MISCHAELA ELKINS
Model Mischaela Goes Milanese Cool for Intimissimi & Calzedonia
We have the pleasure to highlight this week author and stunning model Mischaela Elkin.
Mischaela Elkins is an American Author, Businesswoman, Beauty Queen, and Model. She has written 4 self-help books: Workin' For A Birkin, Breathwork at Tiffany’s, Red Bottoms & Rose Quartz, and Black Card Behavior. She received a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing & Finance from Indiana University, completed graduate level pre-MBA work at Harvard University, and holds an MBA from the IE Business School of the Instituto de Empresa in Spain.In addition to her formal education, Mischaela is an Achology Certified Life Coach. Her professional resume includes management at a Fortune 500, Morgan Stanley, a Lehman Brothers owned Fintech, and a Platinum Equity portco.
Pairing her background in Finance, Business School background, and personal affinity for self-development - she wrote Workin' For A Birkin as a how to guide for women seeking to heal their blocks and personal wounds around money, wealth mindset, abundance thinking, and manifestation. Named after her smash hit first self-help book, Workin' For A Birkin, THE BIRKIN SCHOOL has expanded to include the academy,4 self help books, a blog, and a podcast - available on Apple Podcasts & Spotify. Described as a "couture line of self-help books for spiritual material girls", THE BIRKIN SCHOOL is a modern finishing academy who want more, and want to be more.
Each of Mischaela's books and corresponding masterclasses seek to instruct on healing and skills development pertinent to financial abundance & wealth mindset, self-worth & intuition, love & romance, and elegance & etiquette, respectively. Mischaela is the Principal and Founder of Monarch & Cygnet Holdings, a wellness centered multi-venture corporation. One of the company's key holdings, THE BIRKIN SCHOOL, enrolls students in curriculum developed from Mischaela's self-help books.
Mischaela is a 3 time Miss Peru, representing the nation as Miss Peru at Ms. Universe where she won the Ms. Universe 2021 title - succeeding Leyla Murugova of Russia. Mischaela later represented the Miss Indigenous Americas title at Miss Global 2022, becoming the first woman in history to carry a national level Indigenous or Native American beauty title into an International beauty pageant. She is a member of MENSA High IQ Society, and the first and only Miss Peru in history to be a MENSA member.
A successful fashion model, she's appeared on 25+ fashion magazine covers across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Germany, Sweden, Ukraine, the Baltics, Russia, and Japan - including Harper's Bazaar and Ocean Drive. Her major layouts include VOGUE Italia, Harper's Bazaar Asia, Glamour, Lucky, Vanity Fair, and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue media properties. She is best known for a 50 ft Times Square billboard for Van Cleef & Arpels, as an international Maxim model, for modeling in Victoria's Secret fragrance campaigns in the Spanish speaking market, and as a member of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue class of 2022 & 2023. Mischaela's editorial work includes Chanel, Versace, Thierry Mugler, Carolina Herrera, and Jimmy Choo.
Mischaela resides in Chicago with her husband and enjoys pilates, value investing in luxury stocks, developing her business career, and working on her trilingual status.
Model: Mischaela Elkins
IG: thatmischaela
Photographer: 310 Boudoir
Wardrobe Credits:
Bodysuit - Intimissimi
Hosiery - Calzedonia
Shoes - Christian Louboutin
