Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 15:18:16 -0400

From: Fred Shapiro fred.shapiro[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALE.EDU

Subject: Earlier Citations for _Supermodel_



Here are some earlier citations for _supermodel_ than what Barry Popik

posted. Nexis yields occurrences back to 1975:



1975 _Newsweek_ 30 June (Nexis) Supermodel Margaux Hemingway, 20, was

married last week.



Another database pushed the term back to 1974:



1974 _Essence_ Oct. 54 (heading) Super models beauty basics.







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