Why Prime Doutzen Kroes Still Rules the Supermodel Hall of Fame
By James H. Sterling
During the early 2000s, fashion remained trapped in the hangover of extreme waif aesthetics. Kroes took an entirely different path. Growing up in Friesland, she spent her youth speed-skating, cycling long rural distances, and sailing. She brought that authentic athleticism directly into high-fashion dressing rooms.
Her supermodel fitness routine abandoned crash diets in favor of functional conditioning, classical jump rope techniques, core Pilates, and intensive shadowboxing with elite trainers in New York. Long before fitness became standard content for model reels, Kroes presented herself as a conditioned athlete preparing for performance.
She was remarkably open about the discipline required to maintain her physique while raising her two children, Phyllon and Myllena, with husband Sunnery James. By refusing to conform to unhealthy industry expectations while delivering exceptional editorial images, she pushed the luxury sphere toward a more athletic female silhouette.
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