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Christine Yufon
Christine Yufon (January 18, 1923 – January 7, 2024) was a Chinese-French-Brazilian model, businesswoman, and artist. Biography Christine Yufon was born in Beijing in 1923. As a child, she studied at an American school in China. In 1947, she married the French engineer Georges Constant Collet. The couple lived in Shanghai until the city was taken over by the Communists in 1949, when they had to leave for Paris. Their property, including farmland and a cigarette factory, was seized by the new Chinese government, and she left behind her family's art collection. From France, Yufon migrated to Brazil in 1951, settling in the São Paulo neighborhood of Higienópolis. It was there that her modeling career began, when the social columnist and future nightclub magnate convinced her participate in a grand ball in São Paulo. Yufon worked as a model for the old Casa Vogue and became a muse for the French designer Jacques Heim. She was one of Brazil's first Asian models. Then, in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as China's List of cities in China by population, second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is located in North China, Northern China, and is governed as a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality under the direct administration of the Government of the People's Republic of China, State Council with List of administrative divisions of Beijing, 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province and neighbors Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jing-Jin-Ji, Jing-Jin-Ji cluster. Beijing is a global city and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudu Bertholini
Dudu Bertholini is a Brazilian designer and stylist, and a judge on the television series '' Brazil's Next Top Model'' and ''Drag Race Brasil''. Filmography Television * '' Brazil's Next Top Model'' * ''Drag Race Brasil'' * ''A Dona do Pedaço'' * ''Salve-se Quem Puder'' See also * Christine Yufon Christine Yufon (January 18, 1923 – January 7, 2024) was a Chinese-French-Brazilian model, businesswoman, and artist. Biography Christine Yufon was born in Beijing in 1923. As a child, she studied at an American school in China. In 1947, she ..., a prominent Bertholini muse References Living people Brazilian designers Brazilian television personalities Year of birth missing (living people) {{Brazil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
