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Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall.

Carine Roitfeld

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Carine Roitfeld
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 19
Editor
Editor-In-Chief
Fashion Designer
Journalist
Model
Paris
France
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Makes
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Ballet
Tall

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