Vanessa Castillejo was born in Palamos, although she moved to Burgos at the age of 4. She was discovered by a Vidal Sassoon hairdresser while she has living in London, she is moving to New York soon after having lived in Paris, Tokyo, Milan... She has worked for magazines like Vogue Italia (Paolo Roversi), Vogue Germany, (Karl Lagerfeld), Vogue Brazil, Dazed and Confused, The Face, ELLE France, Woman Spain, as well as doing campaigns for Sybilla and Vidal Sassoon. She is represented by Group Model Agency