Dovima
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Dovima later known as Dorothy Horan (December 11, 1927–May 3, 1990) was one of the supermodels of the 1950s.
Born Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba in New York City, she was discovered by an editor at Vogue on the sidewalk of New York, and had a photo shoot with Irving Penn the following day. She worked closely with Richard Avedon, whose photograph of her in a floor-length black Dior evening gown with circus elephants—"Dovima with the Elephants"—taken at the Cirque d'hiver, Paris, in August 1955, has become an icon. The dress was the first evening dress designed for Dior by his new assistant, Yves Saint-Laurent [1].
A supermodel before the term became widely known, Dovima was reputed to be the highest-paid model of her time. She had a cameo role as an empty-headed fashion model with a Jackson Heights whine in Funny Face (Paramount, 1957).
She died of liver cancer on May 3, 1990. After her death, Richard Avedon said, "She was the last of the great elegant, aristocratic beauties... the most remarkable and unconventional beauty of her time."
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