Audrey Munson: America's First Supermodel | A New York Minute In History

May 26, 2021 00:29:59
Audrey Munson: America's First Supermodel | A New York Minute In History
A New York Minute In History
Audrey Munson: America's First Supermodel | A New York Minute In History

May 26 2021 | 00:29:59

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Show Notes

In this episode, Devin and Lauren research the life of Audrey Munson, America’s first supermodel. Born in upstate New York, Munson was one of the most famous models of the early 20th Century, and posed for the top American artists in the Beaux Arts movement. Sculptures based on Munson dot the landscape of New York City, and are held in museums around the country. She was also one of the first American actresses to pose nude in a major motion picture. Once called “Miss Manhattan,” Munson’s life would take a tragic turn by the age of 40. In 2015, the William G. Pomeroy Foundation erected a historical marker near her final resting place in New Haven, New York.

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