Karen Bjornson

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| birth_place = Galesburg, Illinois, US

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| known_for = One of Halston's Halstonettes

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| occupation = Model

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Karen Bjornson (born 1952) is an American model. She is best known as one of Halston's Halstonettes. In 2019, she was one of many of his former models to be interviewed for the documentary film Halston.

Bjornson was born in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1952. She later moved with her family to Cincinnati.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Bjornson moved to New York, and a month later met Halston, who hired her immediately.{{cite web|url=https://www.allure.com/story/timeless-supermodel-karen-bjornson|title=Timeless Supermodel: Karen Bjornson|first=Elizabeth|last=Angell|date=27 August 2010|website=allure.com|access-date=13 August 2018}} She went on to appear on the cover of Newsweek and Cosmopolitan.

Bjornson retired in the early 1980s to start a family, and returned to modelling in the early 2000s at the age of 50.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/03/nyregion/front-row.html|title=Front Row|first=Ruth |last=La Ferla|date=3 June 2003|website=The New York Times|access-date=13 August 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/fashion/supermodels-as-they-age-is-focus-of-documentary.html|title=Supermodels as They Age Are Focus of Documentary|first=Ruth |last=La Ferla|date=25 July 2012|website=The New York Times|access-date=13 August 2018}}

She is married to interior designer Timothy Macdonald. They have two daughters, and have lived in Darien, Connecticut, since 1989.