About the project Soviet beauty. The fate of a fashion model. Five most beautiful and successful fashion models of the USSR Famous fashion models of the 60s

It is generally accepted that life in the Soviet Union was strictly regulated and ranked, that the country did not excel in any kind of cultural life, except for cinema and ballet. The life and career of the famous fashion model Regina Zbarskaya proves the opposite. This spectacular woman, despite the Soviet passport, was able to get on a par with the world stars of the podium, was on a short footing with such legends of the fashion world as.

Childhood and youth

Regina Zbarskaya is not only a fashion model-star, but also a woman of mystery. Her life is shrouded in secrets and rumors - from the place of birth to the circumstances of death. Her parents gave her an unusual name for that time, which means “queen” in Latin. Perhaps, in many ways, it determined the fate of its mistress. Nevertheless, the girl's surname at first was quite ordinary - Kolesnikova.

According to the official version, she was born in Leningrad in a family of circus performers who crashed while performing a complex acrobatic stunt under the circus dome. The girl was sent to an orphanage, where she lived until the age of 17. According to another version, allegedly told by her classmate, Regina is from Vologda, and her parents are employees of state institutions, her mother is an accountant, and her father is a retired officer.

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Another name, although already with a negative touch, was called Regina by fellow models - "The Snow Queen". Apparently, they considered her too arrogant, too Western, too individual. There was no friendship between the models. Regina's competitors in these years were Marina Dunaeva, Mila Romanovskaya, who got the dress "Russia", created for the figure of Zbarskaya, and Lyoka Mironova - Regina's double. The fashion model did not seek to establish any friendly contacts, always remaining closed in herself, and only the closest people saw her real.

So, fashion designer Vyacheslav Zaitsev spoke warmly about Zbarskaya. According to him, the woman took care of the young designer and often fed him. In 1965, he invited his girlfriend to a joint dinner at the Aragvi restaurant with a foreign delegation, where his colleagues from the West, Mark Boan, Guy Laroche, were present. During the meeting, Sophia Loren admired the young Soviet beauty, and Cardin and Boan invited the fashion model to chat at the same table. Regina behaved with restraint and even blushed from such attention.

Overnight, the glittering career of a fashion model also instantly faded away. After serious complications related to her personal life, Zbarskaya could not do without antidepressants. Medicines helped her not to go crazy, but closed Regina's access to the professional podium. For some time she had to work as a cleaner in the Fashion House, and then the former star completely disappeared from sight. The latest photos of the fashion model appeared in a fashion magazine in 1984, but no makeup could help hide the woman's extinct look. Her fate ended tragically.

Personal life

As in the case of the place of birth, confusion and innuendo exist in the information about the personal life of Regina Zbarskaya. It is believed that her only husband was the famous Soviet illustrator and cartoonist, the son of the same Boris Zbarsky who embalmed the body. But there are rumors that Regina also had her first husband, whose name she did not disclose, since he did not come from that layer of society. Later it became known that the young man's name was Vladimir Lavrov.

With Lev Borisovich, the fashion model lived for a long time and at first very happily. He even called Regina his muse. But then the relationship began to deteriorate. Zbarsky started an affair with an actress, he also had other hobbies. But Regina endured all the betrayals and was not going to leave even after her husband forced her to have an abortion.

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However, he soon left the family himself and married actress Lyudmila Maksakova, who bore him a son. Upon learning that the ex-husband became a father in a new family, while he himself did not allow her to be a mother, Regina Zbarskaya experienced a severe shock, began to take tranquilizers, and later ended up in a psychiatric hospital with signs of severe depression. Later, the model never had children, which she regretted very much. The subsequent departure of Zbarsky from the country finally brought Regina out of balance - a suicide attempt took place.

Having not yet filed a divorce from her husband, the model began dating a Soviet agent in the West, Vitaly Shlykov. According to him, Regina's depression began after attempts to recruit her by the committee's employees. But Shlykov assures that Zbarskaya never made contact and did not follow the orders of the KGB. Nevertheless, other speculations arose among the ill-wishers of the model, because Regina was the only fashion model from the Soviet Union who was allowed to go for a walk during trips abroad without the protection of committee members.

