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Her father, Theodore Miller, an engineer, inventor and businessman, introduced Lee and her brothers John and Erik to photography at an early age.

She was his model — with many stereoscopic photographs taken of a teenage Lee in the nude — and he also showed her technical aspects of the art.

At age 19, she was stopped from walking in front of a car on a Manhattan street by the founder of Vogue, Condé Nast, thus launching her modeling career when she appeared on the cover of the March 15, 1927 edition, in an illustration by George Lepape.

For the next two years, she was one of the most sought after models in New York, photographed by the likes of Edward Steichen, Arnold Genthe, and Nickolas Murray.

A photograph of Lee by Steichen was used to advertise Kotex, a female hygienic product, causing a scandal and effectively ending her career as a fashion model.