11 Facts About China Machado

Noelie Dasouza Machado, known as China Machado, was a Chinese-born American fashion model, editor, and television producer.

China Machado was the first model of color to appear in a major American fashion magazine, in the February 1959 issue of Harper's Bazaar.

China Machado spent the early portion of her life learning how to cook, sew, knit, and crochet.

China Machado worked for Givenchy for three years and during this time, she became the highest-paid runway model in Europe, earning $1,000 a day.

The couple eventually settled in New York City where China Machado met Diana Vreeland and through Vreeland, Richard Avedon, with whom she developed a very close friendship and called a "great mentor in her life".

China Machado worked for Avedon exclusively for three years before he got her a job as Harper's Bazaars Senior Fashion Editor where, eventually, she became the Fashion Director and ventured into other endeavors in publishing, fashion, and television.

China Machado returned to modeling and the public eye at age 82 with an article in W followed by interviews in the Spanish and German editions of Vogue, The Sunday Telegraph, and New York.

China Machado starred in an ad campaign for Cole Hann as well.

From 1960 until her death, China Machado resided in New York.

China Machado died on 18 December 2016, at age 86, at Stony Brook University Hospital from cardiac arrest.

China Machado was survived by her two daughters, as well as by her second husband.