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Designer
Spain
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was born on January 21, 1895 – March 23, 1972,
Valencia, Spain. He opened his Paris couture
house on avenue George V in August 1937. Carmel
Snow, the editor of Harper's Bazaar was an early
champion of his designs. His often spare, sculptural
creations—including funnel-shape gowns of stiff
duchess satin worn to acclaim by clients such
as Pauline de Rothschild, Bunny Mellon, Marella
Agnelli, Gloria Guinness and Mona von Bismarck—were
considered masterworks of haute couture in the
1950s and 1960s.
Hubert de Givenchy was his protégé.
He closed his house in 1968 after being disillusioned
with the advent of pret-a-porter, which was
being introduced by the French. John F. Kennedy
was famously upset with Jackie Kennedy for buying
his expensive creations while he was President
for fear that the American public might think
the purchases too lavish.
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Fashion
Model
Somalia
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She was born in 1965 into a nomadic tribe in
Somalia. She is a UN advocate for the abolition
of female genital mutilation.
She escaped from Somalia at the age of twelve,
running away from the prospect of her father
giving her in marriage to a 60-year-old man
in exchange for five camels. She fled to the
Somali capital, Mogadishu, before a well-connected
uncle provided an escape route to London. She
ended up working for a relative there, staying
in Britain illegally and surviving by scrubbing
floors in McDonalds.
In 1987, she played a role in the Bond movie
'The Living Daylights'. A decade later she quit
modelling to focus on her work for the UN campaign
against female genital mutilation.
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Naturalist
United-Kingdom

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He
was born on February 12, 1809 – 19 April 1882.
He was an English naturalist who achieved lasting
fame by producing considerable evidence that
species originated through evolutionary change,
at the same time proposing the scientific theory
that natural selection is the mechanism by which
such change occurs. This theory is now considered
a cornerstone of biology. He developed an interest
in natural history while studying first medicine,
then theology, at university. His observations
on his five-year voyage on the Beagle brought
him eminence as a geologist and fame as a popular
author. His biological finds led him to study
the transmutation of species and in 1838 he
conceived his theory of natural selection. Fully
aware that others had been severely punished
for such "heretical" ideas, he confided only
in his closest friends and continued his research
to meet anticipated objections.
However, in 1858 the information that Alfred
Russel Wallace had developed a similar theory
forced an early joint publication of the theory.
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Fashion
Model
Israel

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was born on June 4, 1985. She was raised on
a horse ranch in the Israeli countryside and
she started modeling at 11. At the age of 15
she began modeling for fashion catalogues, among
them Castro and Pilpel, and also starred in
a commercial for Milki. She won the title "Model
of the Year" in a beauty contest in 2000, and
in 2001 she won the same title again.
She was also chosen to be the home model of
the Renuar fashion network and appeared in their
summer 2002 and winter 2003 catalogues. In addition,
she was also cast for fashion production abroad,
among them "Dim" and also appeared in the French
ELLE magazine.
She is the first Israeli model ever to be featured
in Sports Illustrated magazine and she is going
to be in the Victoria's Secret catalog. She
appeared on the cover of the March 2006 issue
of GQ Italy. It is rumored that she secretly
got married in her native Israel to avoid military
service. Since 2006, Refaeli has been dating
American actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
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