Cornelia Guest Biography
Cornelia Guest is a New York socialite, author, actor, and the International Debutante Ball’s Debutante of the Decade for the 1980s.
How old is Cornelia Guest? – Age
She is 59 years old as of 28 November 2022. She was born in 1963 in New York, New York, United States. Her real name is Cornelia Cochrane Churchill Guest.
Cornelia Guest Family – Education
Guest is the daughter of Winston Guest, a British polo champion, and socialite Lucy “C.Z.” Douglas Cochrane. She was Winston Guest’s fourth and final child, as well as C.Z. Guest’s second and final child. Lady Cornelia Spencer-Churchill, a daughter of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, inspired her name. Her godparents were friends of her parents, Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor and Wallis, Duchess of Windsor.
Guest attended Foxcroft School but dropped out at the age of 15 and earned her high school graduation through correspondence. Guest, like her father, became a skilled equestrian and rode competitively. Her mother died in 2003, and she continued to ride.
Was Cornelia Guest ever Married? – Husband
She is a vegan who advocates for animal welfare and has never married.
Cornelia Guest Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Cornelia Guest Book
Her book, The Debutante’s Guide to Life, was released in 1986. Guest performed “It’s My Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To” on Late Night with David Letterman as part of the book tour for The Debutante’s Guide to Life.
Cornelia Guest’s Simple Pleasures: Healthy Seasonal Cooking & Easy Entertaining, a vegan cookbook and entertaining guide, was released in June 2012. In 2010, she also started a vegan catering business. According to the webpage for Guests’ events, “the menus are not limited to vegan and vegetarian options.”
Cornelia Guest Animal rights
Guest is a vegan who has advocated for animal welfare. Her upmarket handbag range for Bloomingdale’s and 50 other stores does not include any leather purses. Guest stood naked in 2011 as part of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) continuous “I’d rather go naked than wear fur” campaign.
Guest was named Brand Ambassador for Donna Salyers’ Fabulous Furs, a Covington, Kentucky-based fashion brand that specialized in fake fur clothing and items, in August 2015, and the company revealed intentions to debut between five and ten designs for the autumn 2016 season.
Guest relocated to Dallas, Texas, in January 2020, to provide a better home for the animals she has rescued, which include mini horses, donkeys, Guinea hens, a Sulcata tortoise, ducks, chickens, peacocks, cats, and dogs. Guest is a member of the board of directors of the Humane Society of New York, an animal adoption facility and veterinary clinic.
Cornelia Guest Career
Cornelia made her presentation in the colder time of year of 1981-1982 at the Global Debutante Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. Her eighteenth birthday celebration party included creator Truman Overcoat (a family companion), Sovereign Egon von Fürstenberg (1946-2004), supermodel Cheryl Tiegs, John Bowes-Lyon who is Sovereign Elizabeth’s cousin, Andy Warhol (another cherished companion), make-up craftsman Way Quibble, beneficiary and donor Doris Duke, and Jerry Zipkin, a socialite, escort, and friend of First Woman Nancy Reagan, as visitors. Overcoat, a Visitor family companion, clarified for Individuals magazine why Visitor’s soiree pulled in such countless big names, royals, and influential individuals.
Visitor was 1982’s Deb of the Year and was named the Deb of the Ten years in 1986. The New York Times referred to her as “the first ‘celebutante.'” As the paper noted at that point, “Before her, debs hushed up about their desires. They planned to blend with the similarly elegant and afterward wed. Cornelia had various plans: she needed to be an entertainer. ‘Cornelia is some number,’ her mom said when Cornelia had left New York for Hollywood. ‘She is a star, and she needs to be a whiz.'”
Visitor was a steady presence in the general public press and the public news consistently – incorporating a photograph shoot in which she showed up “topless in Time magazine, her hands covering her bosoms.” She showed up in Time, Life, Individuals, New York magazine and The Washington Post. Some were reproachful of Visitor’s colorfulness and self-advancement specifically and of the resurgence of debutante balls, with the pamper enjoying that accompanies them, overall.
Soon after the release of her memoir, Guest moved to Hollywood to pursue an acting career, rapidly acquiring the services of an agency as well as Sandra Seacat, a well-known acting instructor. Beginning around 1989, Guest appeared in primarily minor roles. She was a spokesman for the luxury LaPrairie skin-care line in the early 2000s. Guest joined “Team Guy” in the second season of Food Network’s Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off in 2013. She made an appearance on Twin Peaks in 2017.