Honor Fraser (born 1973) is a Scottish art dealer in California and a former

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. She is the sister of

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and chief of

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, and the granddaughter of

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. She was brought up at the family seat Beaufort Castle in Scotland. She left St. Mary's School, Calne with three

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. After school she began an internship at British ''Vogue'', where it was suggested that she try modelling. Fraser was the cover girl on the

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compilation album '' More Than This'', released in 1995. Her first magazine cover was for French ''

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'' (11 March 1996). From 1997–2002, she wrote a column for the Scottish magazine ''

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''. Fraser married Stavros Merjos in 2004. She lives in

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, and owns an art gallery, Honor Fraser Inc., in

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