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[[Image:2005cover.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Carolyn Murphy on the cover of [[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue]] (2005)]]

'''Carolyn Murphy''', born on [[August 11]], [[1975]], in [[Fort Walton Beach]], [[Florida]], [[USA]], is an internationally acclaimed [[Model (person)|model]].

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She is featured on the cover of the [[2005]] [[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue]]. She was [[VH1]]/[[Vogue magazine|Vogue]]'s "Model of the Year" in [[1998]]. She is currently the face of [[Estee Lauder]], replacing [[Elizabeth Hurley]] as the company's primary spokesperson.

Carolyn grew up throughout Northwest Florida spending most of her childhood in a trailer park in [[Panama City, Florida]]. At the age of 16 she was spotted by Mary Lou Nash, owner and operateroperator of Mary Lou's Models, a [[modeling agency]]. Nash saw Carolyn's potential and soon she was modeling in local ads and magazines throughout Florida and Alabama.

When she graduated from high school Murphy moved to [[Milan]] to further her modeling career. Her career kicked into high-gear when she bleached her hair plaitnumplatinum blondeblond for a photo shoot ruining her hair and causing it to fall out. Because of this she had to get a boyishly short hair cut which made her popular with many top photographers and soon she was in major magazines such as [[Harper's Bazaar]] and Vogue and was named VH1sVH1's "Model of the Year" at the 1998 FasionFashion Awards.

Murphy married surf shop owner Jake Schroeder whom she met on vacation. She gave birth to their daughter Dylan Blue on 28 December 2000 and the three posed for Vogue magazine as Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, and Frances Bean Cobain.

The couple split in 2002 and Murphy began seeing [[Brandon Boyd]] of the band [[Incubus|Incubus (band)]].

== Facts & Stats ==

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*Discovered by Mary Lou's Models at the age of 16

*Won the VH1 Fashion & Music award for 'Model of the Year' (1998)

*Appeared on the cover Vogue's "Models of the MilleniumMillennium" (1999)

*Awarded the coveted title of Estee Lauder spokesmodel (2001)

*Appeared in [[Playboy]] Lingerie calendar (2002)

*Cover model SI's[[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit EditionIssue]] (2005)

*Carolyn enjoys rollerblading

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When informed she had made the cover, Murphy said, ""I never thought I'd make the pages of Sports Illustrated, because I've always been skinny. But after I had my daughter, I had hips, I had boobs..."[http://www.askmen.com/women/models_100/118_carolyn_murphy.html]

==External links==

[http://www.fmd1.com/models/Carolyn_Murphy Carolyn Murphy's profile in the FMD-database]

[[Category:1975 births|Murphy, Carolyn]]

[[Category:Supermodels|Murphy, Carolyn]]

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