Posted by Eva Voorhees on May 12, 2010 · 4 Comments
Eva Johanson-SMI
Posted by Eva Voorhees on March 17, 2010 · 2 Comments
For John Casablancas, an Italian restaurant in Stockholm was Schwab’s Drug Store, and a high school girl checking coats was Lana Turner. “You know, you could be a model,” said Casablancas, the founder of Elite Model Management and the firm’s chairman of the board, to the tall 17-year-old with long brown hair and piercing blue-green… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on March 17, 2010 · 2 Comments
Cynthia Ann “Cindy” Crawford (born 1966) is a former American model. Known for her trademark mole just above her lip, Crawford has adorned hundreds of magazine covers throughout her career. She was named #3 on VH1′s 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90s. Her success at modeling made her a celebrity that has led to roles… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on March 17, 2010 · 4 Comments
Margaux Louise Hemingway was born in Portland, Oregon, February 16, 1955, and was the older sister of actress Mariel Hemingway and the granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway was named for the wine, Château Margaux, which her parents, Puck and Jack Hemingway (eldest son of Ernest), were drinking the night she was conceived. In addition… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on September 12, 2009 · 8 Comments
Rosemary McGrotha was born November 8, 1958 in Tallahassee, Florida. McGrotha was the antithesis of the conventional rail thin fashion model. A voluptuous brunette with piercing blue eyes, she broke the model stereotype and reigned in a category all her own, and was one of the most sought after models for more than a decade…. Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on September 12, 2009 · 15 Comments
Paulina Porizkova, born April 9, 1965, is a Czech model and actress. Born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, she was still a toddler when her father and mother left Czechoslovakia, fleeing the Warsaw Pact invasion in 1968, and moved to Lund in southern Sweden. They left Paulina under the care of her grandmother, believing that their daughter… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on September 12, 2009 · 15 Comments
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 »
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Posted by admin on September 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on September 11, 2009 · 46 Comments
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 »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on September 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
Model Donna Stia on a beauty shoot for Bazaar. Donna had never rappelled before. Our guides took her through it without props, and sans the appropriate garments. On her 2nd try Donna descended a bit too quickly for me to get all the shots that I wanted. Donna didn’t want to do it a 3rd… Read More »
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Daniela Ghione was born on October 13, 1964 in Torino, Italy. When she was barely 16 years old, a photographer’s agent and close friend of hers recognized her potential to succeed as a fashion model based on her uncommon beauty and stature.
Soon after her friend’s encouragement, the scientific secondary student set off for Milan:… Read More »
Posted by admin on September 8, 2009 · 6 Comments
Tiegs was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota on September 25, 1947, but raised in Alhambra, California, and she graduated from Alhambra High School in 1965. She also attended the California State University, Los Angeles and became a little sister to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Cheryl Tiegs was perhaps the most famous American model of the… Read More »
Posted by Eva Voorhees on September 8, 2009 · 3 Comments
Carrie Nygren is a Swedish model and actress. She was represented by the Elite Model Agency in New York and worked in the late 70s and 80s. She appeared in several films: “Portfolio” in 1983 with Kelly Emberg and Paulina Porizkova. “The Look” (1985), and “King of New York” as Melanie with Christopher Walken in… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on September 8, 2009 · 10 Comments
Beth Rupert-SMI
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Karen Anette Stai, born March 24, 1961, is a Norwegian model. She won the first “Face of The 80s” contest for the Ford Model Agency, and was one of the top models of the 1980s. Stai was an editorial favorite, working often with American Vogue, Italian Vogue, German Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Mademoiselle, Cosmopolitan, Elegance…. Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 14, 2009 · 3 Comments
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 »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 4 Comments
Jerry Faye Hall was born on July 2, 1956 in Gonzales, Texas, the daughter of Marjorie (née Sheffield) and John P. Hall, a truck-driver. She is of English descent. Hall was raised in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite, Texas, where she graduated from North Mesquite High School. She has a twin sister, Terry, and three… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 45 Comments
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 »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 6 Comments
Anne’s international modeling career was launched when she was discovered at age twelve and a half, and she grew up surrounded and nourished by designers, photographers, and artists such as Karl Lagerfeld, Donna Karan, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Christian Lacroix, Irving Penn, Francesco Scavullo, Hiro, Patrick Demarchelier and Andy Warhol, just to name a few. During that time… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 5 Comments
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 »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 5 Comments
A ‘Halstonette’ on the Runway Again In a season of chic revivals, the latest is the resurrection of Karen Bjornson’s career. Ms. Bjornson will be remembered as the patrician-looking house model for Halston. She retired in the early 1980′s after marrying Timothy Macdonald, an interior designer, and becoming a mom. With her daughters, Laura, 20,… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
At age 15 (1978) Nancy DeWeir was discovered by ad exec Vincent Teschetti ( Vice President of BBD&O) while traveling on the Long Island Rail Road with her mother to have dinner in the city with her father, who worked in the Twin Towers. After being turned away by Wilhelmina, Stewart and Zoli modeling agencies,… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 3 Comments
Author, talk-show host, actress and supermodel Cristina Ferrare has been in the spotlight for nearly four decades. She was first introduced to the fashion world when, at age fourteen, she was discovered as a model. During the 1970s and 1980s, her face graced the covers of Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, and Good Housekeeping, among others. Following… Read More »
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Peggy became a model as the result of being a student, as she explains. Her career took off in a very uncanny way, without a portfolio or an agent. Preparing for shows as a student, she would visit many of the showrooms in the fashion district, and the designers would ask her to do their… Read More »
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