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'I am and remain the first Lebanese model': Andrée Acouri passes the torch to Sandra Chidiac

One is an ex-top model and former muse of haute couture houses, the other a photographer for “Vogue Arabia,” among other magazines. For L'Orient-Le Jour, they agreed to play the game of generational, social and aesthetic differences. 

'I am and remain the first Lebanese model': Andrée Acouri passes the torch to Sandra Chidiac

Andrée Acouri and Sandra Chidiac meet again in Beirut in September 2024 to speak with L'Orient-Le Jour. (Credit: Laurent Selinder)

In a large, warmly-colored living room, Andrée Acouri scrolled through a hundred black-and-white snapshots on a smartphone held with the tips of her candy-pink fingernails. With a lively gaze, the soon-to-be 84-year-old former supermodel recalled...
In a large, warmly-colored living room, Andrée Acouri scrolled through a hundred black-and-white snapshots on a smartphone held with the tips of her candy-pink fingernails. With a lively gaze, the soon-to-be 84-year-old former supermodel recalled...