Tina Chow

Tina Chow , actually Bettina Louise Lutz (born April 18, 1950 in Lake View , Ohio , USA ; † January 24, 1992 in Pacific Palisades , Los Angeles , USA) was an American top model, AIDS activist and jewelry designer of Japanese descent.

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Tina Chow was born as the daughter of an American of German descent and a Japanese woman. At the age of 16 she went to Japan , where she worked for Shiseido .

In 1972 she married the restaurant owner, restaurateur and actor Michael Chow , with whom she had two children and who divorced in 1989. Some of her family members are also prominent, including her daughter China Chow , who is an actress and model, Tsai Chin , who is a singer and writer and one of her sister-in-law, and her sister Adelle Lutz , who is a well-known actress, costume designer and model. She was discovered in 1974 by the fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez , and in the early 1980s she rose to become one of the world's leading top models . She worked for important fashion designers such as Armani , Calvin Klein , Balenciaga , Yves Saint Laurent and Dior . They also portrayed important star photographers, such as Helmut Newton , Cecil Beaton , Herb Ritts , Andy Warhol . She began her second career as a jewelry designer, inspired by her good friend Andy Warhol. Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat were also good friends .

In 1985 she contracted the HIV virus , and in 1989 she was diagnosed with it. Since then, until her death at the age of 41, she worked as an AIDS activist.

Karl Lagerfeld once described her as the inventor of " minimal chic ". Kate Moss referred to her as her role model as a model.

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personal data
SURNAME	Chow, Tina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lutz, Bettina Louise (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American top model, AIDS activist and jewelry designer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 18, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lake View , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	January 24, 1992
Place of death	Pacific Palisades , Los Angeles