Dovima

Also known as Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba, Dorothy Horan

Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba (December 11, 1927 – May 3, 1990), known professionally as Dovima, was an American model during the 1950s.

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New York City, New York, USA

Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba (December 11, 1927 – May 3, 1990), known professionally as Dovima, was an American supermodel of the 1950s. Known for being the highest paid model of her time, she was also the first to go by a single name. She had a minor role in the film Funny Face (1957).

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Funny Face — Marion1957

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Person.name: Dovima
Person.image: IMG 3432.JPG
Person.caption: Dovima in the 1950s (Photo by Edgar de Evia for a furrier)
Person.birth_name: Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba
Person.birth_place: New York City, U.S.
Person.death_place: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Person.years_active: 1949–1964
Person.children: 1

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Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: New York City
Place of death: Fort Lauderdale
Occupation: model
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Image: IMG 3432.JPG

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cause of death: liver cancer
Commons category: Dovima
date of birth: 1927-12-11
date of death: 1990-05-03
manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: Dovima
start of work period: 1949-00-00
writing language: English language

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Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba (December 11, 1927 – May 3, 1990), known professionally as Dovima, was an American model during the 1950s.

==Biography== Dovima was born Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba in Queens, New York. The name "Dovima" is composed of the first two letters of her three given names. She was the first model to use a single name.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dovima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.