After some time, the fashion model had a new lover - a Yugoslav journalist. Their stormy romantic relationship ended in a new betrayal: the young man went to Germany, where he published the book "

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Russian girls are the most beautiful - so say not only Russian men, but also representatives of the stronger sex in many countries of the world. And it’s hard to disagree with this statement, because it is Russian beauties that combine not only stunning external data, but also internal ones, which makes their beauty only brighter.

Now you won’t surprise anyone with work in the modeling business, many girls from a young age dream of joining this world and occupying their niche there. But not always the career of a model or "fashion model" was so attractive in our country - in the USSR, this work was considered not prestigious and was not highly paid. This is not surprising, because in revolutionary and wartime, few people were interested in fashion, people had other, more vital priorities.

But the situation began to change with the advent of the Khrushchev thaw - the iron gates began to open, and among other Western trends, fashion slowly began to seep into our country. It was then that one could observe the era of dudes who zealously tried on the most reckless outfits. During that period, the profession of “clothing demonstrator” was born, which allowed some Soviet beauties to hit the jackpot and become famous not only at home, but also abroad.

Maybe for someone, Elena Metelkina is a talented actress who played Polina, an employee of the Institute of Time in the film “Guest from the Future”, or an alien Niya in “Through Hardships to the Stars”. But first, Elena is just a beautiful woman who, by the will of fate, turned from a simple librarian into a fashion model. Her fantastic appearance allowed her to achieve success both in the modeling business of those times and in the world of Soviet cinema.

But she was not always so successful - at school she was constantly laughed at because of her tall stature and awkwardness, but the career of a fashion model breathed new life into her, after which her creative path went uphill. Her personal life, unfortunately, did not work out.

The woman who conquered not only the USSR, but the whole world - Regina Zbarskaya - is one of the most legendary Soviet fashion models, who even after her death left thousands of questions that no one will give answers to. Having accidentally entered the world of Soviet fashion, she immediately turned the heads of the couturier, and representatives of the Western press called her "Soviet Sophia Loren" and "the most beautiful weapon of the Kremlin."

It would seem that such success should have ensured her a happy life, but failures in her personal life greatly crippled Zbarskaya, after which she ended up in a psychiatric hospital. But after the first return from her walls, she could no longer find a place for herself on the podium, and after the second hospitalization, her condition deteriorated greatly, which led to suicide in 1987.

Romanovskaya was the main rival of Regina Zbarskaya on the podium. She also aroused admiration not only among representatives of Soviet fashion, but also among foreign connoisseurs of beauty. The characters of these girls were complete opposites, while Zbarskaya showed her character, Romanovskaya always made concessions and was distinguished by goodwill. The peak of their rivalry came in 1967, when fashion designer Tatyana Osmerkina created a dress that represented the USSR at more than one international fashion competition. The dress was sewn for Zbarskaya, but in the end the honor of representing him went to Romanovskaya. It was after these competitions that the foreign press began to call her berezka and snegurochka.

In 1972, Mila Romanovskaya left her homeland with her husband, artist Yuri Kuperman. Her further fate was little advertised: according to one source, her modeling career abroad developed successfully, and Mila worked with Pierre Cardin, Dior and Givenchy; according to others, she failed and no longer worked as a fashion model.

“Soviet Audrey Hepburn”, as Leka Mironova was called abroad, is another famous representative of Soviet fashion models. Unlike Regina Zbarskaya, Mironova did not dream of this career. Everything happened very prosaically - she came to the House of Models to support her friend, but Vyacheslav Zaitsev noticed it. At that time, the girl had other priorities - she was engaged in ballet, but due to illness in her legs, this dream had to be abandoned, as well as the desire to be an architect - vision problems put an end to this. Mironova agreed to Zaitsev's proposal.

Later, she often thanked him for giving her this profession. Her career abroad did not work out for her - she was "not allowed to leave". She was not even released to the Parade of the best fashion models in the world. Her personal life did not work out.

