Nancy Dutiel is a model who was active in the 1970s and 1980s. She is best known for having been a spokesmodel for the French cosmetics company

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from April 1977 until the early 1980s for the U.S. market. Dutiel was born in

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in 1953 to Glenn and Davida Dutiel and raised in Centerville, where she attended high school. She died on March 27, 2022, at age 68. She graduated from Centerville High School in 1971, having been a cheerleader and a coed drill team member. After high school, Dutiel enrolled in

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to study biology and also considered learning how to teach the deaf. After entering a pageant in nearby

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, however, Dutiel won a free charm school course that led her to travel to

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in October 1972, where she became a model with the Wilhelmina agency. Dutiel stayed with Wilhelmina until 1975, when she switched to the Ford modeling agency. In August 1976, Dutiel modeled in a test ad campaign for Lancôme and then went to

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to do some more modeling work. When she returned to the United States, she learned that Lancôme's French office responded positively to her test photos. Lancôme subsequently signed her to an exclusive contract, making her the company's U.S. spokesmodel. "I always hoped for a cosmetic contract," Dutiel told the ''

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'' in 1980. "The contract excludes you from doing product competition and guarantees you to work ighteen days a year though I almost work every day doing department store things and advertising." Besides Lancôme, Dutiel also modeled for covers of ''

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'', ''Modern Bride'', ''Women Today'', and the German magazine '' Brigitte''. Her career took her to

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and Japan, and she also lived in Italy for a time. Dutiel was replaced by

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as Lancôme's spokesmodel at the end of 1982.(28 February 2010)
Lancôme celebra su 75 aniversario
''Arrebatadora'' (in Spanish) She made plans to continue her modeling career, including acting classes to be able to try out for speaking parts in commercials.(23 April 1983)
''Dayton Journal Herald'', April 23, 1983
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dutiel, Nancy Living people American female models People from Ohio Female models from Ohio 1953 births 21st-century American women