88-year-old popular model showed her photos in her youth. You will be surprised

Carmen Dell’Orefiche is now very popular and in demand in the modeling business. She has many fans, but she is now 88 years old.Year of birth of the woman 1931.

She has been working as a model since she was 14 years old.For the first time she took part in shooting for Vogue.

The incredible beauty of the model excited many photographers.And here are the pictures, from which the whole world lost their minds at one time.

Carmen’s parents were a ballerina and a violinist, they lived poorly.Soon they broke up the marriage, the girl stayed with her mother. She wanted her daughter to follow in her footsteps, so she took her to the ballet.

It’s worth saying that Carmen’s mother was strict and demanding, and she always made harsh comments about her daughter’s appearance.

Carmen thought she was the ugly duckling because she was the tallest and thinnest among her peers. Boys didn’t want to deal with her.

It was not easy for the mother to raise the child alone, so Carmen was sometimes in a boarding school for months.

The girl just dreamed of a career as a ballerina, but the rheumatism she suffered put an end to these dreams.

So, at the age of 14, Carmen’s modeling career began. Already in 1947, her photo was on the cover of Vogue.

Although Carmen worked as a model, she did not live richly. Sometimes there was no money even for food.

Over time, finally, the salary increased to 25 dollars per hour.The model was forced to economize for example, she went to work on rollers, sewed clothes to order.

Carmen recalls that her childhood was difficult. They lived with their mother without hot water and an elevator, they constantly felt a lack of funds.

They had to pawn a sewing machine to pay for the apartment.They put a quarter of a dollar in an envelope to pay for electricity.However, thanks to this experience, the woman learned to appreciate money and life.

In 1978, Carmen met Norman Parkinson, who brought her back to the world of fashion.She agreed, as her daughter has already grown up, and the marriage broke up.

Often women try to hide the effect of age on appearance, but Carmen does not follow this rule.

She didn’t get married and didn’t dye her hair on the contrary, she bleached it, making her crown silvery. By 1987, the woman finally ‘pulled’ back into the modeling business.

By the way, Carmen wrote a book called ‘Be beautiful. ‘Secrets and techniques that I learned over 40 years of working as a model.’

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