian model Natalia Vodianova; British Vogue editor Miranda Almond said, "We chose Barbara because she is absolutely exquisite looking a cross between a young Brooke Shields and Natalia Vodianova".[9] Palvin credits Vodianova and Kate Moss as her favorite models.[10]

Acting career
Palvin appeared in the 2014 film Hercules as mythological queen Antimache.[11][12]

Media rankings
As of 2016, Palvin was ranked number 14 on the Money Girls list by models.com and #17 on Forbes as one of the highest paid models in the world.[13] Later that year, she was ranked 4th in Maxim Hot 100 in 2016.[14]