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She was born  Donna Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto.

Her father was Don Filippo Caracciolo, 8th Prince di Castagneto, 3rd Duke di Melito, and hereditary Patrician of Naples, making her a Neapolitan princess. She assisted photographer Erwin Blumenfeld in New York and contributed her own images to Vogue, married …