Tatiana Patitz

Tatiana Patitz — supermodel (big 5) with roots in the USSR influence

Tatiana Patitz was a German-American supermodel of Baltic-Swedish and Russian origin born in Hamburg who became one of the original five supermodels of the late 1980s and early 1990s — alongside Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, and Cindy Crawford. She appeared in the George Michael Freedom '90 video.

Tracing the roots — Hamburg (Baltic roots)

Born in Hamburg in 1966, Patitz's father was of Baltic German and Russian origin — the Baltic German community that lived within the Russian Empire for centuries before emigrating. Her Baltic-Russian heritage gives her a connection to the Russian Imperial world that shaped so much of Northern European history.

Historical context

Soviet Union (USSR) · 1922–1991

Hamburg (Baltic roots). At the time, this region was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.

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A career defined by ambition