Elettra Wiedemann 'Scene' Cover Brings Model To (Slightly) Wider Audience (PHOTOS)

We're big fans of Elettra Wiedemann, the articulate and gorgeous model-slash-"food activist" who also happens to be the daughter of Isabella Rossellini and former Calvin Klein model Jonathan Wiedemann.

Despite her chic pedigree, Wiedemann is still largely unknown by those who favor, say, Us Weekly over New York Social Diary.

But that didn't stop Peter Davis, founder of the new Scene magazine, from picking Elettra for his mag's debut cover. The society publication (or "Magazine for Rich Obnoxious Jerks," as Gawker put it) will premiere this week on newsstands as well as in select Manhattan buildings (occupied, of course, by the most select residents).

In a profile by the New York Times, Davis says he has based the new magazine on the notion that these days, "society is all over New York" and not just on the Upper East Side. Hence the first issue will include Courtney Love, as well as Jennifer Aniston and her uber-downtown boyfriend, Justin Theroux.

But for the cover, Jen Aniston lost out to Wiedemann, who possesses both uptown lineage and downtown cred. She also boasts serious smarts, with an undergraduate degree in International Relations and a masters from the London School of Economics, and a strong activist impulse.

Which is all to say, in short, that we love her. See Peter Davis presenting her new cover below and click through the slideshow for some of Elettra's most stylish moments.

Comments

[Jefferson78]

01:50 AM on 03/06/2012

Another ultra liberal rag.

[aphextwin07]

03:38 PM on 03/05/2012

she's really cute

[Boatride]

12:58 PM on 03/05/2012

Who cares !

[philntx]

12:36 PM on 03/05/2012

Jennifer needs a break from all of us. (for about .....forever)

[OMGWTH]

12:18 PM on 03/05/2012

I am just happy to see a rare instance where an actual model is put on a cover of anything rather than a movie/TV/reality star.

[freddsky]

12:30 PM on 03/05/2012

If you are saying that you like beautiful people to have as little talent or personality as possible, I am totally with you. Nothing can corrode perfection more cruelly than depth.

[Kim Bell Thibodeaux]

12:11 PM on 03/05/2012

I like Jennifer but am getting a little tired of Jennifer. Sometimes less is more - less gossip, less interviews, less photos, less magazine covers...take a vacation and give us a break too.

[LiberalLee]

06:47 PM on 03/05/2012

Take acting lessons...

[kae521]

12:31 PM on 03/06/2012

I don't think she would mind a break from the media and paparazzi either.

[Sanity Always Prevails]

11:50 AM on 03/05/2012

I automatically give two thumbs up to ANYONE who eclipses the massively-overrated J.A.

[sacmom3]

11:48 AM on 03/05/2012

Seems to me Ms. Wiedemann was the no brainer choice to reach the audience the magazine is aimed for.

[LkeToRead]

11:44 AM on 03/05/2012

"Jen Aniston lost out to Wiedemann"

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Is a competition between two women being created that never existed in the first place? Jennifer probably was not even aware she was up for the cover and does not care...she has already been on plenty. Elettrra is very pretty (never knew Isabella had her). I am sure Jennifer can share the spotlight with a newbie.

[qaan]

11:26 AM on 03/05/2012

I don't think Jennifer Aniston is losing any sleep over this.

[PTSDstressed]

11:21 AM on 03/05/2012

Who? Most will nort know who she is --therefor not bothering to pick up the magazine to see what else is in there.........a known face like Jen's, will atleast get someone to pick it up and flip through the pages. Her face and other info about her up town and downtown cred is best saved for the inside.

[isthisyourbest]

11:20 AM on 03/05/2012

I think that Demi, Jennifer, Kelly, and the rest of these women who are setting a bad example for young girls should take a long hard look at themselves and stop starving themselves. When you get older your going to put on SOME weight.You cant stay 16 for the rest of your life.

[towny]

12:12 PM on 03/05/2012

How is Jennifer setting a bad exapmle? She is fit & healthy!

[heathbbusy]

12:25 PM on 03/05/2012

i dont see anything wrong with Jen , and she seems to be a pretty well rounded woman ....and she is hot !!!!!!

[qaan]

11:18 AM on 03/05/2012

Look at the slideshow photos. Elettra only really looks good in one photo: the one where she is smiling. Jennifer Aniston is almost always smiling in her photos. I guess this new girl hasn't learned that lesson yet.

The other problem is that most of these photos are from gala events of one kind or another, and the best photos have the subject looking straight at the camera. Direct eye contact with a real smile is damn sexy.

Overall the slide show makes me want to ask her where her pompoms are or see if she can babysit some kids. Just the idea that Elettra and Jennifer are being compared is absurd as they appeal to different age groups. Just goes to show how lame the magazine must be.

[frankriver1985]

11:16 AM on 03/05/2012

I still think Jen is beautiful not until recently did I learn her name wasn't Rachel lol I'd still let it rain on her like April... vulgar yet true

[maconmo]

11:05 AM on 03/05/2012

Jennifer suffering from Romneyitis. Anybody but Jen.