The history of the first supermodels life in the world

• The history of the first supermodels life in the world

Long before Gisele Bundchen, Cindy Crawford and Linda Evangelista conquered the catwalks of the world, ball rules Lisa Fonssagrives - the first supermodel. Her story - an example of how life can change because of a fluke.

Lisa Fonssagrives, nee Lisa Bernstoun Birgitte was born on May 11, 1911 in Sweden. Worried about the future of his daughter Lisa's parents have given to the school of cooking art. But this dream fragile girl. She dropped out of school and moved to Paris to study dance. There she met her first husband - a dancer Fernand Fonsagrivsom.

Maybe Fonsagrivs could become a famous dancer, if not fateful meeting. Once Lisa was returning from a dance lesson and faced the elevator with the photographer Willy Meyvoldom. Fascinated by the beauty of Lisa Meyvold invited her to take part in a fashion show of hats.

During the demonstration, hats Fernand took a few photos of his wife, who later took it to the Vogue editors. Since then, and began modeling career Lisa Fonsagrivs. Three years later, she became the main Vogue model, only on the cover of this edition Fonsagrivs appeared more than two hundred times. She also starred for Time, Vanity Fair and Harper's Bazaar.

Feature posing Lisa Fonsagrivs was the fact that she danced in front of the lens, and therefore receive live images. One of the most sensational photograph was taken in 1937 by Erwin Blumenfeld, where Lisa is balancing on a beam of the Eiffel Tower.

When the Second World War, Lisa and Ferdinand moved to America. couple relationship was no longer so strong, they gradually grew apart. In 1947, Vogue asked the photographer Irving Penn to make a group portrait of the twelve most popular models this year, among them was Lisa Fonssagrives. So Lisa met her second husband. Their marriage lasted 42 years old, to the death of Lisa.

Lisa Fonssagrives continued to work as a model before the end of the 50s. Her career has been one of the longest in the profession. "Billion Dollar Baby" and "incredible Lisa" - the name of its US magazines. The very same star Lisa disease did not suffer and referred to herself as a "good hanger".

After giving birth to a child, Lisa decided to surrender completely to maternity leave and the work model, but Irwin continued to take it for themselves: at home, on a walk with children. Until the end of her life she remained his muse. Lisa Fonssagrives died in 1992. Irwin survived his wife for 17 years.