Galina Milovskaya is another phenomenon of the Soviet fashion world. With a height of 170 centimeters, her weight was 42 kilograms, in connection with which Galina was compared with Twiggy. They immediately saw great potential in her, and for good reason, because Milovskaya became the first Soviet fashion model to pose for Vogue. The photographer of that momentous shoot was Arnaud de Rhone. But this brought her not only fame, but also led to a big scandal - the girl was accused of "anti-Soviet" - an unacceptable pose (legs spread wide), disrespect for Lenin (sitting with her back to the mausoleum). After that, Milovskaya was often accused of inappropriate behavior.

In 1974 she emigrated. Milovskaya's modeling career abroad was successful - she was patronized by the Ford modeling agency. Personal life also developed, in addition, Galina Milovskaya took place as a documentary filmmaker.

The film shows the tragic fate of one of the first fashion models of the USSR in the 60s, the real queen of the podium, Regina Zbarskaya, against the backdrop of the secret and cruel world of Soviet fashion. She was destined to become the embodiment of the myth of "Soviet beauty", she was applauded by Western bohemia, Yves Montand and Federico Fellini were struck by her beauty. But for the dizzying success had to pay the price of his own life.

She was a European style model. The standard of elegance for the House of Models on Kuznetsky Most. In the sixty-fifth year, Pierre Cardin himself came to Moscow. And it was Zbarskaya that became the hallmark of Russian fashion, which Vyacheslav Zaitsev presented to the French couturier.
Regina, of course, attracted attention with her train of extraordinary personal life. Her second husband was Lev Zbarsky, a famous graphic artist. He introduced her to the circle of Moscow bohemia, it was a bright pair of beau monde. Regina, according to many memories, was known as an intellectual, was the star of the salons. She was treated in the same way abroad, where she was the personification of an unknown country. Regina was recognized, but little was known about her. It was said that her mother danced under the dome of the circus and crashed. And Regina herself, the fruit of the love of a dancer and an Italian gymnast, was brought up in an orphanage.

In the mid-seventies, Lev Zbarsky left for America forever. The marriage broke up. It was then that she met a Yugoslav journalist. The reaction of certain services followed immediately - Regina was made "not allowed to travel abroad". And then in Yugoslavia the book "One Hundred Nights with Regina" appeared, where were all her revelations about the then highest echelon of the country. She was called to the KGB. Regina could not stand it and opened her veins. The door of the apartment was left open and, quite by chance, a neighbor who came to her managed to call for help, they managed to save Regina. But it was clear that she was broken. However, whether this book and this Yugoslav actually existed, no one knows for sure. The exact date of Regina's death remains unknown, it is only certain that she was preceded by a psychiatric clinic and a series of suicide attempts, the latter turned out to be fatal.

Soon after her death, the doors of world podiums opened for models from the USSR. But the tragic name of Regina Zbarskaya will remain in the history of Russian fashion forever.

Until now, the biography of the most popular model of the Soviet Union, Regina Zbarskaya, is shrouded in mystery and mysteries. The fashion model became world famous in the early 60s. This spectacular woman, despite the Soviet passport, was able to get on a par with the world stars of the podium, was on a short footing with such legends of the fashion world as Pierre Cardin and Christian Dior. She gained great popularity in Paris, where she was called the most beautiful weapon of the Kremlin. Her name constantly became the object of rumors and gossip. She was credited with novels with high-ranking Soviet officials, famous Western stars. But behind the wild success of the most beautiful woman in the Soviet Union lies a tragic fate.

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According to the official version, Regina Kolesnikova (she became Zbarskaya when she got married) was born in Leningrad in a family of circus performers who crashed while performing a complex acrobatic stunt under the circus dome. The girl was sent to an orphanage, where she lived until the age of 17. According to another version, allegedly told by her classmate, Regina is from Vologda, and her parents are employees of state institutions, her mother is an accountant, and her father is a retired officer.

