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Glamorous Facts About The Countess Of Castiglione, The First Model

Virginia Oldoini—known better to history as the Countess of Castiglione—was mad, bad, and dangerous to know. The Italian aristocrat’s legendary beauty and photographic misadventures turned her into the world’s first model, but that’s not what...

January 3, 2023 Christine Tran


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