1. Carmen Dell'Orefice was on the cover of Vogue magazine at the age of 15 and has been modeling ever since, and has featured in films and television programs.
19 Facts About Carmen Dell'Orefice
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Carmen Dell'Orefice's father was a violinist with Italian roots, and her mother was a ballerina of Hungarian descent.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice's parents had an unstable relationship characterized by frequent break ups and reconciliations.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice became a favorite model of photographer Erwin Blumenfeld who shot her first Vogue cover in 1946.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice appears in the December 15,1946 issue of US Vogue; New York Vol.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice roller-skated to assignments to save on bus fares.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice was so malnourished that famed fashion photographers Horst P Horst and Cecil Beaton had to pin back dresses and stuff the curves with tissue.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice later became best friends with Leigh's younger sister, model Suzy Parker.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice appeared on the October 1947 cover of Vogue.
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In need of funds, Carmen Dell'Orefice returned to modeling in 1978.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice is featured regularly in their advertising campaigns appearing in Vogue, W and Harper's Bazaar.
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The university sponsored a retrospective exhibition curated by illustrator and long-time friend David Downton, featuring Carmen Dell'Orefice's Vogue covers, career highlights, and photographs from her personal archives.
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In 2015, Carmen Dell'Orefice collaborated with David Gandy and Isabeli Fontana in the promotion for the reopening of the department store Palacio de Hierro Polanco.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice has featured on the covers of L'Officiel, Marie Claire Arabia and Harper's Bazaar Thailand.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice met and married Bill Miles in the early 1950s.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice decided to retire, after which he left her.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice was forced to auction off her famous modeling photographs from the 1940s to the 1980s through Sotheby's.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice continued to socialize with the Madoffs after Levy's death.
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In December 2008 a 68-year-old friend, who invested her life savings with Madoff, telephoned Carmen Dell'Orefice to inform her that she too had been bankrupted by the scheme.