Dovima; Regal Model

Dovima, 63, sophisticated, regal model of the 1950s. Born Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba in Jackson Heights, N.Y., she constructed her professional name from the first two letters of her three given names. In 1955, photographer Richard Avedon posed her in a sashed black evening gown between two elephants. The picture in Harper’s Bazaar became one of the most widely anthologized of all fashion photographs. In Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on Thursday of liver cancer.