Carol Alt is a famous top model who shone in the eighties and nineties of the twentieth century. In the wake of her fame, she also realized herself as an actress, acting in films and on television. Carol Alt was named fifth in the list of ten greatest top models of all time.
Beauty from New York
In 1960, one of the most beautiful women of the twentieth century was born in New York . Carol's parents were Muriel Alt, who once worked on the podium and Anthony Alt, who commanded a fire department in the city. When the girl was eighteen years old, she decided to earn some money as a model in order to earn some money for college. Parents did not mind, and so in the biography of Carol Alt the first key event happened.
The debut of the young model took place in Harper's Bazaar magazine, then she appears on the covers of Vogue, Cosmopolitan, participates in advertising campaigns of world brands.
However, real success and world fame came to the girl in 1982, when she starred for the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Photographs of Carol Ann Alt in bathing suits became a real sensation, posters with her image flaunted in the rooms of every second teenager of the eighties. The following year she appears in the acclaimed film "Portfolio", which was attended by many representatives of the fashion world.
Actress
The success of the film “Portfolio” prompted Carol Alt to use his model fame and popularity in order to play in films and television. The girl continues to appear on the covers of magazines, but pays more attention to other activities.
In 1985, she appears in the Joni Carson television show "Tonight," getting her first role in the film. Carol's debut in the movie was the Italian painting Via Montenapoleone, which received a national film award.
Today it is difficult to recall the Carol Alt films of those years, since for the most part she starred in Italy, however, she was noted several times in domestic productions. Among them can be noted “Thunder in Paradise”, “My first forty-five years”, “The Godmother”.
The actress and model is actively working on two fronts, trying to get the most out of her popularity. She continues to star in Sports Illustrated calendars, releases her own line of sunglasses, takes part in global brand advertising campaigns and even releases a single in Germany.
In the mid-nineties, Carol Alt took part in the reality show "Supermodels in the Jungle", after which she found a raw food diet for herself.
New time
In recent decades, having acquired the status of a superstar, Carol Alt is less likely to participate in photo shoots and devotes more time to her own projects. However, she actively continues to act in films, most of which disappear from memory. Of the successful works, only the Canadian painting “The Curse of the Dead Lake” of 2004 is recalled.
In 2005, the world learned about the new facets of Carol Alt's talent. This time, she proved herself as a writer by releasing her first book on the benefits of a raw food diet, Eating in the Raw. The model’s debut novel became a bestseller, and she immediately began to work on a sequel that came out next year.
The tireless woman manages to alternate hard labor with filming on American TV, as well as in several Italian films.
For many years, the chaste Carol Alt completely rejected all the proposals for filming naked. However, in 2008, she unexpectedly accepted the next offer of Playboy magazine and appeared on its pages. Along the way, she advertised the products of her own cosmetic line, which she created together with Philip Mazielo and Stephen Krane.
In 2012, Carol Alt released the third series of her epic about a raw food diet, which also became a bestseller.
Personal life
The first husband of one of the most beautiful women in the world was the NHL hockey player Ron Greshner, who played in the New York Rangers. They married in 1983, and their marriage lasted a long thirteen years. However, at this time, the fatal beauty found time for an affair with the Brazilian race car driver Ayrton Sena, which lasted four years and ended after the tragic death of the legendary Formula 1 pilot.
Strong, courageous hockey players continued to attract the beauty, and the next athlete was the Russian athlete Alexei Yashin. They met in 1999, when the supermodel was delegated to present prizes to the best NHL hockey player. Alex became the best rookie in the league and received the corresponding prize from the hands of the model. Together with the trophy, he got Carol Alt herself. The guy was not embarrassed by the solid age difference, the friendship between them grew into a loyal relationship that has been going on for many years.