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Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba (December 11, 1927 – May 3, 1990), known professionally as Dovima, was an American supermodel during the 1950s.

Dovima was discovered on a sidewalk in New York by an editor at Vogue, and in less than one year, Dovima became the highest-paid model of her time.

During her modelling career, Dovima appeared on all fashion magazines, worked with all the best couturiers including Cristobal Balenciaga, Christian Dior, Givenchy, Pierre Cardin, etc. And was photographed by all major photographers of her times like Irving Penn, Henry Clarke, Horst P. Horst, but the photographer mostly related to her was Richard Avedon, whose photograph of her: “Dovima with Elephants”, originally published in the September 1955 issue of Harper’s Bazzar, has become the most iconic fashion photograph In 20th century.

​For her biography, please read here.

FIGURE

Height/Taille/Altezza/Alto/Größe/高さ/高度:  
174 cm /5 ft 8 1/2inch             
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Weight/Poids/Peso/Gewicht/重量:  
kg / pounds

Chest/Poitrine/Busto/Pechos/Brustumfang /バスト/胸围
84 cm / 33 inch

Waist/Taille/Vita/Talle/Taillenweite/ウエスト周囲/腰围：
48 cm / 19 inch

Hip/Bassin/Fianchi/Caldera/Hüftumfang/股関節周囲/臀围 ：
86 cm / 34 inch

Dress size/Taille/Taglia/Talla/Kleidergröße/服のサイズ/尺碼:
UK  / EU / US 

Shoe size/Chaussure/Calzature/Calzado/Schuhgröße/靴のサイズ/鞋码:  ​EU / US 

The Model

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The Actress

In 1957, Dovima was cast in the Paramount movie Funny Face (1957) starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. She had a minor role as an aristocratic-looking, but empty-headed, fashion model named Marion.

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