Lisa Fonssagrives
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Lisa Fonssagrives was a pioneering Swedish fashion model widely regarded as the first supermodel, celebrated for her work with top photographers and major magazines in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lisa Fonssagrives canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11564460 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lisa Fonssagrives Context triple: [Irving Penn, spouse, Lisa Fonssagrives]
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A.
Françoise Noguès
Françoise Noguès is a French physician best known as the mother of Brigitte Macron, the First Lady of France.
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B.
Yvette Giraud
Yvette Giraud was a French traditional pop singer known for her romantic chansons and popularity in both France and Japan in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Suzanne Jolibois
Suzanne Jolibois was the wife of French phenomenologist and philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
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D.
Suzanne Ferrière
Suzanne Ferrière was a Swiss social worker and humanitarian known for her influential role in the International Committee of the Red Cross during the first half of the 20th century.
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E.
Jeannine Guillou
Jeannine Guillou was a French painter and the first wife and close artistic companion of the Russian-born French artist Nicolas de Staël.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lisa Fonssagrives Target entity description: Lisa Fonssagrives was a pioneering Swedish fashion model widely regarded as the first supermodel, celebrated for her work with top photographers and major magazines in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Françoise Noguès
Françoise Noguès is a French physician best known as the mother of Brigitte Macron, the First Lady of France.
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B.
Yvette Giraud
Yvette Giraud was a French traditional pop singer known for her romantic chansons and popularity in both France and Japan in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Suzanne Jolibois
Suzanne Jolibois was the wife of French phenomenologist and philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
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D.
Suzanne Ferrière
Suzanne Ferrière was a Swiss social worker and humanitarian known for her influential role in the International Committee of the Red Cross during the first half of the 20th century.
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E.
Jeannine Guillou
Jeannine Guillou was a French painter and the first wife and close artistic companion of the Russian-born French artist Nicolas de Staël.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Swedish person
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fashion model ⓘ person ⓘ supermodel ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn ⓘ |
| birthName | Lisa Birgitta Bernstone ⓘ |
| burialPlace | New York, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| child | Tom Penn ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sweden ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1911-05-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1992-02-04 ⓘ |
| describedAs | first supermodel ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Swedish ⓘ |
| fullName | Lisa Birgitta Bernstone ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | fashion photography ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborations with leading fashion photographers
ⓘ
elegant, sculptural poses ⓘ |
| laterLivedIn |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
Paris, France ⓘ
linked to:
Paris
|
| modeledFor |
Balenciaga
ⓘ
Christian Dior ⓘ Elsa Schiaparelli ⓘ |
| nationality | Swedish ⓘ |
| occupation |
dancer
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fashion model ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Gothenburg, Sweden
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linked to:
Gothenburg
|
| placeOfDeath |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| retiredFrom | professional modeling ⓘ |
| retirementActivity | sculpture ⓘ |
| spouse |
Fernand Fonssagrives
ⓘ
Irving Penn ⓘ |
| studiedAt | school of dance in Berlin ⓘ |
| trainedAs | dancer ⓘ |
| workedFor |
Harper's Bazaar
ⓘ
linked to:
Harper’s Bazaar
Vogue ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Erwin Blumenfeld
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George Hoyningen-Huene ⓘ Horst P. Horst ⓘ Irving Penn ⓘ Richard Avedon ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lisa Fonssagrives Description of subject: Lisa Fonssagrives was a pioneering Swedish fashion model widely regarded as the first supermodel, celebrated for her work with top photographers and major magazines in the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (1)
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