Having received a certificate, at the age of 17, the girl went to conquer Moscow. Regina dreamed of acting in films and wanted to enter the acting department, but she understood that the chances of getting there were almost zero, and since she wanted to catch on in Moscow, she easily became a student at the Faculty of Economics at VGIK.

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Regina did not leave attempts to become popular: she went to social events, attended bohemian parties. And once the artist and fashion designer Vera Aralova drew attention to the beautiful and spectacular Regina. She invited the girl to work at the All-Union House of Models on Kuznetsky Most.

Regina quickly won the love of the whole world: men fell in love with a tall, dark-eyed brunette literally at first sight. The girl enjoyed her new life, and in 1961 she and other fashion models went to a show in Paris. It was the first trip of Soviet fashion models abroad. It must be understood that before 1980 it was forbidden to travel abroad just like that. The reason had to be very compelling. And showing beautiful Soviet fashion models abroad is advertising for the state. Naturally, all models underwent strict checks and inspections before leaving Russia and getting back.

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As Arguments and Facts writes, when Regina returned to the Union, she was immediately made to understand: if you want to travel abroad freely, you will have to "work hard" for the good of the Motherland. During their foreign visits, fashion models actively communicated with very famous politicians, artists, businessmen and elites. Most of them were greedy for attractive interlocutors and under their influence could positively influence the image of the Soviet Union in the West. But these are just guesses. It is still not known for certain what information the queen of the Soviet podium obtained and disseminated. But it is known that she was the only model who, contrary to the existing strict instructions, was allowed to go to the city on business during trips abroad. Her colleagues did not even dream of such liberties.

Of course, there were oddities in Regina's behavior, which, if desired, can be explained by special training and belonging to the special services. For example, we didn't know any details about Regina's past. It seems to be from a simple family, she grew up in the provinces, and behaved like a girl from a society with exquisite taste and manners. She dressed beautifully, changed dresses, skirts, blouses all the time. Where she took things - she never told. The girls talked, made friends, shared experiences and problems, and she kept herself apart, as if she felt different from everyone else. A different kind of person. She was well educated and spoke foreign languages ​​almost without an accent. This became clear when foreign trips began. She translated to colleagues from French and English and easily communicated with foreigners.

Kolesnikova, like any other girl, wanted to get married successfully. Of course, with her data, finding the perfect match was not difficult. In 1960, a real king appeared in the life of the queen of the catwalk - the artist Lev Zbarsky. It was under his last name that Regina was recognized all over the world. The newly minted husband was a real playboy. He enjoyed unprecedented success with women, but Regina managed to pacify her husband for a while. For seven years, the Zbarsky couple was one of the most beautiful couples of the Moscow beau monde. Thanks to her husband and fashion designer Vyacheslav Zaitsev, the fashion model met a huge number of famous foreign guests who visited the Soviet Union at that time.

Talking about children was taboo for the spouses: Regina did not want to burden herself with unnecessary troubles and spoil her figure, and Leo was not ready to waste time on anything other than art and social events. Although many said that he simply did not want a child from Regina.

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In 1967 we were preparing for the international fashion forum. It was supposed to take place in Moscow, at Luzhniki. We were visited by fashion designers not only from the countries of people's democracy, but also from all the leading fashion houses of France and Italy. England. In this regard, the editors issued a special "demonstrative" issue of the magazine - a large format, on expensive paper. It was summer, the heat was monstrous. Regina was invited to the first shooting. As soon as they started filming, she became ill. We thought it was from the heat. They sat down, brought water. And suddenly Regina beckoned me and whispered in my ear:

Aya, I'm pregnant.

Congratulations!

What are you congratulating me on? I have to work at the forum, but here it is… You know, I have long wanted to go to Canada. And now everything is falling apart.

Well, to hell with it, with this Canada! The child is much more important. Is it possible to compare?

The models were removed, but after some time Regina disappeared. When she appeared on Kuznetsky, she told me in confidence that she had an abortion. Apparently, she decided that the child was not in time. In addition, her relationship with Zbarsky deteriorated. She worked at the forum and went to the treasured Montreal.

