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a cafe that she used to frequent with her ex-boyfriend when the owner noticed her. When Dupont tearfully explained her situation to him, the owner gave her some money and told her to return the next morning, promising that he would try to find her a job. When Dupont returned, the cafe owner took her to the
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with her boyfriend at the age of seventeen. Her town of origin is unknown. When she was abandoned by her boyfriend, Dupont found herself alone in an unfamiliar city. According to her biography written by Paul
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persuaded her to undress, and due to his encouragement, Dupont got used to posing without veils, becoming a nude model. Soon Dupont modeled for artists such as Tony Faivre,
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alongside a clay sketch of the work and his model. This theme of the artist with the model in the studio would be taken up again later by the artist. In the painting
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