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Dovima

American actress

For the Spanish drag queen, see Dovima Nurmi.

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Dovima in the s (Photo by Edgar de Evia for a furrier)

Born

Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba


()December 11,

New York City, U.S.

DiedMay 3, () (aged&#;62)

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.

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Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba (December 11, – May 3, ), known professionally as Dovima, was an American supermodel during the s.

Biography

Dovima was born Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba in Queens, New York, to Stanley Juba, a Polish-American policeman who was born to Jewish parents;[1] and Margaret J. "Peggy" Horan, who was born in Ireland. She had a younger brother, Stanley Jr.[2] The name "Dovima" is composed of the first two letters of her three given names.

Dovima biography for kids The Cuban revolution, steaming like a cigar of Fidel Castro, swept the country with a wave in the ies and radically changed Let us know what you love and what else you want to see from us in the official Evie reader survey. Kent State University. But at some point, Murray decided that there was not enough money.

She was the first model to use a single name. [3]

Dovima was discovered on a sidewalk in New York by an editor at Vogue, and had a photo shoot with Irving Penn the following day. Throughout her career she worked closely with Richard Avedon, whose photograph of her in a floor-length black evening gown with circus elephants—Dovima with the Elephants[4]—taken at the Cirque d'hiver, Paris, in August , became an icon and sold for $1,, in [5] The gown was the first evening dress designed for Christian Dior by his new assistant, Yves Saint-Laurent.[6] Dovima was reputed to be the highest-paid model of her time, demanding $60 per hour when most of the top models were receiving only around $25 per hour.

She became known as the "Dollar-a-Minute Girl."[3][7]

She had a minor role as Marion in the film Funny Face. The character was an aristocratic-looking but empty-headed fashion model with a Jackson Heights whine.

Biography for kids helen keller Let us know what you love and what else you want to see from us in the official Evie reader survey. The gown she wore was created by Yves Saint-Laurent, a new year-old designer for Dior. Even at her lowest, it does not appear as if she ever tried to return to modeling. The woman worked for Vogue Magazine.

Dovima gave birth to a daughter named Allison on July 14, , in Manhattan. Allison's father was Dovima's second husband, Allan Murray.

Dovima was left penniless when her marriage to Murray ended in divorce. Throughout the s, she first tried acting then attempted working as an agent but found little success.

Eventually, by the s, she had moved in with her parents in Florida, and was working as a hostess at The Two Guys Pizza Parlor in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by the s.[3]

She died of liver cancer on May 3, , at the age of

Filmography

See also

References

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  3. ^ abcBlasberg, Derek (June 16, ).

    Sports biography for kids Throughout the s, she first tried acting then attempted working as an agent but found little success. In total, during her not too long career, the model appeared on covers! The gown was the first evening dress designed for Christian Dior by his new assistant, Yves Saint-Laurent. Money became less and less, and against this background, quarrels began between the spouses.

    "How Richard Avedon Redefined Beauty with "Dovima with Elephants"—and What Happened Next". Vanity Fair.

  4. ^Richard Avedon, Gelatin-silver print (). "Dovima with the Elephants - evening dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August ". Victoria and Albert Museum.
  5. ^Paul Fraser Collectibles
  6. ^"Exhibition: Yves Saint Laurent, Broadbent Gallery, March–October ".

    Kent State University.

    Biography for kids amelia earhart It was then she discovered that due to a series of bad investments — combined with the cost of maintaining such an extravagant lifestyle — she had nothing left. As a child, while playing in her mother's closet, Dorothy fell unsuccessfully and broke her front tooth. She was survived by her mother and only sibling. The girl got married as soon as she turned

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  7. ^Morris, Bernadine (May 5, ). "Dovima, a Regal Model of the 50's, Is Dead at 63 (Published )". The New York Times.

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