Who is she?
is an American
model and
actress, born in
New York,
NY. She is known within the fashion industry for being the world's
oldest working model as of the Spring/Summer 2012 season. She was on the
cover of Vogue at the age of 15 and has been modelling ever since.
n 1942, Carmen and her mother moved to New York City. At the age of 13,
while riding a bus to ballet class, she was approached to model by the
wife of photographer Herman Landschoff. Her test photos, taken at
Jones Beach, were a “flop” according to Carmen.
[4] In 1946, her godfather introduced her to
Vogue and 15-year old Carmen signed a modeling contract for $7.50 an hour. She became a favorite model of photographer
Erwin Blumenfeld who shot her first Vogue cover in 1947. She appears in the December 15, 1947 issue of US
Vogue as Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White and Cinderella along with model
Dorian Leigh, actors
Ray Bolger and
Jose Ferrer.
