# Christine Yufon > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Christine_Yufon > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Christine_Yufon.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Yufon > Source revision: 1324717383 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Chinese-Brazilian model and artist **Christine Yufon** (January 18, 1923 – January 7, 2024) was a Chinese-French-Brazilian model, businesswoman, and artist. ## Biography Christine Yufon was born in [Beijing](/source/Beijing) in 1923.[1][2][3] As a child, she studied at an [American school](/source/International_school) in China.[3] In 1947, she married the French engineer Georges Constant Collet.[3][4] The couple lived in [Shanghai](/source/Shanghai) until the city was taken over by the [Communists](/source/Chinese_Communist_Party) in 1949, when they had to leave for [Paris](/source/Paris).[3][5] Their property, including farmland and a cigarette factory, was seized by the new Chinese government, and she left behind her family's art collection.[2][4] From France, Yufon migrated to Brazil in 1951, settling in the [São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo) neighborhood of [Higienópolis](/source/Consola%C3%A7%C3%A3o_(district_of_S%C3%A3o_Paulo)).[1][5][6] It was there that her modeling career began, when the social columnist and future nightclub magnate [Ricardo Amaral](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ricardo_Amaral&action=edit&redlink=1) [[pt](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Amaral)] convinced her participate in a grand ball in São Paulo.[3] Yufon worked as a model for the old Casa Vogue and became a muse for the French designer [Jacques Heim](/source/Jacques_Heim).[1][3][7] She was one of Brazil's first Asian models.[1][8] Then, in the 1960s, she founded her pioneering [etiquette](/source/Etiquette) school, which taught posture, philosophy, and values to the general public as well as politicians, artists, and members of high society.[1][2][3][7] In the 1970s, she worked with Angioleta Miroglio-Cattani to promote artists and jewelers through their gallery, Miroglio & Yufon.[4] Over the years, she began to produce sculpture herself, which was exhibited in various venues including the [São Paulo Museum of Art](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_Museum_of_Art) in the 1980s.[1][3][6] Her work, in bronze, wood, and stone, was inspired by her youth in China.[2][6] At the invitation of the Chinese government, in the late 1980s, she presented her work in her homeland.[1] Her sculptural practice evolved into producing pieces of jewelry and "wearable art."[5] Yufon continued modeling in her later years, serving as a muse for the designer [Dudu Bertholini](/source/Dudu_Bertholini).[1][3][6] She died in São Paulo, at age 100, in 2024.[1][6][8] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:0_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-:0_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-:0_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-:0_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-:0_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-:0_1-8) ["Christine Yufon morre aos 100 anos"](https://elle.com.br/moda/christine-yufon-morre-aos-100-anos). *ELLE Brasil* (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-01-07. Retrieved 2025-01-14. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:1_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:1_2-3) Reis, Ivan (2024-01-10). ["Christine Yufon: morreu artista que marcou a moda brasileira"](https://www.revistalofficiel.com.br/moda/christine-yufon-conheca-o-legado-fashion-da-artista). *L'Officiel Brasil* (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-14. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:2_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:2_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:2_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:2_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-:2_3-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-:2_3-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-:2_3-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-:2_3-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-:2_3-8) Linhares, Alice (December 2014). ["Além da Beleza Que o Outro Enxerga"](https://issuu.com/03552/docs/revista_f_-_ed_14_web). *F: Cultura de Moda* (in Portuguese). 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