Lisa Fonssagrives

Lisa Fonssagrives
Fonssagrives photographed by Toni Frissell, 1951
Born
Lisa Birgitta Bernstone

(1911-05-17)17 May 1911
Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Died4 February 1992(1992-02-04) (aged 80)
New York City, U.S.
Other namesLisa Fonssagrives-Penn
Occupations
Spouses
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    (m. 1935; div. 1949)​
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    (m. 1950)​
Children2, including Mia Fonssagrives-Solow
Modeling information
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Hair colorBlonde[2]

Lisa Fonssagrives (born Lisa Birgitta Bernstone;[4] 17 May 1911 – 4 February 1992), was a Swedish model, dancer, sculptor, and photographer. She is widely credited with having been the first supermodel.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "ADVERTISING: Billion-Dollar Baby". Time. 19 September 1949. p. 6. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008.
  2. ^ "ADVERTISING: Billion-Dollar Baby". Time. 19 September 1949. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2 June 2007.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT-Obituary was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn; Nicholas Callaway; Alexander Liberman; Alexandra Arrowsmith (1994). Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn: sculpture, prints and drawings.
  5. ^ Rosemary Ranck (9 February 1997). "The First Supermodel". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 September 2006.
  6. ^ Alexander, Hilary (30 June 2008). "The thigh's the limit at Christian Dior". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 17 March 2009. the iconic first super-model, Lisa Fonssagrives
  7. ^ Laneri, Raquel (17 April 2017). "The world's first supermodel was more than 'just a clothes-hanger'". Retrieved 9 April 2023.