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Jarah Mariano Biography
Height: 171cm/5 ft 7.5 in
Bust: 86cm/34"
Hips: 85cm/33.5"
Dress: 34 EU/4; US/6; UK
Waist: 61cm/24"
Shoe: 39 EU/8; US/6; UK

Jarah Mariano is one of the few Asian Victoria's Secret models. The secret to her success is her amazing measurements (she is about 5' 7" or 171 cm). This Pace University graduate recently signed on to IMG models.

She is of Hawaiian, Korean, and Chinese descent, which explains her truly exotic look. She has appeared in several ads of Armani Exchange, Sephora, Abercrombie & Fitch, PacSun, and Victoria's Secret.

She also appears in a several Old Navy commercials. She was the subject of Weber's lens for Abercrombie & Fitch and L'uomo Vogue. Mariano is the cover for the April/May 2007 anniversary issue of Complex magazine and is in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. She is represented by model agency IMG.

Biography
Born in Kauai, the fourth largest and oldest of the main Hawaiian islands, Jarah-Evelyn Makalapua Mariano is the perfect blend of rich Hawaiian, Chinese and Korean ancestry. Her unique and appealing mix of ethnicities has already made her one of the world’s fastest rising and most desirable supermodels.

Jarah Mariano’s arresting appearance has also captured the attention of A-list photographers like Bruce Weber, who photographed her for L’Uomo Vogue, as well as hip-hop moguls like Jay-Z, who personally cast her in his red-hot “Show Me What You Got” music video.

Of course, Jarah Mariano is more than just a pretty face. This raven-haired model is also a graduate of Pace University, the same academic institution that counts Rachael Ray, Vincent Pastore and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. among its distinguished alumni. Jarah Mariano lives in New York City, where she enjoys listening to Bjork, devouring fast food, drinking Jack Daniel’s and Coke, and keeping the peace among fellow models, such as Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima. “I’m all about the love,” she insists.

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