Friday April 27, 2001

Estella Warren

She's gotten sexy for Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit issue and nearly bared all on a billboard for Perry Ellis. Now supermodel Estella Warren is racing onto Hollywood's fast track.

The 22-year-old model makes her big screen debut this weekend in "Driven." She stars alongside Kip Pardue and Hollywood vets Sylvester Stallone and Burt Reynolds. And when she crosses the finish line in "Driven," Estella will be seen in this summer's highly anticipated remake "Planet of the Apes" opposite Mark Wahlberg.

When we first met Estella in 1998, the Canadian beauty saw big screen stardom in her future. She got a break when Karl Lagerfeld picked her for a Chanel #5 commercial.

She was a synchronized swimmer for ten years. A Canadian national champion who, during her diving days, would practice seven hours a day. Lots of pain, but obviously plenty of gain!

Estella says, "I am using the structure that it gave me to build a career in modeling and to give the direction that I need right now."

It seems the only direction this up and coming beauty's headed right now is up.