From Miss Manhattan to the Madhouse – Audrey Munson – Fickle Fate Series
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After a young Audrey Munson was spotted in the street by an established photographer, who thought her profile and figure most suitable for academic art – her rise to fame and fortune was meteoric!
Those were the dazzling years! Everybody wanted to know her and everybody wanted to be seen with her – money fell in cascades.
With the passage of time the offer from artists to pose for them, started to drop off – and then a murder scandal put the finishing touches to the ruin of her career.
After an aborted suicide attempt, penniless Audrey was incarcerated in a mental asylum for nearly 65 years.
Audrey Munson, the world’s first supermodel – whose legend was nearly forgotten.
After a young Audrey Munson was spotted in the street by an established photographer, who thought her profile and figure most suitable for academic art – her rise to fame and fortune was meteoric!
Those were the dazzling years! Everybody wanted to know her and everybody wanted to be seen with her – money fell in cascades.
With the passage of time the offer from artists to pose for them, started to drop off – and then a murder scandal put the finishing touches to the ruin of her career.
After an aborted suicide attempt, penniless Audrey was incarcerated in a mental asylum for nearly 65 years.
Audrey Munson, the world’s first supermodel – whose legend was nearly forgotten.
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