About Marisa Berenson
Vittoria Marisa Schiaparelli Berenson is an American model and actress. A granddaughter of designer Elsa Schiaparelli, she rose to international prominence in the late 1960s and 1970s. Berenson was a top model, appearing on the covers of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Known as the "Queen of the Scene," she became a style icon known for her eclectic and bohemian-chic aesthetic. Berenson and her sister are also great-grandnieces of Giovanni Schiaparelli, an Italian astronomer who was the first to describe the canals of Mars. They are second cousins, once removed, of art expert Bernard Berenson and his sister Senda Berenson, an athlete and educator who was one of the first two women elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Discovered as a teenager by Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, Berenson rose to prominence in the 1960s.
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