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by: Michael Rhodes - Sun, 1 Oct 2023 18:01 UTC

Barbara Mullen, who vaulted from a job in a New York beauty parlor to the pinnacle of the genteel modeling world of the 1950s, despite a beanpole figure and a gaptoothed smile that defied the narrow beauty standards of the day, died on Sept. 12 at her home in Albuquerque. She was 96.

Her death was confirmed by a friend, Lori Katz.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/25/fashion/barbara-mullen-dead.html

Ms. Mullen was 5 feet 9 inches tall and had a 20-inch waist — a figure that would have fit better with the waif look of the 1990s. Emerging in the postwar 1940s, she was a far cry from the ideal set by voluptuous Hollywood stars like Rita Hayworth.

In her later years, Ms. Mullen often said that she never thought of herself as beautiful. Early on, fashion’s string-pullers seemed to agree.

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Barbara Mullen, 96, 1950s mannequin	Michael Rhodes