Frankie Rayder

She is known for her print work for Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues, The Gap holiday ads, a Godiva Chocolatier ad campaign, and the 50th anniversary Ann Taylor ad campaign.

She has appeared on the cover of Vogue, Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia, British Vogue, German Vogue and Vogue España.

Rayder was engaged to Red Hot Chili Peppers bass player, Flea, with whom she has one child.

Francesca "Frankie" Rayder (born Heidi A. Rayder; January 26, 1975) is an American model.

She has a portfolio of covergirl appearances for high fashion magazines and was once a VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards for Model of the Year nominee.

She has performed in runway shows, including the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show four times and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue twice.

She has also been featured in print ad campaigns.

At the peak of her fame, she was an it girl according to The New York Times and GQ once named her the Sexiest Woman in the World.

Her first major success came in 1992, when she met photographer Steven Meisel.

Meisel booked her for a photo session, which became the first of many.

Rayder's first session was soon featured in the magazine Italian Glamour.

She is a graduate of River Falls High School, where she played for the basketball team, and she began her modeling career with Caryn Modeling & Talent Agency in Minneapolis.

She worked at a golf clubhouse in her youth.

She was given the stage name Francesca to seem more exotic.

Rayder made her Paris runway debut on the 1997 fall runway for designers like Chanel, Christian Lacroix, and Dries van Noten.

In 1998, she was in high demand and her booking prices were sometimes bid up to $25,000 by clients hoping to pay her enough to cancel other appearances.

In 1999, she became the face of Givenchy and Meisel photographed her for Dolce & Gabbana and Versace ad campaigns.

In 1999, she became the face of Givenchy.

During New York Fashion Week 1999, Rayder was booked solid for four or five shows a day for designers such as Marc Jacobs, Badgley Mischka, Daryl K, Tommy Hilfiger and John Bartlett in typical day.

She has also appeared in 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2003 Victoria's Secret fashion shows and a cameo role in the 2001 movie Zoolander.

In the fall of 2000, The New York Times referred to her and her sister collectively as the famous Rayder Sisters.

At the same time, it also described Frankie as an it girl.

In 2000, she was one of the top-priced models.

That season she modelled in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Later that year she was a nominee at the 2000 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards for Model of the year along with Gisele Bündchen, Carmen Kass, Angela Lindvall, and Maggie Rizer, but Kass was the winner after defending-winner Bundchen withdrew to host the show.

In the early 2000s, GQ named her the Sexiest Woman in the World.

In 2003 she became the face of Chanel.

Rayder worked New York Fashion Week for top designers for several years.

During the 40h Anniversary Swimsuit Issue shooting, Stewart Shining photographed Rayder.

Rayder is, along with Cheryl Tiegs and Melissa Keller, one of several models associated with Minnesota who have made a name in the Swimsuit Issue.

In 2004, she was one of the featured models (along with Linda Evangelista, Patti Hansen and her daughters Alexandra and Theodora Richards, Twiggy, and Beverly Johnson) in the 50-model 50th Anniversary Ann Taylor ad campaign photographed by Annie Leibovitz.

Rayder was also mentioned in the press for several months for an ad campaign for Godiva Chocolatier.

The ads began receiving publicity in the fall of 2004.

After giving birth in 2005, she took a hiatus from modeling until 2008.

In 2005, she appeared in ads, which also included models such as Sophie Dahl, and Anouck Lepere, where the models posed lovingly with chocolate goods for Valentine's Day in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Elle.

The promotion was for chocolate products that came with a "lottery" ticket that potentially could give the buyer 52 pairs of Manolo Blahnik shoes, including one custom-designed by Blahnik himself.

At first, she returned only to print work, but she also returned to runway modeling in 2009.

She has a younger sister, Missy Rayder, who is also a fashion model.

Rayder was born in River Falls, Wisconsin, where she was known as Heidi Rayder.

As a teenager, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, a large city close to her home town, where she was first approached by a model scout who spurred her interest in the industry.