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Posted by Eva Voorhees on September 12, 2009 · 17 Comments
Rosie Vela was born Roseanne Vela in Galveston Texas on November 11, 1954.
Vela’s family later moved to Arkansas, where she attended the University of Arkansas. Whilst studying art and music, Vela also began modeling. She married the Arkansas born musician, Jimmy Roberts, but he died of cancer shortly after. Following this, Vela moved to New [...]
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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.
McGrotha was [...]
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Beginning at the age of 17, the classically-trained ballerina spent a year performing with the San Francisco Ballet under Artistic Director Michael Smuin. Then, in 1978, the lanky teen began a seven-year stint that would make her one of Europe’s most successful fashion models. She would ultimately grace over a dozen major magazine covers – [...]
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Posted by admin on September 11, 2009 · 7 Comments
Born in 1954, Rene Marie Russo grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in Burbank, a Los Angeles suburb. Her father, a sculptor and mechanic, left the family when Rene was just two, leaving her mother, Shirley, as a single mom with two daughters. (Rene has one sister, named Toni). In Junior High [...]
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Posted by admin on September 11, 2009 · 9 Comments
Modeled for: American Vogue and Italian Vogue. As Calvin Klein’s pre-Brooke Shields muse, the 5′9″ Taylor epitomized the fresh-scrubbed style of the 70s. “Lisa is the ultimate combination of sporty and sexy, which is the quintessential American look,” says Michael Kors, who wrote a tribute to her in Vogue in May explaining how a 1976 photo [...]
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 30 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 [...]
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
Bonnie Berman
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 8 Comments
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.
Janice [...]
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 4 Comments
Kelly Emberg (born July 2, 1959) is a former model, best known for her relationship with rock star Rod Stewart.
Kelly 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 [...]
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