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Adele Uddo

Adele Uddo is an American parts model who promotes brands and doubles for celebrities.

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Adele Uddo
Born (1982-10-05) October 5, 1982
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States1
OccupationModel

Adele Uddo is an American parts model who promotes brands and doubles for celebrities.2

Early life and education

Uddo grew up in a California commune. She dropped out of college to pursue a modeling career.3

Career

As a parts model, Uddo is most known for modelling her hands, but she also models her lips, legs, feet, eyes, neck and chest4 to promote brands and as a double for celebrities. She has also appeared in Vogue magazine and on billboards.3

Uddo has worked on campaigns for Christian Louboutin, Dior,5 Revlon, Balmain, Chanel,6 Essie7 and Taco Bell.8

She is a regular hand stand-in for celebrities, including Katy Perry, Penélope Cruz3, Reese Witherspoon, Natalie Portman5 and Beyoncé,9 and brands she has been featured in include Allure8, Harpers Bazaar, Byrdie10 and The New York Times.3

Personal life

She works in both Los Angeles and New York City, calling herself "bicoastal."3

References

References

  1. "Adele Uddo". FilmFreeway. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  2. "Perfekte Haut: Dieses Model hat die weltweit bekanntesten Hände – so pflegt sie sie". InStyle. 19 May 2019.
  3. Rubin, Courtney (2016-03-14). "What a Hand Model Knows About Skin Care". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  4. Bakutyte, Justina (2015-09-08). "This Woman Is A Famous Model, But It's Not Her Face That Brought Her All The Glory". A Plus. Archived from the original on 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  5. Robehmed, Natalie. "The Life Of A Hand Model: Inside The Secretive World Of Parts Modeling". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  6. Young, Katy (2018-04-11). "The £4,000-a-day hand model and her anti-ageing tips". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  7. "A WOMAN'S BUSINESS SUCCESS - Thrive Global". thriveglobal.com. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  8. "This Woman May Have the Weirdest—and Coolest—Job Ever". Allure. September 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  9. Manning, Charles (2014-08-19). "The Hand Job That Can Make You $5,000 a Day". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  10. "This Model Has the Most Famous Hands in the World—Here Are Her Beauty Secrets". Byrdie. Retrieved 2019-06-05.