Carla Rigg

Carla Rigg (Buenos Aires, Argentina 20 January 1961) is a Lithuanian model, fashion designer, entrepreneur and writer. She was born as Karmen Jakaviciute - Grimalauskaite Janaviciute. He is daughter of the pianist and theatre director Liudas Jakavicius - Grimalauskas and of Grazina Janaviciene - Jakaviciene - Grimalauskiene, aunt of the Lithuanian businessman Zenonas Janavicius. Also she is granddaughter of the writer Liudvikas Jakavicius. Her family was part of the Lithuanian Diaspora who lived in the exile by the Soviet occupation of Lithuania and that returned to Lithuania after the fall of the communism regime. Carla Rigg has had the opportunity to live in Argentina, Mexico and Lithuania.

Argentina

Carla Rigg was born in family a of artists and her talent manifested itself very early. When she was a teenager she tried to start a career as an actress participating in The Famous TV show "Operación jaja" with the popular Argentinean actor Jorge Porcel. Also she tried to start a career as a singer, singing in the Discothèque Vvanna, one of the most exclusive night clubs of Buenos Aires, Argentina. However, modeling was what led her to leave Argentina and start a successful career in Mexico City in 1982.

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Mexico

From 1982 to 1984 she worked for RB Models, the best models agency of Mexico. Also she had a few extra roles in American films, like in Dune by David Lynch. In 1984 she leave her career as a model to gave birth to her son Liudvikas Jakavičius - Grimalauskas as single mother. That same year his life took an unexpected turn and she began a career in senior public relations, becoming the Public Relations of Alfredo del Mazo Gónzalez (Governor of the State of Mexico), occupying that position until 1987. From 1987 to 1993 she collaborated as Public Relations Executive Officer of The Council of Mexico City. In 1993 she graduated as fashion designer from Jannette Klein Fashion Design University, the best fashion design University in Latin America. There she was pupil of the famous Mexican fashion designer Héctor Terrones. Also she specialized in design, patterning and marketing. In 1994 she opened her own Fashion House under the trademark Carla Rigg, her name as professional model. Her company of haute couture was working during two years and she had the opportunity to design the wearing of different personalities of the Mexican high society like Nilda Patricia de Zedillo Velasco (wife of the former President of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León), Socorro Bonilla (actress) or Manoella Torres (singer), to name a few. In 1996 her company went bankrupt because Mexico had the worst economic crisis in the Mexican modern history. All the raw material that Carla Rigg Fashion House used for their production was imported from USA, France and Italy and the company had to pay their goods in USD to all their suppliers, when the USD triplicate their value. So all the exclusive and expensive clothes of haute couture of Carla Rigg Fashion House, triplicate their cost in a scenario of crisis. Her boutique was located in a mall in Jardines del Pedregal, one of the most exclusive neighborhoods of Mexico City and Latin America. From 1996 to 2005 Carla Rigg worked as Real Estate Advisor specialized in Luxury properties in America and Europe.

Lithuania

In 2005 after living in the exile all his life, Carla Rigg decided to return with his son Liudvikas Jakavičius - Grimalauskas to her roots in Lithuania and recover Lithuanian citizenship. Now she work as a writer like her grandfather Liudvikas Jakavicius. This year 2012 will go on sale her first book, whose theme will be the autobiography of her sister, the actress Marcia Bell. In that book she will relate the trajectory of her sister as an actress, singer and composer, besides Marcia´s romances with great personalities like Charles Aznavour, Camilo Sesto or HRH Gonzalo, Duke of Aquitaine. She is a Lithuanian socialite who enjoy participating in lot of social activities and spends a significant amount of time promoting the work and life of her grandfather Liudvikas Jakavicius.

References

• Pasaulio anykštėnų bendrija - Carla Rigg (2012)
• Skrastas Newspaper - Carla Rigg (2011)
• LITERATURA.LT - Carla Rigg 2011
• L. Peleckis / Baltas lapas - lyg altorius / Varpai / pp. 242 – 247 / ISBN 9986-499-25-9 (1995)