Van der Vliet was born in Zaandam, North Holland. Prior to auditioning for Holland's Next Top Model, she worked as a salesperson and a junior college student assistant.
Holland's Next Top Model
Van der Vliet competed against ten other contestants and came fourth in cycle 4 of Holland's Next Top Model. Just a day before the live finale of the fourth cycle, it was confirmed that van der Vliet would be a finalist, after being in the hospital, suffering from Crohn's disease.[1] The Dutch viewers could vote for their favorite model during two weeks before the finale, but people were unsure if van der Vliet would be a finalist, so they did not vote for her. In the live show, van der Vliet was eliminated, due to having the fewest votes of the viewers among the other finalists.[2]
Shortly after her runway debut, style.com and models.com named van der Vliet one of the top 10 newcomers that season. After her successful debut, she appeared in editorials for a lot of blue chip magazines, including Numéro, Interview, W, Allure, French Elle, and Italian, Japanese, British, Chinese, Russian, German, and American Vogue.
In August 2010, van der Vliet appeared on her first Vogue cover for Vogue Beauty, Nippon (Japan). She also appeared on the cover of the November 2010 issue of Vogue China, alongside American supermodel Karlie Kloss, making it her second Vogue cover. In April 2011 she appeared on the cover of Vogue Nippon Isetan Mania, the supplement cover of Vogue Nippon.
She also appeared on the cover of the January 2011 edition of Elle France and the Spring/Summer 2011 cover of Grey Magazine, shot by Ellen Von Unwerth, following in the footsteps of the likes of Karolina Kurkova, Constance Jablonski, Hannelore Knuts and Karlie Kloss.
In October 2015, van der Vliet was ranked by Cosmopolitan as one of the most successful contestants of the Top Model franchise.[6]
As in 2024, she is currently signed with Ford Models in New York City while working as a real estate salesperson for SERHANT. Real Estate.