Karen Mulder is a legendary model form the nineties who almost didn't enter the profession.
She thought about entering a modeling contest sponsored by the Elite agency, but as she was wearing braces at the time, she chose not to. That is, until a friend of hers sent pictures of her - with her mouth closed, apparently - to the contest's organizers. Ms. Mulder won the preliminary contest in Amsterdam and placed second in the finals. But because her beauty and poise placed her in great demand, no one remembers who placed first.
It just goes to show that whoever said "You don't win silver, you lose gold" obviously never won silver.
Karen Mulder has an extensive list of modeling credits, both in print and on the runway. Among the designers she represented in fashion shows were Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent, Lanvin, Christian Lacroix, Versace, and Giorgio Armani. Her ad campaigns include Chloé, Revlon, Jacques Fath, Gianfranco Ferré, Gianni Versace, Chanel, and Hervé Léger. And she's appeared on at least as many covers of Vogue as Bruce Springsteen has appeared on covers of Rolling Stone. Which is, to say, quite a lot.
For all of her womanliness and worldliness, though, Karen Mulder never lost her childlike sense of wonder, showing a deep appreciation for her career and amazed and mesmerized over how dreams can come true. Anyone who had doubts about that changed their tune when they heard Ms. Mulder talk - and heard the joy and the innocence in her voice behind that exotic Dutch accent. 😊
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