Duran Duran Rio Cover

About Duran Duran have always reveled in the shadows, playing with artistic, aesthetic, and emotional extremes. As much as you can move and shout along to the timeless chants of “Hungry Like the Wolf,” “Ordinary World,” or “Rio,” it feels most natural do so under the cover of night.

Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Napa woman revealed as Duran Duran’s ‘Rio’ cover girl. Here’s what happened when one of the group’s superfans set out to meet her

Napa woman revealed as Duran Duran’s ‘Rio’ cover girl. Here’s what happened when one of the group’s superfans set out to meet her

Yahoo: After 40+ Years, the Woman on Duran Duran's Rio Album Cover Has Been Identified — What to Know About the '80s Icon

After 40+ Years, the Woman on Duran Duran's Rio Album Cover Has Been Identified — What to Know About the '80s Icon

Yahoo: Mystery Model that Inspired Duran Duran's “Rio” Album Cover Identified 42 Years Later — and She Had No Idea

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Model Marcie Hunt said she danced to "Rio" at her wedding, but had no idea a fashion spread she'd done in 1981 had inspired the famous album cover Emma McIntyre/Getty Duran Duran (L-R Roger Taylor, ...

Mystery Model that Inspired Duran Duran's “Rio” Album Cover Identified 42 Years Later — and She Had No Idea

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The cover of Duran Duran's 1982 sophomore LP Rio sports one of the most recognizable smiles in album art, and over four decades on from its release, the inspiration for the image has been found.

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Yahoo News Canada: Mystery Model that Inspired Duran Duran's “Rio” Album Cover Identified 42 Years Later — and She Had No Idea