Carmen Dell’Orefice turned 80 on June 3, 2011. However, she isn’t just your run of the mill American octogenarian. Granted, I do know quite a few people over the age of 80 that still go play tennis regularly and go to the casino with their great-grandchildren but I don’t know many who are still working. Dell’Orefice is not just working. She is making money in one of the most fickle fields possible.
Dell’Orefice started modeling at a young age and was featured on the cover of Vogue at the age of 15. Most recently she walked in the Alberta Ferretti show in Italy on January 11, 2011 and in the Vittadini Mercedes-Benz Fall 2011 show in New York on February 16, 2011.
With a face like that it is no wonder she is still working but the real question is why? I’m sure she enjoys her job but I’m guessing part of the reason has to do with the fact that she lost her entire life savings in the Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme. Dell’Orefice and her boyfriend, Norman Levy, were close friends of the Madoffs so you can imagine her surprise when she found out about the betrayal.
Either way, she has soldiered on and is making it work.
