Marlen Valderrama Alvarez is a Spanish-German model, fashion entrepreneur and influencer of Spanish and mixed-race descent. She was born 18th of May 1996, in Wertheim, a small town in Baden-Württemberg, near Würzburg in Germany. She is of Spanish descent and Mixed-race, and while her nationality is German, she's also an avid traveler and has lived both in Spain and with her boyfriend the Swiss soccer player Roman Bürki in Switzerland. She mainly works as a professional glamour/fashion model, and has modeled for the BALR. lifestyle brand, among others. She also has her own clothing brand called TIY - Trust in Yourself, focusing on casual wear and often oversized clothes for both men and women. Outside of that, Alvarez is an avid traveler and is also widely known for her malvareezz Instagram account, where she showcases both her modeling photography, her travels, fashion and beauty tips. So far she has over as over 226K followers. She also blogs and also has her YouTube channel, where she mostly uploads videos of all sorts of workouts, FAQs and trips.