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Christine Valmy (Cristina Xantopol) was born on 25 October, 1926 in Bucharest, Romania, is a Christine Valmy was esthetician, consultant. Discover Christine Valmy's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?

Popular As Cristina Xantopol
Occupation Entrepreneur, consultant, esthetician
Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 25 October, 1926
Birthday 25 October
Birthplace Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 2015
Died Place Bucharest, Romania
Nationality Romania

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1501

The school is currently located at 1501 Broadway, in the heart of Times Square.

She was also the Executive Vice President of Christine Valmy Inc.

1926

Christine Valmy (October 25, 1926 – January 18, 2015) was a Romanian-American esthetician, consultant, and entrepreneur known as a pioneer in the fields of skin care and esthetics in the United States.

Christine Valmy was born Cristina Xantopol in Bucharest, Romania in 1926.

1946

She graduated from the law school of the University of Bucharest in 1946.

During this period, she took a course in dermatology and skin care, which later formed the foundation of her career as an esthetician.

1948

In 1948, she opened her first salon in Bucharest, offering skin treatments based on traditional botanical remedies.

1959

To avoid the Communist pressures imposed by the Soviet Union, along with her mother and young daughter Marina, she emigrated to Greece in 1959.

1960

After working as the representative of a cosmetics company for Greece and Israel, Valmy and her family emigrated in the United States in 1960 penniless and unable to speak the language.

In New York City, Cristina Xantopol changed her name to Christine Valmy, inspired by the victory of the French over the Austrians during the French Revolution.

After working in various places as an esthetician, she opened her own salon, but found teaching more rewarding.

She persevered with her own techniques, now collectively known as the "Valmy method", with a philosophy to "reveal not to conceal" the natural beauty of a healthy, well-functioning skin.

1966

Valmy founded the first esthetician school in the United States in 1966, and is widely credited as one of the most influential figures in modern aesthetics.

In June 1966, Christine Valmy opened her first skin care school in New York.

Her next step was to create an American association of skin care specialists (estheticians), an association which gained the respect of the international governing body of skin care professionals, CIDESCO.

"[T]hrough her years", said the National Cosmetologists Association, "she has brought respectability and professionalism not only to the skin care and esthetics specialties but to cosmetology at large."

1968

In April 1968, Christine Valmy was awarded a special merit honor by the French Congress of Aesthetics at Versailles, France for promoting the esthetics profession in the United States.

1975

In 1975, after graduating with a master's degree from Boston University, her daughter Marina Valmy combined her knowledge of Chinese and Ayurvedic herbs, medicinal plants, oriental treatments and chemistry to create a laboratory where she could create all-natural products.

The company’s laboratory is in Pine Brook, New Jersey, where it develops, manufactures and warehouses its products.

1976

In 1976, President Gerald Ford nominated Christine Valmy as the Business Person of the Year for the State of New Jersey, where her second school and laboratories are located.

Valmy was a member of many boards of different groups.

She was also a trustee of Famous People and People International, an organization founded by President Eisenhower to promote friendship and understanding in the world.

She took part in the functions of the American Beauty Association (ABA), and acted as a chairperson of a politically active group of former Romanian immigrants, Concerned Romanian Immigrants for a Strong America.

1981

She also won the outstanding Republican Ethnic Woman of the Year award in 1981.

1985

In 1985, Christine Valmy was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to serve on the United States National Council on Vocational Education, in recognition of her contribution in the education field, and to assist in developing the country’s policies on vocational education, in which capacity she served until 1991.

1992

"She is the originator of the skincare industry in this country, a fact that led the 92nd Congress of the United States to award her a citation fostering skin care as a profession in America".

In 1992, Marina Valmy became Director of the Christine Valmy International School in New York.

2015

Christine Valmy died in Bucharest on January 18, 2015.

Christine Valmy is the author of three books on skin care and esthetics: