Margaret Mary Rizer was born to Maureen and Kevin Rizer in Staten Island, New York.
21 Facts About Maggie Rizer
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Maggie Rizer's parents divorced before she was a year old when her father announced he was gay.
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Maggie Rizer's extended family includes four siblings: Julia, Patricia, Katie, and Jake.
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Maggie Rizer was fourteen when her openly gay father died of AIDS, and she has since become involved in AIDS awareness.
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Maggie Rizer initially turned down modeling offers to continue her studies at the State University of New York at Geneseo and the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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Maggie Rizer's hair is naturally strawberry blonde, which she dyed red to attract the attention of Italian Vogue and photographer Steven Meisel.
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Maggie Rizer was featured on the April 1999 cover of American Vogue with Kate Moss.
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Maggie Rizer has appeared in many fashion spreads and on the covers of dozens of fashion magazines including Elle, Lucky, Vogue, and Flare.
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Maggie Rizer was at the peak of her modeling career in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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Maggie Rizer had a more prominent appearance on the CW show Stylista Episode 6 while giving the contestants an idea what it's like to cater to the demands of a top model client.
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In September, Maggie Rizer opened for Michael Kors at Spring 2015 New York Fashion Week.
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Maggie Rizer appeared among other "Icons" on the cover of the September 2014 issue of Vogue Japan.
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In 2015, Maggie Rizer walked for Prabal Gurung at Spring 2016 New York Fashion Week and in August, was shot by Inez and Vinoodh for American Vogue.
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In 2016, Maggie Rizer appeared in a holiday campaign for Banana Republic.
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Maggie Rizer married American businessman Alex Mehran on September 18,2010, in Lake Placid, New York.
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Maggie Rizer earned around $20,000 per fashion show and her day rate started at $30,000.
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Maggie Rizer reportedly amassed a fortune of $7 million in only five years.
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Maggie Rizer slowly unraveled the details of his addiction and discovered that Breen had gambled away all of Maggie's modeling income and the money Maggie had inherited upon the death of her biological father, Kevin, from AIDS in 1992.
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Ford, and then her new modeling agency, IMG, encouraged Maggie Rizer to seek therapy.
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Maggie Rizer mostly dropped out of modeling for the next five years.
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An article about Maggie Rizer appeared in New York Magazine and online.