The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists

Read about the leaders, artists, enterpreneurs and thinkers who, in your opinion, deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100 —Scott Brown and Michelle Kung

CARINE ROITFELD

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AGE: 53
OCCUPATION: Editor in chief of French Vogue
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: Roitfeld's been called "the stilettoed embodiment of modern dressing" by the New York Times. She calls her style "tacky chic"; "tacky cheek" might be closer to the mark: she once featured a model on her cover dressed as an Anna Wintour clone.

CON: Anna Wintour has a long memory. And we hear she goes to France sometimes. Also, a rumored hop to Harper's Bazaar didn't materialize.

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