Josie Maran
Born: May 8, 1978
American
Actress, Model
Height: 5ft. 8in. tall
Measurements: 34C -23 -34
Website:
www.josiemarancosmetics.com
Johanna Selhorst
"Josie" Maran is an American model, actress, and
entrepreneur. Maran was born in Menlo Park, California. She is of Russian
Jewish descent on her paternal side. Maran attended Castilleja School, an
all-girls school in Palo Alto, California from grades 6 to 12. While she was
still in high school, Maran was approached by a woman who asked her for a
modeling performance in San Francisco, and a scouting agent encouraged her to
pursue modeling professionally. Her first cover was Glamour in 1998. In 1990,
an appendectomy left Maran with a noticeable scar that is typically edited out
of photos. Signed at age 17 with the Elite modeling agency of Los Angeles,
Maran appeared on her first cover with Glamour magazine in 1998; she was then
the featured Guess? Girl in their summer 1998 and fall 1998 campaigns. After
building a résumé of over 25 commercials and advertisements, including playing
Howie D's companion in the music video of Backstreet Boys hit Everybody (Backstreet's
Back), in which she was bitten on the neck by Count Dracula (played by Howie
D), Maran moved cross-country to join with Elite in New York City. In 1999, she
landed a multi-year deal with Maybelline. Maran appeared in the annual Sports
Illustrated Swimsuit Issue for two consecutive years; from 2001 to 2002.
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