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Birth
When: 25 August 1970
Where: Rheinberg, GERMANY
Schiffer was born in a small town 15 km northeast of Duisburg. She is the daughter of Gudrun and Heinz Schiffer, a lawyer. She has two brothers, Stefan and Andreas, and one sister, Ann Carolin.


First job
When: October 1987
Where: Dusseldorf, GERMANY
She originally wanted to become a lawyer and used to work in her father's law firm. She later dropped these aspirations when, in October 1987 at seventeen, she was spotted in a nightclub in DÃ¼sseldorf by Michel Levaton, the boss of Metropolitan Model Agency who signed her up to become a model. She completed her education and then began to work as a model. She flew out to Paris for a trial photo shoot and soon after she appeared in the cover of French Elle, after being well received in Paris. After several other magazine appearances, she quickly achieved "supermodel" status when she was selected by Karl Lagerfeld to become the new face of Chanel. Schiffer went on to become world-famous, recognizable with her blue eyes, blonde hair and tall figure, standing at 1.80m (approx. 5 ft 11 in.)


Relationship with David Copperfield
When: from 1994 to 1999
Where: UNITED STATES
Schiffer dated magician David Copperfield for about five years. They first met in 1993 at one of Copperfield's stage shows, where he invited her on stage to take part in his 'Flying' illusion, and he then subsequently sawed her in half during a joint appearance on German television. Throughout their relationship, she often joined Copperfield in his stage shows as a "special guest assistant" in a number of illusions, including being levitated, guillotined and sawed in half.


Wedding
When: 25 May 2002
Where: Shimpling, UNITED KINGDOM
She married the film producer Matthew Vaughn in Suffolk. Instead of an engagement ring, Vaughn bought her a tortoise. On her wedding day, many journalists and 200 onlookers gathered to see her in her wedding dress. She was married in St. George's church in the village of Shimpling. The wedding reception was held at Schiffer's Elizabethan mansion.


Child birth
When: 30 January 2003
Where: London, Westminster, UNITED KINGDOM
Schiffer and Vaughn had their first child - son Caspar Matthew Drummond born in the beginning of 2003


Child birth
When: 11 November 2004
Where: London, Westminster, UNITED KINGDOM
Second child of the couple (Schiffer and Vaughn) was born - daughter Clementine Drummond


Child birth
When: 14 May 2010
Where: UNITED KINGDOM
Last child - a second daughter, Cosima Violet, was born

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