{"id":183929,"date":"2023-01-11T21:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tatjana-patitz-supermodel-of-80s-and-90s-dies-at-56\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T21:02:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:02:02","slug":"tatjana-patitz-supermodel-of-80s-and-90s-dies-at-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tatjana-patitz-supermodel-of-80s-and-90s-dies-at-56\/","title":{"rendered":"Tatjana Patitz, supermodel of ’80s and ’90s, dies at 56"},"content":{"rendered":"
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Tatjana Patitz, one of an elite group of famed supermodels who graced magazine covers in the 1980s and ’90s and appeared in George Michael’s \u201cFreedom! ’90\u201d music video has died at age 56.<\/p>\n
Patitz’s death in the Santa Barbara, California, area was confirmed by her New York agent, Corinne Nicolas, at the Model CoOp agency. Nicolas said the cause was illness, but she did not have further details.<\/p>\n
Patitz, who was born in Germany, raised in Sweden and later made her life in California, was known as part of an elite handful of \u201coriginal\u201d supermodels, appearing in the Michael video along with Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford<\/p>\n
She was a favorite of fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh, who highlighted her natural beauty in his famous 1988 photo, \u201cWhite Shirts: Six Supermodels, Malibu,\u201d and for British Vogue’s 1990 cover \u2014 leading Michael to cast the group in his lip-syncing video , according to Vogue.<\/p>\n
The magazine quoted its global editorial director, Anna Wintour, as saying Patitz was \u201calways the European symbol of chic, like Romy Schneider-meets-Monica Vitti. She was far less visible than her peers \u2014 more mysterious, more grown-up, more unattainable \u2014 and that had its own appeal. \u201d<\/p>\n
In a 2006 interview, Patitz opined that the golden age of supermodels was over.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a real era, and the reason that happened because glamor was brought into it,\u201d she was quoted as saying in Prestige Hong Kong magazine. \u201cNow the celebrities and actresses have taken over, and the models are in the backseat completely.\u201d<\/p>\n
She also noted that models from her era had healthier physiques.<\/p>\n
\u201cWomen were healthy, not these scrawny little models that nobody knows their names anymore,\u201d Patitz said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Tatjana Patitz, one of an elite group of famed supermodels who graced magazine covers in the 1980s and ’90s and appeared in George Michael’s \u201cFreedom! ’90\u201d music video has died at age 56. Patitz’s death in the Santa Barbara, California, area was confirmed by her New York agent, Corinne Nicolas, …<\/p>\n