Carmen Dell’Orefice

She was born on the 3th of June, in 1931 in New York.
She studied ballet, but rheumatism put on a ballet career cross. Doctors forbade her to dance for a year.

The wife of famous photographer Herman Landshoff invited her to audition. But the samples failed.

However godfather Carmen disagreed and after a while gave her view in 'Vogue'.
She appeared in the December issue of 'Vogue' as Snow White and Cinderella.

Carmen and mother were poor. They had no telephone and she recognize about the work from the notes, sent by courier, and to save on the bus, she use roller skates.
In 1947, Carmen earned $ 25 per hour. This was a lot of money for them with her mother. For an apartment they paid $ 30 a month, and sometimes they were starving.

Carmen was photographed by Melvin Sokolsky for Harper's Bazaar in 1960.
This photo brought her international fame. She became the muse of Salvador Dali.

In 1955 Carmen met Bill Miles, and married him. They had a daughter, Laura, and after a while they divorced.

In 1958, she met photographer Richard Heimann and six months later became his wife. When she decided to stop working he left her.

The third times, she married a young architect Richard Kaplan in 1963. The marriage lasted nine years.