China Machado

Noelie Dasouza Machado (25 December 1929 18 December 2016), known as China Machado, was a Chinese-born American fashion model, editor, and television producer. She was the first model of color to appear in a major American fashion magazine, in the February 1959 issue of Harper’s Bazaar.

China Machado
Machado in 1962.
Born
Noelie da Souza Machado

(1929-12-25)25 December 1929
Shanghai, China
Died18 December 2016(2016-12-18) (aged 86)
Stony Brook, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)Fashion model, editor
Spouses
  • Martin LaSalle
    (m. 1957; div. 1965)
  • Riccardo Rosa
Children2
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