Supermodel Tatjana Patitz has died at the age of 56. It has been reported demand.
Details about the death of the famous model of the 90s are not yet known.
Tatyana Patitz was born on March 25, 1966 in Hamburg, Germany, in the family of a dancer of Estonian descent and a journalist from Germany. She spent her childhood in Sweden. At 17, she placed third in a local Elite Model Look contest and in 1983 moved to Paris, receiving a contract to work with she.
Tatiana Patitz’s career began in 1985 when she was photographed by Peter Lindbergh, and they would continue to work together productively for 30 years. The model was shot for European publications such as Vogue, Irwin Penn, Helmut Newton, Steven Meisel, Gilles Bensimon.
Tatjana Patitz got into the circle of supermodels of the 90s thanks to Peter Lindbergh’s famous painting in 1990, which depicts the leading models of that time – Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington starred with her. In total, in the 90s, the model appeared on 200 covers around the world and graced Vogue seven times.
In 2004, Tatyana Patitz gave birth to a baby boy named Jonah, and he began to appear less and less on the catwalks. Over time, she became more and more involved in charity work, especially animal protection. In the 2010s, her interests focused on defending the rights of LGBT people, informing about the spread of HIV infection, and tackling ageism and gender inequality.
Recently, she has remained the face of cosmetic brands L’Oreal and Shiseido.
Also, Tatiana Patitz was engaged in interior design.