In the late 60s, the artist left Regina, first for the actress Marianna Vertinskaya, and then for Lyudmila Maksakova, who bore him a son. In 1972 Lev emigrated to Israel, then to the USA. And the catwalk queen left the House of Models. Regina loved her husband very much, so the break with him led her to despair. The girl fell into depression, began to take tranquilizers. Once I tried to take my own life. She swallowed pills, but she was rescued and put in a psychiatric hospital.

Regina was treated there. After the hospital, she returned to the podium - the leaders of the House of Models tried to bring the girl back to life. Zbarskaya gained weight, but still looked good. The fashion model began to shoot for the section of the magazine for obese women.

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True, Regina has become somewhat strange. One day the girls were going abroad and buying groceries. They always cooperated - after all, there was nothing in the stores, sausage, canned food had to be obtained or stood in line for more than one hour. A new photographer, Eduard Efimovich Krastoshevsky, was already working for us. He sympathized with Zbarskaya and decided to take care.

Regina, did you buy groceries?

No. Yes, I don't want anything! No appetite at all.

You can not do it this way. What will you take on your trip? I will help you.

He had connections, and Eduard Efimovich bought her a whole bag of groceries. I brought it to Kuznetsky and gave it away for free. She took it for granted and didn't even say thank you. She simply reached out her hand, took the bag and silently left. Krastoshevsky was terribly offended. We consoled him: it was from her drugs, in a psychiatric hospital they fed him with potent drugs, and this does not happen from them ...

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Regina continued to work and was still popular. She tried to start novels, but all the men seemed boring to her. Meanwhile, several of Regina's colleagues married foreigners and went to live abroad. This was considered the greatest success.

Soon there was a scandal. A Yugoslav journalist - either her lover, or just a good friend - published the book One Hundred Nights with Regina Zbarskaya in Europe. He wrote that the “envoy of the Kremlin” poured water on the Soviet system from the bottom of her heart and confessed to him that she had carried out KGB assignments and snitched on other fashion models. Regina had a nervous breakdown, she cut her veins. She was rescued again, but after that the road to the Zbarskaya podium was closed. She did not communicate with any of her former colleagues (they shunned her), only with Slava Zaitsev - Zaichik, as she called him.

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Slava Zaitsev by that time managed to open his own Fashion House. He was constantly harassed, and even in his beloved offspring he was considered just an artistic director, directors were appointed from above, and they dictated what he should sew. Couterier took Regina Zbarskaya to his job, he tried with all his might to save his beloved model and girlfriend from depression.

In the mansion on Sretenka, I saw Regina Zbarskaya. She was forty-five years old, and she looked beautiful. In my opinion, the photographs do not fully convey the charm of this woman. Regina was not even a queen - a goddess. Well-groomed, chic. We talked with Regina Zbarskaya for about two years, while I worked for Zaitsev. At first, he simply tried to pull her out into the people so that she would not sit at home and go crazy. And then released to the podium. Slava treated Regina very carefully, choosing special models. We took from the salon things forty-eighth size, the so-called "models for women of elegant age", and she showed them. Regina walked the catwalk superbly, these are fairy tales that she could hardly stand on her feet from tranquilizers. When Zbarskaya appeared on the podium, Slava presented her in a special way: "This is my muse, my favorite fashion model."

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Staying in a psychiatric clinic affected her mental health. I sometimes noticed some crazy look. Once Zbarskaya came to work in a fur coat turned inside out and buttoned up.

Sanya, look at my fur coat! Is it really beautiful?

Are you walking down the street like this?

In my opinion, it's even better, it looks original. You know, I wanted something new.

I was shocked. Regina had panic attacks, she locked herself at home and threw clothes out the window. Could disappear for a few days. Slava was worried, called:

Regina, where are you?

Are you all right? Why don't you go to work?

And I have nothing to go out.

He urgently threw some clothes into a bag and went to her.

