Sixties Super Model
If you were a teen girl in the sixties and you read teen magazines, you probably recognize her. Even though she has not made a public appearance since her 2000 appearance on Oprah, she has fan clubs and message boards dedicated to her on the internet. She has faithful fans and there's still a lot of love for her out there.
Thought to be Colleen Corby's first magazine cover
Why I like Colleen Corby
Sixties Super Model
Seeing Colleen Corby's photos brings back a lot of memories of my teen years. I thought she was really beautiful. She wore the newest fashions, traveled the world and made $50 an hour. It seemed like a glamorous dream life to a teen age girl growing up in the Midwest.
I realize now that the life of a teen super model did have its downside. Colleen Corby was booked with modeling assignments all day and had little time to meet boys, let alone date them. She had to make sure she got plenty of sleep lest dark circles appear under her eyes or her complexion look gray. Her diet had to be restricted so she didn't gain weight as her employer, Eileen Ford, insisted that the camera added ten pounds. Colleen was quoted as saying that even though she loved Italian food, pork chops and steak, she ate a lot of fish because it was much lower in calories.
Collen Corby ~ American Girl Cover ~ 1961
Colleen Corby on Wikipedia
Colleen Corby, (Born August 3, 1947) was one of the world's first supermodels, years before the term was widely used. One of the most well known and beloved teen models of the Sixties, Colleen's modeling career began in 1959 when she was just eleven years old. Two weeks after walking into Eileen Ford's modeling agency (ostensibly to look for a summer job) Colleen was sent on her first modeling assignment. That "summer job" would last for the next twenty years. Colleen's career took off right from the start. By the end of that first summer her assignments were coming so steadily that her parents enrolled her in Manhattan's Professional Children's School, which allows for the irregular schedules of actors and models. By her last year of High School she was so busy she hardly ever attended classes.Read the Wikipedia article here.
Colleen Corby Videos
Sixties Model Colleen Corby
Colleen Corby ~ Ingenue Magazine ~ 1962
Colleen Corby's First Seventeen Cover
Books on the Sixties and Fashion
Colleen Corby ~ Cover Girl Ad ~ 1963
A Fiction of the Past: The Sixties in American History
A Fiction of the Past: The Sixties in American History
Amazon Price: $19.00 (as of 12/25/2009)
In this eclectic study, Cavallo, history professor at Adelphi University, relates the youth culture of the 1960s to longstanding American strains of individualism and autonomy. Even the supposed "organization men" of the 1950s raised their children to thrive as competitive individualists, he argues, while Beat-era hippies followed mythic visions of the wild American West.
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Colleen Corby ~ Seventeen Cover ~ 1964
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Molly Corby
Also a model.
Colleen's younger sister Molly was also a model and cover girl. As far as I can tell she did not have the long career that Colleen had..
Molly Corby ~ Teen Magazine Cover
Please Please Me: Sixties British Pop, Inside Out
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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Who, and numerous other groups put Britain at the center of the modern musical map. Please Please Me offers an insider's view of the British pop-music recording industry during the seminal period of 1956 to 1968, based on personal recollections, contemporary accounts, and all relevant data that situate this scene in the economic, political, and social context of postwar Britain
Twiggy (Lesley Hornby)
Twiggy, the English model, came upon the New York modeling scene in 1967. She was 90 pounds and painfully thin. She looked anorexic but her little boy look became wildly popular. She was known for her very short haircut and wide eyed look with lower eyelashes drawn beneath her eyes. She modeled for only four years and then ventured into other areas. She was a successful singer, actress and currently, in her fifties, has a line of bed linens, a line of clothing and has been a judge on America's Next Top Model.Visit Twiggy's Official Website.
