Weathering History on Instagram: "Modeling as a distinct profession began in the mid-1800s when designer Charles Frederick Worth used his wife, Marie Vernet Worth, to showcase his designs, replacing mannequins with live women to show clothes in motion. The 1920s saw the rise of modeling agencies and schools, turning it into a recognized career, while the haute couturemid-20th century (1930s-1950s) brought the first “supermodels” like Lisa Fonssagrives, elevating models to recognizable figures th