Coco Chanel
By: Keislha Perez
Chanel
Real name, Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel.
She was born in 1883 in a workhouse where her unmarried mother worked. Later she claimed she was born in 1893 making her self 10 years younger. Her mother died when she was 12 years old leaving her father with five children.
She claimed that when her mother died, her father left them and sailed to america and she was sent to an orphanage. She also claimed that her mother died when she was 6 instead of 12.