Hugrún "Huggy" Ragnarsson is an American fashion
photographer
A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs.
Duties and types of photographers
As in other ...
and former
fashion model
A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Thoug ...
,
born in
Reykjavík
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,
Iceland
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. She moved to the United States when she was 11 months old and her mother only 19.
In 1980, she won the first ''Teen'' magazine "Great Model Search." In November 1981, she competed in the
Miss Teen USA
Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant formerly run, since 1983, by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. Unlike its sister pageants Miss Universe, which currently broadcasts on Fox and Miss USA, this pageant is webcast on the M ...
pageant and won the title of 1982 Miss Teen USA, with her reign ending in November 1982.
While modeling, Ragnarsson turned her attention to fashion photography, which became her full-time career. She has photographed many famous faces, including
Lisa Snowdon
Lisa Snowdon
7 May 2001, ''People''
.
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She served as one of the judges on the modelling reality show '' Britain's Next Top Model'' for two cycles.
]
References
External links
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Living people
American female models
American photographers
Icelandic emigrants to the United States
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women