Stella Maynes Maxwell is a model. She is a former Victoria's Secret Angel, and is also the face of the cosmetics brand Max Factor. Stella Maynes Maxwell was born in Brussels on 15 May 1990, the daughter of Northern Irish parents from Belfast. Her mother is Stella and her father is retired diplomat Maurice Maxwell, who served as the former head of the European Commission in Belfast. Maxwell was named after her mother. She has two older brothers and an older sister. She was raised in Brussels until she was 13 years old, attending the European School, Woluwe. She then moved with her family to Australia, where they lived in Canberra for a year. They then moved to New Zealand when she was 14, settling in Wellington. She attended Queen Margaret College and the University of Otago. While working at a newsstand as a college student, she was scouted by a modeling agency based in Dunedin. She began modeling after graduating from university.