The most serious disruption happened before the Olympics-80, when the book “One Hundred Nights with Regina Zbarskaya” was published in the West. The author was a certain Kostya, a journalist who came to the Union to cover the preparations for the Olympics. Then many countries declared a boycott on us and tried in every possible way to discredit us. The journalist came up with an interesting move - he had an affair with the most famous Soviet fashion model. Regina trusted him and was too open, did not hide her anti-Soviet sentiments. He took advantage of this and wrote a book based on her revelations. When this libel came out, a scandal erupted. They began to drag Zbarskaya for interrogations at the KGB, shouted, threatened and drove her to a suicide attempt.

I know about it from Regina. Somehow he could not resist and asked why she opened her veins. She had very noticeable scars on her hands, she had to wear gloves at the shows. Zbarskaya mainly demonstrated knitwear. In such cases, the sleeves are pulled up, made in three quarters - this way things look better, and her scars immediately became visible.

When she told me everything, I asked:

It hurt?

No, it doesn't hurt at all. Just lie in the bath in warm water and fall asleep. I was not lucky. The water overflowed the edge and flooded the neighbors from below. They came running, opened the door and found me.

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On November 15, 1987, 52-year-old Regina Zbarskaya decided to commit suicide for the third time. While in the hospital, the woman drank a handful of pills. This time, no one could save Regina. Her death was reported by the Voice of America radio station. True, in the USSR, the departure of one of the most famous fashion models of the 60s went unnoticed - too much time has passed. No one came to the funeral of the fashion model, and no one knows where her grave is. The blue notebook, Regina's diary, where she described everything that happened to her, also disappeared without a trace.

• The feature film "The Red Queen" was shot about the life, career and death of Regina Zbarskaya, where the role of the famous woman was played by the aspiring actress Ksenia Lukyanchikova. Multi-part cinema became very popular, but Regina's real colleagues were outraged by the film. “There is an image of Glory in the film, like my image, which has absolutely nothing to do with me. Those who have seen the film and know me are outraged because everything is a lie. And Regina is no prostitute. The picture should not be allowed to the screens. Regina is one of the best domestic models. Traveled abroad, always enjoyed success. I completely made an American collection on it in 1969. Today she would be called a top model,” concluded Vyacheslav Zaitsev for Pravda.Ru.
• In the film "The Red Queen" the fate of other Soviet models - Regina Zbarskaya's colleagues - is also shown. Mila Romanovskaya, Galina Milovskaya, Tatyana Chapygina currently live abroad. All of them managed to successfully marry foreigners and leave the USSR.
• Regina's only husband, Lev Zbarsky, died in 2016 in America from lung cancer. He was 84 years old.

The sixties are the time of a revolution in fashion, in music, the very consciousness of a person turned upside down. The conservative post-war 50s gave way to the era of the Beatles. Bold attractive girls in mini-skirts with bright makeup and incredible hairstyles took to the streets to loud music. Like every time, the 60s had their heroines and style icons, women who were imitated in the manner of dressing, in hair and makeup. In this article we will talk about the models of the 60s.

Her real name is Leslie Hornby. World famous model, actress and singer from the UK. She received her pseudonym "Twiggy" for her incredible thinness (translated from English twig - reed, twiggy - thin). The future model was born in the suburbs of London in 1949.

At the age of 16 she became the face of a beauty salon. At 17, the Daily Express named her Face of the Year. She worked with cult photographers of the 60s: Helmut Newton and Cecil Beaton. She is called the first supermodel in the history of the fashion business. In 67-68, Mattel even produced Barbie Twiggy. She initiated a fashion for a very thin, childish body, which caused a wave of anorexia, girls wanted to be like her.

Her style is a cocktail of rock and roll, hippie culture, punk paraphernalia. She is like a child, like a big doll. Short skirts on her did not look defiant, but very cute, as if on a schoolgirl. Twiggy made the boyish haircut incredibly popular, against the background of the complex "Babylon" and "Babbet" it looked more than original. In makeup, she focused on her huge eyes, trying to visually enlarge them even more. Twiggy painted her eyelashes very thickly with mascara, painting over even the lower eyelashes, so that they practically stuck together, creating an absolutely doll-like impression. She emphasized the moving fold of the eyelid with a dark tone, which made her eyes simply huge. At the same time, eyebrows and lips were as natural as possible, and delicate porcelain skin acted as a backdrop for bright eye makeup.

