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Dorian Elizabeth Leigh Parker (April 23, 1917 – July 7, 2008), known professionally as Dorian Leigh, was an American model and one of the earliest modeling icons of the fashion industry. She is considered one of the first supermodels, and was well known in the United States and Europe.
Jul 9, 2008 · Dorian Leigh, who combined pristine blue eyes, curling eyelashes, an arresting intelligence and intoxicating sexuality to become one of history’s most photographed models perhaps the first to...
Dorian Leigh: 'Supermodel' of the 1940s. An icon whose look and style defined the fashion world of the 1940s, Dorian Leigh is widely regarded as having been the first "supermodel". In 1946...
Jul 11, 2008 · Dorian Leigh, an early supermodel who made Revlon’s 1950s Fire and Ice cosmetics line famous, has died. She was 91. Leigh, who went on to run her own modeling agency and open a restaurant in...
Jul 14, 2008 · By Jessica Bumpus. 14 July 2008. "LEIGH was different because she was the first one to have a label, to be known by a name," said photographer David Bailey in this weekend's Saturday Times of Dorian Leigh who, often regarded as the first supermodel, died last week, aged 91.
Jul 7, 2008 · Dorian Elizabeth Leigh Parker (April 23, 1917 – July 7, 2008), known professionally as Dorian Leigh, was an American model and one of the earliest modeling icons of the fashion industry. She is considered one of the first supermodels, and was well known in the United States and Europe. Biography.
Mar 13, 2024 · Born 1917 in San Antonio, Texas, dark-haired, blue-eyed, 5ft 5in tall, with an hourglass figure and exquisite features, Dorian Leigh appeared on no fewer than six covers of Vogue in 1946, and, over the next six years, graced the covers of 50 more glossy magazines. Dorian Leigh in the 1940s.
