In her book Cleopatra's NoseJudith Thurman writes 39 stories about the quest for beauty of one form or another (be it literature, photography, fashion etc.).

One chapter is about the famous photographer of the 1950's - Avedon - and here he mentions that all the most famous models of the day have noses. "Notice they all have noses. The heroic age of the nose has since ended."

Avedon worked with the famous models (see photos) listed below.

Barbara Mullen
Dovima
China Machado
Carmen
Audrey Hepburn
Suzy Parker
Dorian Leigh