Karen Howard
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Patty Owen
Patty Owen, born June 18, 1959 to a blue-collar worker and homemaker in a poor suburb outside of Boston, moved at age 9 with her family to Amherst, MA for a better life. When Patty started modeling in 1979 to pay college fees, some of her high school class mates of 1977 were far from… Read More »
Julie Wolfe
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Yasmine
Yasmine was born in a small farm town in southern Germany. She traveled extensively during her childhood, which included living in India for a year to study miniature painting and Kriya Yoga. After graduating from High School, Yasmine moved to New York to attend NYU, and began modeling as a way to pay for her… Read More »
Joanne Russell
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Juli Foster
Uber-Hot Late ’70′s, Early ’80′s Supermodel. Juli was one of the first fashion models to appear on the cover of Time magazine in 1982, she was also featured on: British Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Fashions of the Times. Advertising clients included: Charles of the Ritz, Lancetti, Hanes, DeBeers, Fendi Furs, Weathervane, Royal Silk. Juli worked… Read More »
Tara Shannon
Tara Shannon is the Forest Gump of Modeling. Her knack for being at the forefront of a trend is uncanny. What a career. She did it all: Covers, editorial, couture, runways, advertising, catalogues, commercials, television, movies, music video’s. She was Ring Mistress for Cirque du Soleil AND trained with them in Canada; she was on… Read More »
Eva Voorhees
Eva Voorhees, born in Los Angeles, California, established a reputation in the late seventies and the eighties as one of the most captivating models of her time. With her soft, romantic face, deep green eyes and full lips, Eva’s Pre-Raphaelite appearance was unique in the fashion industry. Eva started modeling out of high school in… Read More »
Bitten Knudsen
Bitten Knudsen was a Danish-born model who did most of her high fashion work from 1977-1982. With her striking white-blonde hair, she was a favorite of Glamour magazine, Bazaar and Cosmopolitan, and was often featured on their covers. She worked with many of the era’s greatest fashion photographers: Helmut Newton, Francesco Scavullo, Albert Watson, John… Read More »
Gia Carangi
Gia Carangi was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Carangi, who was of Italian, Welsh and Irish ancestry, was considered by some to be the first supermodel. Gia Carangi was also the first to present unusual poses, facial expressions and gestures. She is credited by many at the upper echelons… Read More »
Bonnie Berman
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Christie Brinkley
Christie Brinkley (born February 2, 1954) is an American model best known for her three appearances on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in the late 1970s and early ’80s, for her long-running contract with CoverGirl and for being the ex-wife of musician Billy Joel. Brinkley has also worked as an actress, illustrator,… Read More »
Janice Dickinson
Janice Doreen Dickinson (born February 15, 1953) is an American model, fashion photographer, actress, author and agent. By the 1980s, she was considered a supermodel in the fashion industry, and later expanded her profession to reality television by judging for four cycles on America’s Next Top Model. She subsequently opened her own modeling agency, which was documented as The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency…. Read More »
Nancy Decker
Nancy Decker has her eyelashes dyed every six weeks but otherwise does little to her face except bathe it in moonbeams. This seems reasonable, since she is only 17. She is a rarity, a blazing, natural redhead, discovered in Milwaukee in 1979. Top-Top Photographer Albert Watson says that Decker is a face to watch. Nancy, who… Read More »
Kelly Emberg
Kelly Emberg (born July 2, 1959) was born in Houston, Texas, and attended Stratford High School where she was a member of the school’s female drill team, the Spartanaires. She did some modeling during high school and was “discovered” by John Casablancas who brought her to New York City where her print career took off…. Read More »
Jacki Adams
In the 1980′s, Jacqueline worked in Manhattan as one of the world’s top models. As a Ford Model, Jacki Adams worked with photographers Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Arthur Elgort, Francesco Scavullo, Patrick Demarchelier, Hiro, & Albert Watson. Five of those years were spent as the exclusive face for Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics. Jacqueline Florine.com Jacki Adams-SMI