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Former Model Lucia Moreira Salles
Lucia Moreira Salles, a former Brazilian model famed for her handsome dark looks, died Saturday at the Sirio and Libanes Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, after a long bout with cancer. Her age and survivors could not be learned at press time.
A funeral was held Monday at the Cemetery of Sao Miguel and Souls, in Porto Alegre, her hometown in Brazil.
Salles, whose maiden name was Lucia Curia, walked her first catwalk in 1957 and in the Sixties became a muse for both Valentino and Coco Chanel. She had a long-standing friendship with Valentino and his longtime partner, Giancarlo Giammetti, frequently spending time with them at the designer's vacation homes around Europe.
According to a spokeswoman for Valentino, the designer considered...