Background
Mason was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and educated in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Career
She was modeling in Boston in 1942, then moved to New York to pursue a career in modeling. Mason was featured on the cover of the first issue of Seventeen magazine in 1944. In May 1945, a photograph of Mason posing with the makings of an M-69 Incendiary cluster bomb of the type being used in Japan.
In June 1945, she was the pin-up girl in Yank, the Army Weekly.
In late 1945 and early 1946, newspapers dubbed her "America"s Cover Girl" for 1946. In March 1947, Mason was featured on the cover of Life magazine, posing in a hat in front of Monet"s painting, The Water Lilies.
She also appeared in advertising for the soft drink, Doctor Pepper. Mason was still active in modeling in the early 1950s.
