Posted by Eva Voorhees on March 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
It’s all about the animals in my opinion. Rescue, adopt, spay, neuter: make a difference! At the age of 15, an English boy living with his family in Bulgaria followed his heart. He risked his life to save the life of a fox that was being beaten mercilessly by a group of men. This story… Read More »
Posted by Eva Voorhees on March 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Real Men Are Kind To Animals Are you a real man? You are if you are also kind to women!
Posted by Eva Voorhees on March 6, 2011 · 3 Comments
I first met Patty Owen in the early 80s when we were booked for some low budget (Cleopatra Jones Meets Emmanuelle) French film. Since we arrived in Perpignan and to the production under false pretenses, (it was a soft porn film!) we stormed out and went back to Paris where we got horribly plastered and… Read More »
Posted by Eva Voorhees on February 8, 2011 · 2 Comments
I’ve always been fascinated by Beauty and Harmony in general, because of that, becoming a fashion photographer has been a natural consequence of my great Love for pictures. Clothes are just an expedient for telling a story made of seduction where the true protagonist was a woman with her charme and her mystery. The photograph… Read More »
Posted by Eva Voorhees on February 6, 2011 · 11 Comments
Fashion, it can be said, are what dreams are made of. The clothes, make-up artistry, photography and the models are what provide the fuel for these dreams. Interviewing Tara Shannon for supermodelicons.com fulfilled one of my dreams and it was a joy to do. They say that blondes have more fun, but I believe Tara… Read More »
Posted by Eva Voorhees on January 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Suzy Parker (October 28, 1932 – May 3, 2003) was an American model and actress active from 1947 into the early 1960s. Her modeling career reached its zenith during the 1950s when she appeared on the cover of dozens of magazines, advertisements, and in movie and television roles. She appeared in several Revlon advertisements, but… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on January 23, 2011 · 2 Comments
Natalia Mikhailovna Vodianova (born 28 February 1982) is a Russian model and philanthropist who now permanently resides in the United Kingdom. Born in Gorky, USSR (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia), Natalia Vodianova grew up in a poor district of the city with her mother and two half sisters, one of whom has cerebral palsy. As a… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on January 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Liya Kebede (born January 3, 1978) is an Ethiopian model, maternal health advocate, clothing designer and actress who has appeared third times on the cover of US Vogue . According to Forbes, Kebede was eleventh-highest-paid top model in the world in 2007. Since 2005, Kebede has served as the WHO’s Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on January 23, 2011 · 1 Comment
Lily Monica Donaldson (born 27 January 1987) is a British model. Donaldson was born in London, and educated at the Camden School for Girls, living in Kentish Town with her parents. Since being scouted by Select Model Management in 2003 at the age of 16 while shopping in Camden, Donaldson has landed campaigns for fashion… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on January 22, 2011 · 3 Comments
Karen Mulder, (born 1 June 1970 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands) is a Dutch former model. Raised in Den Haag and Voorburg, Mulder’s father, Ben, is a tax inspector and her mother, Marijke, is a secretary. Mulder has a younger sister, Saskia, who became an actress after a stint studying economics. In 1985, her family went… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on January 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Gisele Caroline Bündchen is a Brazilian model and occasional film actress. According to Forbes, she is the highest-paid model in the world and also the sixteenth richest woman in the entertainment world, with an estimated $150 million fortune. Bündchen also acts as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme. Bündchen was born in… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on January 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Gail Elliott rose to fame in the 1980′s and continues today to enjoy a stellar career as one of the world’s top models. As a teenager in London, Gail began modelling at the behest of her ballet teacher. She was quickly signed by an agent and went to Japan, where the 17 year old matured… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on January 22, 2011 · 1 Comment
Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba (December 11, 1927 – May 3, 1990), later known as Dorothy Horan, and best known as Dovima, was a model during the 1950s. Born in New York City, Dovima was discovered on a sidewalk in New York by an editor at Vogue, and had a photo shoot with Irving Penn the… Read More »
Posted by Eva Voorhees on January 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Chanel Iman Robinson (born December 1, 1990) known professionally as Chanel Iman is an American fashion model perhaps best known for her work for Victoria’s Secret. Iman was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, co-owner of “The Red Bag Boutique” in Los Angeles with her daughter, is half… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on January 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Carolyn Murphy (born on August 11, 1973) is an American model and actress. Carolyn Murphy was born in Panama City, Florida and grew up mainly in Northwest Florida, with brief periods in England and Maryland, as a result of her parents’ divorce. Her career began when at the age of 16, her mother enrolled her… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on January 12, 2011 · 7 Comments
