Yasmeen Ghauri
Raven-haired and aristocratic, Yasmeen Ghauri has appeared in ad campaigns for Givenchy, Hermes, Versace and other high-end fashion houses. (In modeling circles she is known by the single name of Yasmeen.) She was a regular in Victoria's Secret catalogs in the 1990s, and also appeared in the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Ghauri's father is Pakistani and her mother German; the family emigrated from Germany to Canada shortly before Ghauri's birth.

Yasmeen appears with Laetitia Casta in our loop on The Models of Victoria's Secret... Other models from Canada include Estella Warren and Linda Evangelista.

James Buchanan

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Ogden Nash

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Charles Atlas

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Charlize Theron

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