Carolyn Murphy
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At the age of 16, she was spotted by Mary Lou Nash, owner and operator of Mary Lou’s Models. Nash saw Murphy’s potential and soon she was modeling in local ads and magazines throughout Florida and Alabama.
Her career kicked into high-gear when she bleached her hair platinum blonde for a photo shoot, ruining her hair and causing it to fall out. Because of this she had to get a short hair cut which made her popular with many top photographers and soon she was in major magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue and was named VH1/Vogue’s "Model of the Year" at the 1998 Fashion Awards.
Carolyn Murphy is featured on the cover of the 2005 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, as well as the 1999 cover of Vogue’s "Models of the Millennium." She has also posed for the 2002 Playboy calendar. She is currently the face of Est�e Lauder, replacing Elizabeth Hurley as the company’s primary female spokes model. She also started an acting career with the role of "Dubbie the Blonde" in Barry Levinson’s Liberty Heights in 1999.
She also The World’s 15 Top-Earning Models by Forbses.