Carré Otis (born September 28, 1968) is an American model and actress. Carré Otis was born in San Francisco, and raised in Marin County, California along with her older sister Chrisse and her younger brother Jordan. She attended Marin Academy in San Rafael, California and the John Woolman School in Nevada City, California. Otis began… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on January 12, 2011 · 5 Comments
Ghauri was born in Montreal, Quebec to a Pakistani father, Moin Ghauri, an Imam for the Islamic Community of Quebec, and a German mother, Linda Ghauri. Early on in her life, Ghauri had a troublesome childhood and was tormented by her classmates at school. This led her to dissociate from children in her age group… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on January 11, 2011 · 1 Comment
Elle Macpherson (born 29 March 1963) is an Australian supermodel, actress, and businesswoman. She is perhaps best known for her record five cover appearances for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue beginning in the 1980s. She is also known as the founder and primary model for a series of business ventures including Elle Macpherson Intimates, a… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on January 11, 2011 · 2 Comments
Claudia Schiffer (born 25 August 1970) is a German model and occasional actress, who reached the peak of her popularity during the 1990s, initially due to her resemblance to Brigitte Bardot. Schiffer is one of the world’s most successful models, having appeared on over 500 magazine covers. Forbes estimated her net worth at about $55m…. Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on December 26, 2010 · 9 Comments
Yasmin Le Bon (née Parvaneh; born 29 October 1964, in Oxford, England) is a British Iranian fashion model. She was born to an Iranian father, Iraj A. A. Parvaneh, and an English mother. Yasmin Le Bon is currently represented by Elite+ in New York City and Models 1 in London. In 1981, the young Yasmin… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on December 26, 2010 · 4 Comments
Tatjana Patitz (born 25 March 1966) is a German model and actress who rose to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s. Patitz was born in Hamburg, Germany and raised in Skanör, Sweden. She began working as a model in Paris in the mid 1980s at the age of 17. Though rarely participating in runway shows,… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on December 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Rachel Williams is an American model, actress, and TV presenter now living in the United Kingdom. Her father Tod Williams and stepmother Billie Tsien are architects in the Manhattan firm Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, well-known for their American Folk Art Museum, which many critics have called the best building of 2001. She followed in… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on December 26, 2010 · 6 Comments
Karen Alexander (b. New Jersey) is an American fashion model and actress. She has appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue twice and on the January 1989 cover of Vogue. She has also appeared on the cover of Elle, Glamour, Mademoiselle, and Harper’s Bazaar. She was included among People Magazine’s first list of 50 Most… Read More »
Posted by Eva Voorhees on December 26, 2010 · 1 Comment
Estelle Lefébure-Essebag (born 11 May 1966 in Rouen, France) is a French actress and model. She was one of the top fashion models in the 1980s and 1990s. She began modeling at age 19. Over the years, she has appeared in advertisements for Guess?, Cartier, Christian Dior, Revlon, Lord & Taylor, and Samsung. In 1993,… Read More »
Posted by Eva Voorhees on December 17, 2010 · 2 Comments
I receive enough requests from models and fans regarding the reasoning behind who gets added to SMI that I felt it was worth posting my decisions here. My last query: Dear Eva, all my compliments for your website. Unfortunately I’m not in your list. I was in this business for more of 20 years working… Read More »
Posted by Eva Voorhees on December 6, 2010 · 7 Comments
Jean Rosemary Shrimpton (born 7 November 1942 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) is an English model and actress. She was an icon of Swinging London and is considered to be one of the world’s first supermodels. She appeared on covers such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Elle, Ladies’ Home Journal, Newsweek, and Time magazines…. Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on December 5, 2010 · 3 Comments
Vera Gräfin von Lehndorff-Steinort (born 14 May 1939 in Königsberg, East Prussia, now known as Kaliningrad, Russia) is a German model, actress, and artist who was popular during the 1960s. Often known simply as Veruschka or Veruschka von Lehndorff, she is a daughter of Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort, a member of the German Resistance. Veruschka… Read More »
Posted by Eva Voorhees on December 5, 2010 · 3 Comments
Wilhelmina Cooper (née Behmenburg) (May 1, 1939, Culemborg, Gelderland – March 1, 1980) was a model who began with Ford Models and, at the peak of her success, founded her own agency, Wilhelmina Models, in New York City in 1967. Born Wilhelmina Behmenburg in Culemborg, the Netherlands, she was known professionally simply as “Wilhelmina,” or… Read More »
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