Helena Christensen
Christensen in 2009, photo by Prphotos
Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of Birth: 25 December, 1968
Ethnicity:
*Danish (father)
*Peruvian (mother)
Helena Christensen is a Danish model and photographer. She was the 1986 Miss Denmark and represented Denmark at the Miss Universe Pageant.
Helena was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to a Danish father and a Peruvian mother.
Helena has a son with her former partner, American actor Norman Reedus.
Helena’s paternal grandfather was named Karl Emil Christensen.
Helena’s paternal grandmother is named Ketty.
this pic she looks like sun-burnt white woman, now aging she kinda resembles Diane von Fürstenberg
something people forgets it is that native amerindias are only eurasian inmigrants which later also evolved. The mother looks normal peruvian to me (average) but she is already mixed otherwise she would look darker and with sharper edges, but definitely the European contribution is low btw
When I looked at her now, the ameridian features (lowering nose, high cheekbones, jaw) have accentuated with the years. Even when younger, her jaw was something I realized was very Peruvian. Her skin tone is also very much like native Peruvians (which is golden redish, sort of baked) which I guess for Europeans must be really exotic. It is an interesting combination with the deep blue eyes. Also her body is full of fiber from amerindians but shapy like europeans. I am happy she accepts herself as she is and does not use makeup to look something she is not :)
Yes. Her jaw, cheekbones and nose imo always looked off. Like their was a non European ancestry giving her these features. When she mentioned Peruvian ancestry it all clicked. She’s very pretty though.. I was never a fan of square jaws though..
@ ethnic
could u manage to find a better pic?
found one!
I don’t even think she’s a castiza. I believe her mother is straight up Amerindian with distant European. The majority of Peruvians are Amerindian, followed by mestizos and if her mother was a Spanish it would be mentioned, so she is a mestizo at most but I believe she is just mostly Amerindian. Her European influence comes from her Danish father. Her features are a dead giveaway of heavy Amerindian influence with shows even more as she gets older. The cheekbones, jaw shape. I have a keen eye for this type of mixture that most people don’t recognize.
There’s a half Mohawk actress named Kaniehtiio Horn and I think she looks more European than Helen. She is tribally enrolled and considers herself Mohawk even though she may not “look native” to some people. It doesn’t matter, as long as she has a native parent and is tribally enrolled she is Mohawk. I don’t know about Latin American Amerindians, but half native north American’s mixed with European(Anglo) can look very European. They don’t need to be mostly white in order to look very European influenced in regards to appearance, even with one native parent.
http://monicacph.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/helena-christensenmom.jpg
mom with grandma
http://ptwfashion.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/od-at878_christ_gv_201210181330501.jpg
They’re not “mostly” Amerindian
They do not look white or mostly white to me. Helena is the only who has heavy European influence due to her Danish father. At most I think her mother is a mestiza.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/82857654@N07/8151404585/
Helena has a similarities to this Peruvian mestiza girl. No Danish person looks like Helena. She is too exotic looking for a European. Her mother is mostly Amerindian with Spanish ancestry or mestiza at most.
Indigenous Peruvians look like this
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/04/29/Native-Peruvian-protestors.jpg
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/06/09/0609_peru_460x276.jpg
Yeah they do. I think her mother had indirect European ancestry though, so she doesn’t look like the typical pure indigenous Peruvian. Add a Danish father in the mix and you have Helen Christensen. Helen does not look European or like any Danish person at all. Like I said, she looks similar to the Peruvian mestiza I showed you.
doesnt look European??? She could fit well into Eastern and Central Europe
Helena is too exotic to be just Danish. She doesn’t look Spaniard either. Mestizo she is.
I’m sure this half Italian half Shawnee native American looks pure European to you too. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=208v2np&s=5#.Un_tgSlrbIU
I should see other pics, as for the other “mestiza” girl. Helena’s face is not unusual in Eastern Europe, trust me
She does not look anywhere near the average Danish person. A Danish person will pick out her exotic features automatically, because she is only half Danish. The other girl is a mestiza there is no need to put quotations on it. Helena is not a full European. Her mother does have Amerindian ancestry. Most Peruvians do. Most Peruvians are Amerindian, followed by mestizo. I believe Helena is more mestizo than anything, but im sure her mother has indirect Spanish ancestry. Her mother isn’t a Spanish Peruvian, that’s all I know.
what do you mean by “indirect” Spanish ancestry? I havent stated she is or looks like a Danish person, I’ve just said she wouldn be out of place in Eastern Europe, with that face and height.
Denmark is not Eastern Europe, if u dont know. I meant Russia and neighbour countries
Interesting… but sadly, it is whether she puts Caucasian or castizo and her mother would be mestizo. Makes Helena at least that castizo but mind all castizo are classified as Caucasian by theory. This is about people being raised and she was raised Danish. My opinion I would say Caucasian because she has the features, dressing, the kids, the skull, most genetics, and culture. Other people it can be both sides but we have to take natural and casual perception, not prejudicisms and overrates seriousness.
You are totally right! i know about people in Latin American and i saw Helena’s mother pictures. She is a Peruvian mestiza (half Spanish and half Amerindian) So Helena is Danish and Peruvian mestiza