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| Kara Young | |
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| Born | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Spouse | Peter Georgiopoulos |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
Kara Young is an American fashion model, actress, and co-founder of a New York City hair salon.
Early life
Young was born in San Francisco, California.
Career
Young was an "a-list model" and according to Young's company web site, between 1988 and 1998 she appeared in advertising campaigns for Revlon, L'Oreal, Clairol, Maybelline, as well as Victoria’s Secret and was photographed by Richard Avedon for Revlon’s "Most unforgettable Women" campaign. She was "profiled" in the 1990 article "The New Top Models". Young was a "cover girl" for Vogue in 1988 and 1989 but is known best for her modeling with Victoria Secrets She has also appeared on the covers of Elle and Glamour magazines during the early 1990's. In 1989 she was arrested in Thailand for "desecrating" a statue after she posed in her underwear in a Bhuddist temple while being photographed for the French version of Vogue magazine.
Young played the part of a "stuck up girl" in the 1998 movie, Coming to America. and later became an entertainment news correspondent for Fox News Channel. Young retired from modeling in 2004, and co-founded a New York City hair salon.
Personal
Young, married photographer Sante D'Orazio in 1996 and is the former girlfriend of Donald Trump. In 2005, she married self-proclaimed, billionaire Peter Georgiopoulos, the founder of the General Maritime shipping company. Young lives in New York City with Georgiopoulos and her two children. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Action Against Hunger.
Notes
- ^ About Us: Kara Young Hair Rules company web site, retrieved March 18 2012
- ^ Kara Young Fashion Model Directory, retrieved March 18 2012
- White, Constance C.R. (Sept 2008) Ebony, "Black Out", page 98
- Norment, Lynn (September 1990) Ebony, "Black is In" page 28
- (January 16 1989) New York magazine, page 11
- Darlene Clark Hine, Elsa Barkley Brown, Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (1993) Black Women in America, page 409
- (February 24, 1989} Underwear Model Seized at Shrine LA Times, retrieved March 18 2012
- Coming to America cast New York Times
- "Kara Young". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ Celebrity Gossip New York Post via My Way UK, retrieved March 18 2012
- Financial Times
- Leadership Acton Against Hunger, retrieved March 18, 2012
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