The German model Veruschka is actually blue-blooded, she is the nee Countess Vera Gottlieb Anna von Lendorf. Nazi meetings were held in their possessions during the Second World War, but later, her father appeared before a military court and was executed, and little Vera, with her mother and sisters and brothers, ended up in a concentration camp, where the family's surname was changed.

Vershuka's first serious contract as a model was with the American agency Ford Models, to which she was invited when she moved to work in Paris. After that, she leaves to work in America, but soon comes from there with nothing. Returning to her homeland, in Munich, she becomes famous, starring in a short episode of Antonioni's legendary painting "Blowup". Photographer Franco Rubartelli discovered her as a big model with a series of avant-garde photographs. After that, she worked with the great provocateur Salvador Dali. During her career, she has appeared on more than 800 magazine covers!

The experience of working with Dali did not go unnoticed for the formation of her style. It was very unexpected and avant-garde even for the revolutionary fashion of the 60s. Having met the artist Holger Tryuch, Verushka found not only a husband in his face, but also a colleague in creativity, with whom they created body painting masterpieces. We can admire ingenious photographs where Verushka becomes part of nature or architecture, merging with the landscape around her. It is interesting that in life she preferred black in clothes, which acted as a frame for her body, which became a real canvas for her husband's paintings.

Jean Shrimpton

British model Jean Shrimpton was born at the height of the war in 1942, in Buckinghamshire. At the age of 17, she met director Saem Endfield, who opened her way to the big modeling business. She entered a modeling school and very soon looked from the covers of such glossy monsters as Harper`s Bazaar "and Vogue. As in the fate of many models, her meeting with photographer David Bailey turned out to be very important and fateful in her life, who made her wildly popular.

She was called the most beautiful model in history. She was really good, all her parameters were perfect, big eyes, thick hair, easy gait. She also had the title of "highest paid model." Jean was very fond of miniskirts and made them incredibly fashionable.

Her face was recognized as the standard of beauty. For almost her entire modeling career, she exploited the image of the “scared doe,” as many called it. Her charming bangs, high bouffant made her features even more pretty. Raised eyebrows in eternal surprise made the face even younger, it turned out such a slightly capricious, but very beautiful Jean doll.

Marisa Berenson

The daughter of an American diplomat, Marisa Berenson, has been accustomed to living beautifully since childhood. She was born into a wealthy and famous family. Her love for fashion was passed on to her by her grandmother Elsa Schiaparelli, an artist and fashion designer who chose surrealism as a means of expressing her thoughts.

The beginning of her career was very loud, she almost immediately got on the covers of Vogue and Time magazines. But being just a model was not enough for her, born in such a famous family, and she began to realize herself as an actress. Marisa has starred in a large number of films throughout her career. Marrisa's life ended tragically - she was a passenger on one of the planes hijacked on September 11, 2001.

Her image, which pops up in memory, is, first of all, a mane of hair framing a beautiful face. Her bottomless eyes, always with "a little too" painted lashes, were her calling card. She knew how to very skillfully present classic things and at the same time look in absolutely avant-garde outfits as if she was born in them - this is a real gift of the model. Her makeup must-haves are colored eyeshadows, eyeliners, mascaras and false eyelashes.

The unusual appearance of the model is remembered at first sight. Thick straight bangs like a little pony, huge eyes, porcelain skin with a scattering of freckles and plump lips, which she liked to emphasize with the shine of delicate shades. Come to think of it, she was the girl that the Beatles and Eric Clapton sang about. Of course, everyone wanted to be like her. She borrowed a lot from the hippies, in the style of clothes, hair, makeup, wore floral prints, flying dresses, braided her golden hair in pigtails, wore funny round glasses.

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