LOS ANGELES: Supermodel Tatjana Patitz, who graced the pages of magazines including British Vogue during the 1980s and 1990s, has died, reported the German Press Agency (dpa). She was 56.
"Today, our beauty Tatjana Patitz, passed away," Patitz's agency, the Model CoOp, announced Wednesday on Instagram. "As one of the original Supers and through her work with Patrick Demarchelier, Herb Ritts, and Peter Lindbergh, Tatjana's career in the fashion industry stands apart."
Patitz died of metastatic breast cancer, a family representative told Vogue.
Born in Germany and raised in Sweden, Patitz began her modeling career in the late 1980s and rose to fame as one of the original supermodels.
Her breakout appearance came in British Vogue's January 1990 cover, which featured Peter Lindbergh's "White Shirts: Six Supermodels, Malibu." The famed cover photo also featured modeling icons Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford.
Shortly after, Patitz and her co-models starred in the music video for George Michael's "Freedom!"
She also appeared in music videos for Duran Duran and films including "Rising Sun," "Ready to Wear" and "Restraining Order."
"I'd rather do smaller parts with a good cast and director that I believe in," she told The Times in 1993. "I'm taking every day as it comes. To think of all the possible outcomes, I would drive myself insane."
Paying tribute to Patitz on Wednesday was Crawford, who recalled on Instagram her time with the late model.
"We were babies together in the fashion industry and I feel like we grew up together. We were in so many shoots together and backstage at shows," Crawford captioned a picture of her and Patitz.
"I found her soft-spoken, sensitive, kind, inquisitive, and who could ever forget those piercing eyes? Her love of animals and nature was infectious. Sending my condolences to her family - especially the son she adored. RIP."
Fashion photographer Nigel Barker tweeted Wednesday that he "will never forget her."
In Vogue's tribute published Wednesday, global editorial director Anna Wintour celebrated Patitz.
"Tatjana was always the European symbol of chic, like Romy Schneider-meets-Monica Vitti," she said. "She was far less visible than her peers - more mysterious, more grown-up, more unattainable - and that had its own appeal."
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Supermodel Tatjana Patitz, who graced the pages of magazines including British Vogue during the 1980s and 1990s, has died of metastatic breast cancer. She was 56. - REUTERS/Christian Charisius/File Photo
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