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Fashion Designer
Spain

Cristobal Balenciaga

He 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

Waris Dirie

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

Charles Darwin

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

Bar Refaeli

She 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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