1. Lizzette Kattan, is a Honduras-born fashion editor who worked between Milan and New York in the 1970s and 1980s.
15 Facts About Lizzette Kattan
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Lizzette Kattan previously worked as Editor-in-Chief of Harper's Bazaar France and for a number of Italian publications.
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Lizzette Kattan is most known for helping to launch the career of one of the first supermdels Gia Carangi.
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Lizzette Kattan later worked as Consulate General of Honduras in Milan.
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Lizzette Kattan pursued a degree in anthropology at Hunter College and was discovered by Eileen Ford and signed to Ford Models.
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Lizzette Kattan was featured on the cover of GQ in 1975.
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Lizzette Kattan was featured in Elle, Vogue Italia and Harper's Bazaar Italia.
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Lizzette Kattan then started organising photoshoots for Italian Cosmopolitan before became fashion director of Cosmopolitan Italia in 1976.
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Lizzette Kattan shared a house with Calvin Klein in the 1970s.
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Lizzette Kattan helped to discover Herb Ritts and Steven Meisel.
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Lizzette Kattan retired from her positions at Harper's Bazaar France, Italia and Cosmopolitan Italia in 1986.
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In 1990 Lizzette Kattan became the commercial attache of the Honduran Embassy in Rome.
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Lizzette Kattan was responsible for various publications attracting foreign investment from Italy.
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In 2002 Lizzette Kattan became the Consul general of Honduras in Milan, which serviced the region of Lombardy and Venice.
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In effort to promote the country of Honduras, Lizzette Kattan created a quarterly publication called "Honduran Highlights" The publication existed from 1990 to 2007.