Biography of Kristy Hinze
Date of Birth :
16th October 1980
Location :
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Kristy Hinze is an Australian model, actress and television host. She was born on the Gold Coast where she was reportedly raised on a horse and cattle station in Beaudesert. The blonde has appeared in Sports Illustrated as well as the Victoria’s Secret catalogue.
She is currently the face of Australian retail chain Sportscraft.
It was announced in February 2008 that Kristy will be the host of the Australian version of US reality TV show, Project Runway.
Kristy is the granddaughter of Russ Hinze (Queensland Polititian) and sister of Guy Hinze (ex-Qld Police officer and owner of Bubs Baby Shops)
Hinze appeared on the first ever cover of short lived Australian Edition “Ocean Drive” Magazine
In 1994, when she was only 14 years old, Hinze was contracted to appear in the Australian edition of Vogue.
Hinze has been dating her 63-year-old boyfriend, Texan billionaire Jim Clark, the founder of Netscape, for two-and-a-half years. In a recent interview with The Australian Women’s Weekly, she revealed “I never thought I was going to date an older man when I first met him”, but she was attracted to him because he is “truly, incredibly rich”.
Hinze was previously linked romantically to musician Johnny Philippidis (Burlap to Cashmere). Kristy also had a long term relationship with former radio and internet star Toggsy (Andrew Videto). The couple moved to New York together in 1999.
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