Personal Life
Carmen met and married Bill Miles in the early 1950s. Bill exploited his wife financially, by picking up his wife's modeling agency checks, allowing her only $50 allowance from her earnings. They had a daughter, Laura, and divorced soon after.
In 1958, she met photographer Richard Heimann and married him six months later. She decided to retire, after which he left her.
Her third marriage was to a young architect, Richard Kaplan, in the mid-1960s. The marriage lasted nine years. In needs of funds, she retutned to modeling in 1978, and continues to work to this day. In the 1990s and 2000s, she modeled for Isaac Mizrahi’s clothing line at Target, as well as Cho Cheng and Rolex. Carmen is featured regularly in their advertising campaigns appearing in Vogue, W and Harper’s Bazaar.
In the late 1980s, Carmen was engaged to television talk-show host David Susskind. He died before they were married.
In 1993, a neighbor introduced her to Norman F. Levy, who was Bernard Madoff’s best friend. He was her boyfriend for several years.
In June 2011, Carmen celebrated her 80th birthday.On July 19, 2011 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of the Arts London, in recognition of her contribution to the fashion industry. The university sponsored a retrospective exhibition curated by illustrator and long-time friend David Downton, featuring Carmen’s Vogue covers, some of her finest modelling moments, and photographs from her personal archives.
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