Supermodel, 83, graces magazine cover

By Katia Hetter, CNN

Updated 1955 GMT (0355 HKT) February 13, 2015

Model Carmen Dell'Orefice, 83, graces the cover of New You magazine, on newsstands now.
Photos: Supermodel Carmen Dell'Orefice
Model Carmen Dell'Orefice, 83, graces the cover of New You magazine, on newsstands now.
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Dell'Orefice, who got her first Vogue cover at age 15, defies the ageism in the modeling industry, which tends to focus on young women.
Photos: Supermodel Carmen Dell'Orefice
Dell'Orefice, who got her first Vogue cover at age 15, defies the ageism in the modeling industry, which tends to focus on young women.
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Dell'Orefice says she's worked more in the past 25 years than in the previous era of her career.
Photos: Supermodel Carmen Dell'Orefice
Dell'Orefice says she's worked more in the past 25 years than in the previous era of her career.
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Dell'Orefice attended the "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York.
Photos: Supermodel Carmen Dell'Orefice
Dell'Orefice attended the "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York.
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Dell'Orefice and photographer Victor Skrebneski, winner of the Lucie award for "Outstanding Achievement in Fashion," attended the 11th Annual Lucie Awards at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall on October 27, 2013 in New York.
Photos: Supermodel Carmen Dell'Orefice
Dell'Orefice and photographer Victor Skrebneski, winner of the Lucie award for "Outstanding Achievement in Fashion," attended the 11th Annual Lucie Awards at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall on October 27, 2013 in New York.
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Dell'Orefice still walks the runway at fashion shows. Here she strolled the runway at the Norisol Ferrari Spring 2013 fashion show on September 10, 2012 in New York.