Sana Nawaz: Pakistani model and actress

Pakistani film actress and model Sana Nawaz, commonly known by her screen name Sana, became famous as a successful and talented actress in Lollywood film industry (of Pakistan), after her performance in director Syed Noor’s film Sangam (1997).

Shafique Hussain, an assistant producer of PTV and a relative of her mother, introduced her as a television actress, before she entered films. Noted films of Sana Nawaz include Jannat Ki Talash (1999), Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa (2002), Kyun Tumse Itna Pyar Hai (2005), Kaafila (2007), Ishq Be Parwah (2009) and Haseeno Ka Mela (2010).

Sana Nawaz married film actor Fakhar Imam in Lahore on December 13, 2008.

Portrait of Evelyn Nesbit by James Carroll Beckwith

PG Image: Portrait of Evelyn Nesbit (1900), oil painting by American Impressionist painter James Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917), size 31 inches x 26.5 inches.

Evelyn Nesbit, born as Florence Evelyn Nesbit, (1884-1967), an American artists' model and chorus girl, started working right in her early teenage years, when her father Winfield Scott Nesbit died leaving behind his wife and two children nearly destitute. By the time she reached adolescence her startling beauty attracted the attention of several local artists, including John Storm, and she was able to find employment as an artists' model.

In 1901 Evelyn Nesbit moved to New York City with her mother and younger brother. Using a letter of introduction from a Philadelphia artist, Evelyn met and posed for James Carroll Beckwith, who introduced her to other New York artists. Evelyn Nesbit was seductively beautiful with long wavy red hair and a slender, shapely figure. Soon she began modeling for artists Frederick S. Church, Herbert Morgan, Gertrude Käsebier, Carl Blenner and photographer Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr. Soon Evelyn Nesbit became one of the most sought after artists' models in New York.

Some of the most popular photos of Evelyn Nesbit are below:

Evelyn Nesbit's photo (cropped) by American photographer Gertrude Käsebier

Evelyn Nesbit at the age of 15 (1900)

Evelyn Nesbit at the age of 16 (1901)

'The rest of the model' by Antonio Cortina Farinós

PD Photo: El descanso de la modelo (The rest of the model), oil painting on canvas (1890) by Antonio Cortina Farinós (1841-1890), dimensions 56 cm x 42 cm, located at Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain.

Lise Tréhot, mistress of Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Photo: Lise Tréhot (1848-1922), mistress of French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), was the model for several of Renoir’s paintings. This snap, possibly of 1864, appeared in Burlington Magazine of May 1959/Collection Chéreau, Paris.