John Casablancas founded Elite Model Management in 1972. Clients of Elite included Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Andie MacDowell and Claudia Schiffer. He died in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in July 2013, where he had been receiving treatment for cancer.
About John Casablancas in brief
John Casablancas was an American modeling agent and scout. He founded Elite Model Management in 1972. Clients of Elite included Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Andie MacDowell and Claudia Schiffer. He was criticised for his habit of having sexual relations with young clients. He died in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in July 2013, where he had been receiving treatment for cancer.
He is the father of The Strokes frontman Julian Casabancas, who was born on December 12, 1942, in Manhattan, New York City, and grew up in Argentina, Mexico, and France. He had one child with Marie-Christine, Cécile, and three with Jeanette Christiansen, a Danish model and the 1965 Miss Denmark, and the first model he represented.
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