Cathee Dahmen
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September 16, 1945
Cathee Dahmen | |
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 Dahmen in 1968 | |
| Born | Cathee Dahmen September 16, 1945 |
| Died | November 25, 1997 (aged 52) |
| Other names | Catherine Helen Sachs |
| Occupation | Model |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 4 |
Catherine Helen Sachs (née Cathee Dahmen; September 16, 1945 – November 25, 1997), was the first Native American supermodel in the 1960s and 1970s.
She was half German, half Ojibwe and was born and raised in Minnesota.[1]
Dahmen left home at the age of 17 to live with her uncle, artist George Morrison, in Providence, Rhode Island.[2] She was discovered in her late teens by The New York Times illustrator Antonio Lopez, who spotted her uncle's portrait of her and was ultimately responsible for her introduction into the fashion industry.
Dahmen spent her peak years with Ford Models, where she was one of the agency's top earners of the 1960s.[3] She appeared on the covers of numerous fashion magazines including, Harper's Bazaar in 1968[4] and both UK[5] Vogue and Italia in 1971[6][7][2] She was also associated with the Youthquake movement.[5]