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VERUSCHKA
The Countess Vera Gottliebe Anna von Lehndorff-Steinort she began her modeling career. She was discovered at age
has been modeling since the early sixties under the name 20 by the photographer Ugo Mulas.
of Veruschka. More than a model, she is a performance In 1961 she re-located to New York and reinvented herself,
artist and actress, forever reinventing herself. branding the Veruschka moniker. She caught the eye of
Following World War II, when her father was executed Diana Vreeland, then editor-in-chief of American Vogue.
for attempting to assassinate Hitler, Veruschka moved to Her first cover photos for Vogue were shot by Irving Penn
Hamburg to study art, and later moved to Florence where and Bert Stern.
Photos Courtesy Of: Acne Studios, Franco Rubartelli for Vogue, Richard-Avedon
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