Carolyn Murphy born on August 11, 1973 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Carolyn Murphy is an American model. Carolyn Murphy was born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, and grew up throughout Northwest Florida, spending most of her childhood in a trailer park there. At the age of 15, Carolyn Murphy was spotted by Mary Lou Nash, owner and operator of the modeling agency Mary Lou’s Models. Nash saw Carolyn Murphy’s potential and soon Carolyn Murphy was modeling in local ads and magazines throughout Florida and Alabama. After Carolyn Murphy graduated from Choctawhatchee Senior High School, Carolyn Murphy moved to Milan to further her modeling career. Carolyn Murphy's career kicked into high-gear when Carolyn Murphy bleached her hair platinum blonde for a photo shoot, ruining her hair and causing it to fall out.
Because of this Carolyn Murphy had to get a short hair cut which made her popular with many top photographers and soon she was in major magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue and was named VH1/Vogue’s “Model of the Year” at the 1998 Fashion Awards. Carolyn Murphy is featured on the cover of the 2005 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, as well as the 1999 cover of Vogue’s “Models of the Millennium.” Carolyn Murphy has also posed for the 2002 Playboy calendar. In 2001, she became the face of Estée Lauder cosmetics. Carolyn Murphy also started an acting career with the role of “Dubbie the Blonde” in Barry Levinson’s Liberty Heights in 1999. Carolyn Murphy also attended St. Mary’s Catholic school in Fort Walton Beach, Florida from kindergarten to 8th grade.
In July 2007, earning at an estimated total of $5 million in the past 12 months, Forbes magazine named her sixth in the list of the World’s 15 Top-Earning Supermodels. As of 2007, Carolyn Murphy is still one of the industries most in demand and successful models, Carolyn Murphy shot fall campaigns for, 7 for all Mankind, Anne Klein, Lord & Taylor, Estee Lauder, and Tiffany & Co
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