• Becoming Dovima, the “Dollar-a-Minute Girl”. After recovery, she married young. The new couple lived with Dorothy’s parents in their Jackson Heights brick apartment.
  • Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba (December 11, 1927 – May 3, 1990), known professionally as Dovima, was an American supermodel during the 1950s.
  • The name “Dovima” is composed of the first two letters of her three given names. ... Despite her success, Dovima’s personal life was fraught with difficulties.
  • The dress was so iconic that it was later dubbed the “Dovima Dress”. Dovima’s career came to an end in 1959, when she retired from modeling.
  • She invented at that time an imaginary friend called Dovima, a play on words from the two initials of their three first names, they should use it as a stage name later.
  • Reputed to be highest paid model of her time, Dovima worked closely with Richard Avedon, whose photograph of her in a floor-length black evening gown...
  • Of all the top models of the 1950s Dovima is perhaps the most well-known. Her fabulously unique model name came from a combination of all of her names...
  • At 5th place, Dovima is the highest placing contestant on Drag Race España to never win a Maxi Challenge or at least place in the top on any episode.