Jean Shrimpton

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Jean Shrimpton

British model and actress

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supermodel
Before the 1990s
…was used to describe Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton, Veruschka, and other models in the 1960s. Despite earlier usage of the term, model Janice Dickinson claims that she coined it in 1982. Dickinson also claims to be the first supermodel, though Lisa Fonssagrives, a Swedish model who worked from the 1930s to…
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…was used to describe Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton, Veruschka, and other models in the 1960s. Despite earlier usage of the term, model Janice Dickinson claims that she coined it in 1982. Dickinson also claims to be the first supermodel, though Lisa Fonssagrives, a Swedish model who worked from the 1930s to…
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