Audrey Lefèvre has since embarked on a dazzling career that has earned her the cover of celebrity magazines and blogs. “With Fabien, we met in Greece,” rewinds the forty-year-old, based in Washington. For the record, the French kayaker, a slalom specialist, was a bronze medalist there in 2004. He won silver four years later in Beijing.
Marriage and births in Pau
On the Stade d’eaux-vives pool in Pau, during a Fabien Lefèvre competition.
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At the height of his glory just after their meeting, Fabien Lefèvre trained assiduously with a certain Tony Estanguet and Denis Gargaud Chenu, among others. “It was in Pau that we got married and had our two children,” Audrey explains. “They are now aged 18 and 12.”
The family then flew to the United States where Fabien Lefèvre decided to compete for this new host country. In 2013, he won a third world champion title there, this time in canoeing.
Now separated from Fabien Lefèvre, Audrey has since launched her career in the artistic field, which she has always loved. Daughter of football coach Henri Atamaniuk, Audrey dreamed, as a child, of becoming a singer. Alongside her first productions in a Parisian troupe, she also began a career as a model. “It was during this period that I discovered the talent of one of the makeup artists, who was very gifted at highlighting personalities.” Once settled in the United States, she decided to train in the same techniques.
“I chose to follow the courses at this renowned school in France and to double my degree in Washington,” she explains. There she learned the processes to adapt the complexion to high definition cameras and to capture the energy of each personality in addition to enhancing them.
He must then rely on the essential social networks which make and break careers with a simple click. Over the months, after a few moments of doubt, her work was recognized and she felt comfortable with her first prestigious orders.
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Audrey’s work now takes her to travel internationally.
To the point that she was contacted by Donald Trump’s inauguration team in 2017. While she did not expect it, it was to her that she was entrusted with the task of doing the makeup for all of the president’s daughters. . If her confidentiality contract ended after this episode, it is not said that she will not take up the challenge again following the re-election of the conservative.
Funny and intimate anecdotes
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Here with former President Bill Clinton.
Now 44 years old, her meteoric rise will surely be worthy of inspiring Hollywood directors with funny and intimate anecdotes such as her explanations on Trump’s famous orange skin and other revelations that she reveals in “Authentic Journey”, her channel youtube.
Because since then the young woman has expanded her address book with former presidents Bill Clinton and Bush. Among his clients also, a certain Benyamin Netanyahu.
As for Joe Biden, she had time to discuss with him, between two brush strokes, on the subtleties of the American Constitution, while she admitted to him that she was a little overwhelmed when it came time to apply for citizenship. American. “He explained it to me straight away, very simply,” she remembers.
“When you do makeup for personalities of this stature, it’s better to be sure of yourself,” she confides. “We are dealing with profiles who innately want to test the person in front of them. This is part of their job as challenger. “.
Not enough to impress the woman who has long learned from her father, a football coach, and her ex-husband, sharpened to challenge the best kayakers on the planet during the day, while also being able to indulge in social events in the evening.
“They appreciate being able to let go a little and get away from this constant control”
“Today, I can say that I no longer have any apprehension when I have to do makeup for such personalities. I remain extremely focused on highlighting them, while allowing myself to interact with them with great kindness. They appreciate being able to let go a little and get away from this constant control.”
Come back to see his family
In terms of prices for its services, the American government holds the purse strings with interventions ranging from 300 to 400 dollars for a man. But for Audrey’s celebrity clientele, some are ready to pay $3,000 to $4,000!
Today, Audrey lives in Maryland, just 25 minutes from the White House. In the starting blocks, she is ready for any challenge, one of the most exhilarating would be that of providing a makeup service for a personality such as Elon Musk.
She will only return to enjoy the South-West next summer, she plans. She will find her family there, including her brother, a restaurateur well known to pizza lovers.
