Stella Maxwell


Stella Maynes Maxwell is a Belgian-born Northern Irish-New Zealand model best known for her work with Victoria's Secret. She became a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2015, and is also the face of the cosmetics brand Max Factor.

Early life

Maxwell was born in Brussels, Belgium, to Northern Irish parents, Stella Maynes and former diplomat Maurice Maxwell. She has three older siblings. Maxwell was raised in Belgium until she was 13 years old, where she attended the European School, Woluwe. She then moved with her family to Canberra, Australia, where they stayed for one year before moving to Wellington, New Zealand when she was 14. She attended Queen Margaret College and the University of Otago, where she was discovered as a model by an agency based within Dunedin. Maxwell is bilingual in French and English.

Career

She walked the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2014 where she was credited. She has been a Victoria's Secret Angel since 2015.
During her career, she has posed for Alexander McQueen, Asos, H&M, Karl Lagerfeld, Roberto Cavalli, Urban Outfitters and Topshop, and has been featured on the covers of the German, Turkish, Spanish, Thai and Japanese editions of the fashion magazine Vogue. As a catwalk model, she has walked for Jeremy Scott, Marc Jacobs, Tommy Hilfiger, Moschino, Brandon Maxwell, Dolce & Gabbana, Jacquemus, Tommy Hilfiger, Tory Burch, Giles, Marc Jacobs, Dsquared2, Mugler, Manu Rios, Fendi, Chanel, Miu Miu and Versace. She notably opened the Concept Korea Spring/Summer 2011 fashion show, during which she was dressed as a Lolita-esque modern day Snow White in hoody, miniskirt and towering shoes. However, she fell on the catwalk and dropped the apple she was carrying. She also fell twice in a row during the finale of the Miu Miu Resort 2016 fashion show.
She did a collaboration with the French brand The Kooples to create a handbag, named after her.
In 2016, Maxwell was voted No. 1 in 2016 Maxim's "Hot 100 List".
She had an uncredited role in the 2018 film JT LeRoy.

Personal life

Maxwell briefly dated Miley Cyrus in 2015. From December 2016, Maxwell was dating actress Kristen Stewart until their breakup in fall 2018. She resumed dating Stewart in May 2019 and broke up again in July 2019.