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From Papermag.com: There are plenty of power brokers in the modeling industry, but few kingmakers -- better make that queenmakers -- like Riccardo Tisci.The creative director of Givenchy has one of the sharpest eyes for spotting new models. And when he sent out the coltish, long-legged stunner Joan Smalls at his Spring 2010 Haute Couture show, voila. Cliché but apropos: A star was born.
Technically, it wasn't Smalls' first show. The Puerto Rican beauty had been kicking around the industry, appearing at smaller New York shows (and once in a Ricky Martin music video). But after the Givenchy show--and a subsequent ad campaign--all the doors were thrown open. "I had a feeling that this was the beginning of my career, that people were going to notice me and see me differently," Smalls says. "I'll never forget that moment and I'll never forget that man."
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