Margaux Hemingway was an American fashion model and actress. Margot Louise Hemingway was born in Portland, Oregon, and was the older sister of actress Mariel Hemingway and the granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway. When she learned that she was named for the wine, Château Margaux, which her parents, Puck and Jack Hemingway , were drinking the night she was conceived, she changed the original spelling from "Margot" to "Margaux" to match. In addition to Mariel, she had another sister, Joan. She grew up in Idaho on her grandfather's farm in Ketchum. She struggled with a variety of... disorders in addition to alcoholism, including bulimia and epilepsy. She allowed a video recording to be made of a therapy session related to her bulimia and it was broadcast on television. Hemingway also suffered from dyslexia. At six feet tall, Hemingway experienced success as a model, including a million-dollar contract for Fabergé as the spokesmodel for Babe perfume in the 1970s. This was the first million-dollar contract ever awarded to a fashion model.
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| Birthdate: | February 16, 1955 |
| Birthplace: | Portland, Oregon |
| Date of death: | July 1, 1996 |
| Height: | 6' 0" |