Being An Unusual - The Dawn of the Supermodel

An epic true story Elizabeth Gibbons Hanson's memoirs take you from her humble beginnings in Burnt Corn Alabama to becoming one of the original supermodels of the 1930s and 40s. Famous fashion photographer Dahl Wolf's original muse Liz's climb to stardom takes you from Alabama to New York City and to Paris, Bermuda, Cuba, Peru and other exotic shoot locations, to the White House and then to far flung Australia and the Phillipines where she was a Red Cross volunteer during WWII. Along the way, Liz intersects with numerous historical people including: FDR, John Powers, Jean Cocteau, Man Ray, Diane Vreeland, Somerset Maugham and many other notables. Written in her own self-effacing style Liz's memoirs is a beautiful and honest story as well as a powerful glimpse at her life leading up to and during WWII.