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America in the Sixties--Right, Left, and Center: A Documentary History
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Unlike other works, America in the Sixties looks at the era from the perspective of new leftists, liberals, and conservatives, providing readers with the opportunity to see this seminal decade more fully and richly than they could before. It includes the manifestos of both the Students for a Democratic Society and the Young Americans for Freedom, the most prominent radical and conservative student groups of the time. Further, in addition to selections by such individuals as Jerry Rubin and Tom Hayden, it contains pieces by figures often associated with other times, such as Reverend Billy Graham and Ronald Reagan. Seeking to immerse readers in the decade's key issues in a balanced manner, the book covers the civil rights movement, Vietnam, the counterculture, and the women's movement and looks at some of the 1960's most memorable moments.
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Colleen ~ Seventeen Cover ~ 1966
Collen Corby's Long Career
Collen Corby ended her modeling career in 1979 when she married Peter Bernuth, a businessman. He died in 1994. She has 3 sons, Alexander, Christopher, and Nicolai who are grown now. She lives in Florida. I hope you enjoyed reading about Colleen Corby
Sixties Super Model
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- Suzi Creme Cheeze Suzi Creme Cheeze Dec 24, 2009 @ 1:47 am
- Colleen Corby was my favourite model and Seventeen was may favourite magazine. She was my idol! Colleen was a lovely girl and remains a lovely woman to this day. It was said that she had the perfect face. And those beautiful eyes!!!!
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- model2 model2 Dec 2, 2009 @ 12:54 pm
- Top models but have not received from one day to that status.Netzwerk steht allen Profis und Amateuren offen und dient als professionelle Präsentations-, Kommunikations-, Casting- und Akquiseplattform für neue Kontakte, Jobs und Shootings.
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- KarateKatGraphics KarateKatGraphics Nov 6, 2009 @ 5:49 pm
- Nice lens! Good to know she enjoyed a long modeling career, although having to forego Italian food for so long must have been a drag. Don't think I could give it up for one week! ;) Rolling to squidoo.com/sixties-style
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- cowgryl cowgryl Sep 9, 2009 @ 6:55 pm
- I especially remember Colleen from the Sears catalogs in the early 70's.I loved her as a model & the clothes she modeled I always had to have. She was good for business, lol. I didn't know she was so popular.
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- jessi jessi Jun 25, 2009 @ 10:31 pm
- i luved her and she iz wonderful
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- sherrygirl sherrygirl May 27, 2009 @ 6:42 am
- I adored Colleen, as did all my high school girlffriends. She was perfection to us, and the clothes. Who didn't love those outfits that at the time none of us could afford. Such a wonderful remembrance of days gone by. Thanks you.
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- Susan52 Susan52 Apr 21, 2009 @ 8:35 pm
- I don't remember her, but what a great tribute to a very beautiful young woman. I'd love to see a picture of her now. She's probably still gorgeous. Nice lens!
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- AngoraSox AngoraSox Apr 17, 2009 @ 1:06 am
- Yes, I agree the styles were so fresh and simple in the Sixties. That's why I love to take a break and look at all of the albums about her at http://corbyfans.multiply.com New pictures are added weekly and as far as I can tell, they are some of the biggest and clearest scans of vintage 1960's fashion magazines found anywhere on the internet. Lately, other content from those much sought after 1960's fashion magazines are also being added there. That Colleen Corby fansite was created with a lot of love by many different people who share their enjoyment of the Sixties fashions and pop culture and, of course, Colleen Corby!
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- earthmom earthmom Mar 27, 2009 @ 6:13 pm
- I also thought about her several years ago wondering,(must be an age thing)but there was nothing on the net at that time. I always had a subscription to Seventeen and later on, Glamour, and she was so fresh and "Audrey Hepburnesque". Don't you sometimes wish the styles were more like that now? So simple and fresh...
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- KWR KWR Mar 23, 2009 @ 6:30 am
- I remember I use to get aggravated at seeing her so much...ha She was adorable, but I felt bad for all the other models that lost out to her. She really was over-exposed during that period. Glad she survived and is doing well. Given our current market, she could probably still model and do very well if she still looks good and is a decent size. There is such a market for the "Boomer" models now.
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