Anne de Zogheb
Egyptian-born British-Lebanese model and art collector
Anne Alison de Zogheb (2 October 1942 – 29 March 2017), also known as Anne Anka, was an Egyptian-born model and art collector. She was married to singer Paul Anka from 1963 to 2000.
Early life
Anne Alison de Zogheb was born on 2 October 1942 in Alexandria, Egypt to Lebanese diplomat Charles de Zogheb and an English mother. She had a twin sister and was of English, Lebanese, French, Dutch, and Greek descent. Her grandfather was educated in France and was knighted by the King of Italy. The Zoghebs were a wealthy Syro-Lebanese Catholic family originally from Damascus who had been resident in Alexandria since the 19th-century.
Anne's family fled to England as a result of the Egyptian revolution of 1952, where she was placed in a convent school and then a finishing school. She dropped out of the latter and subsequently moved to Paris.
Career
Upon moving to Paris, Zogheb began working at a small fashion house. Encouraged by her then-boyfriend, she visited the offices of Dorian Leigh and, within a few weeks, booked her first modeling job.
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