The Curse of Beauty : The Scandalous & Tragic Life of Audrey Munson, America's First Supermodel

from Cariola

In the early 20th century, Audrey Munson, an artist's model and would-be actress, was so well-known for the statues that she posed for or inspired that she has become known as "America's First Supermodel." Munson was discovered by a photographer while window shopping in New York and eventually po...

from slug9000

I had never heard of Audrey Munson before, and I had assumed that the author was taking liberties with the term "supermodel" in the subtitle. But Munson really was probably the closest thing to a supermodel that existed in her day. She posed for countless famous sculptures (many of which I recogn...

from akblanchard

Even if you are unfamiliar with the name Audrey Munson (1891-1996), you've no doubt seen her face and figure. In the early years of the twentieth century, Munson was the best-known non-pornographic American model to make a career out of posing nude or in minimal clothing, as the ornate Beaux Art ...