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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 · Leave a Comment
WEDDINGS; Maria von Hartz, Jay Shapiro
Published: Sunday, March 17, 1996
Maria von Hartz, the daughter of Katherine and John von Hartz of New York, was married yesterday in Los Angeles to Jay Shapiro, a son of Rose Shapiro of Dominguez Hills, Calif., and Pete Shapiro of Los Angeles. The Rev. Gary Musgrove, a nondenominational minister, performed [...]
Posted by Eva Voorhees on September 12, 2009 · 8 Comments
Talisa Soto (born March 27, 1967) is an American model and actress of Puerto Rican descent.
Soto was born Miriam Soto in Brooklyn, New York, where her parents moved to from Puerto Rico in the 1950s. Her parents relocated to Northampton, Massachusetts when she was still just a child. Soto’s family was one of the few Puerto Rican families that [...]
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on September 12, 2009 · 3 Comments
Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid (born July 25, 1955), professionally known as Iman (which means “faith” in Arabic), is a Somali model, actress, and entrepreneur. She is married to David Bowie.
Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Iman is the daughter of Marian and Mohamed Abdulmajid, a former Somali ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and has two brothers, Elyas and Feisal, [...]
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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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Posted by Eva Voorhees on September 12, 2009 · 11 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 could [...]
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on September 12, 2009 · 3 Comments
Before Vera Wang became a national symbol for creativity and success, she was a talented and spirited fashion editor for Vogue Magazine. In 1981 she began featuring a new face in her glamorous editorial pages. Today artist Wanakee Pugh credits Ms. Wang for giving her a tremendous start that launched a successful twenty-year modeling career. [...]
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on September 12, 2009 · 4 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 with Jaques [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Albert Watson, Arthur Elgort, Bill Friedman, British Vogue, Charles of the Ritz, Cosmopolitan, DeBeers, Fashions of the Times, Fendi Furs, Hanes, Harpers Bazaar, Jaques Malignon, Lancetti, Patrick Demarchelier, Royal Silk., Time, Time magazine, Vogue, Weathervane
Posted by Eva Voorhees on September 11, 2009 · 5 Comments
Posted by admin on September 11, 2009 · 3 Comments
Shelly Smith was born in Princeton, New Jersey October 25, 1952.
Smith was a popular print and runway model in the 1970s and ’80s. Smith also acted in dozens of popular TV series throughout the ”70’s and ’90’s, although her greatest success was on celebrity game shows such as: Battle of the Network Stars,” (1979), “Super [...]
Posted by admin on September 11, 2009 · 1 Comment
Former Model’s Product Hides Nipples under Sheer Clothes
July 8, 2003
BIRMINGHAM, AL (AP) — An entrepreneur and former fashion model in Birmingham, Alabama, has a product that she says will save women a lot of embarrassment.
Sheila Johnson and her husband Kraig are the designers of Nippits. They’re an adhesive cosmetic product that allows women to hide [...]
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 · 4 Comments
Nastassja Kinski (born Nastassja Aglaia Nakszynski) is a German actress, who has appeared in more than 60 international movies. Her starring roles include her Golden Globe Award-winning portrayal of ‘Tess Durbeyfield’ in Roman Polanski’s film Tess, her roles in two erotic films (Stay As You Are and Cat People), and her parts in Wim Wenders’ [...]
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Posted by admin on September 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Andrea Blanche, Arthur Elgort, Basile, Bonwit Teller, Calvin Klein, Cosmopolitan, Denis Piel, Evan Picone, Francesco Scavullo, Lancome, Mademoiselle, Mike Reinhardt, Valentino, Vogue
Posted by admin on September 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
Posted by admin on September 11, 2009 · 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 [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with American Photographer, Cosmopolitan, Elite Model Management, Francesco Scavullo, Francois Lamy, IT'S MAUI!, John Casablancas, Julie Campbell, Mademoiselle, Monique Pillard, Paris, Playboy, Prince de Galles hotel, Revlon, Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated swimsuit, Viva, Vogue, ZOWIE
Posted by admin on September 11, 2009 · 1 Comment
For Jane Gill, modeling was a family business she entered into effortlessly. Her sister, Kit Gill, was a top model in the 50s and 60s. As a young teen, Jane loved to accompany Kit on her bookings in New York. On one of these shoots, Jane had the good fortune to meet Bill Blass. Blass [...]
Posted by admin on September 11, 2009 · 23 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 her [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Albert Watson, Avedon, Avon, Bergdorf Goodman, Bloomingdale's, Calvin Klein, Chris Von Wangenheim, Cosmopolitan, DeBeers, Dior, Donna Karan, Eileen Ford, Eric Boman, Francesco Scavullo, Genny, Gordon Munro, Harpers Bazaar, Horst, Irving Penn, L'Official, L'Oréal, Lancome, Linea, Nina Blanchard, Orlane, Oscar De La Renta, Perry Ellis, Ralph Lauren, Revlon, Rico Puhlmann, Saks Fifth Avenue, Self, Valentino, Vogue
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Donna at Dead Horse Canyon | Moab, Utah | Bazaar
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 [...]
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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: [...]
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 1970s. [...]
Posted by admin on September 8, 2009 · 2 Comments
Carrie Nygren is a Swedish model and actress. She was represented by the Elite Model Agency in New York. She worked in the late ’70s Early ’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 1990.
Revlon [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with "King of New York", "The Look", Alex Chatelain, Celine, Christopher Walken, Collections, Company, Cosmopolitan, Elite Model Agency, Elle, Fendi Furs, Garry Gross, Guy Laroche, Kelly Emberg, Lillie Rubin, Paulina Porizkova, Portfolio, Revlon, Revlon Flex girl, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Woolite
Posted by admin on September 8, 2009 · 4 Comments
Brooke Christa Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965) was born in New York City into a well-known American society family with links to Italian nobility. Her grandmother was the Italian princess Donna Marina Torlonia. Her father, Francis Alexander Shields, was a businessman, and her mother, Teri Shields (née Maria Theresa Schmonn), managed her career.
Shields adopted [...]
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Posted by admin on September 8, 2009 · 10 Comments
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
In the early 1980s, MacDowell modeled for Vogue magazine and appeared in ad campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, Vassarette, Armani perfume, Sabeth-Row, Mink International, Anne Klein and Bill Blass. She worked with such esteemed photographers as Bruce Weber, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Irving Penn and Herb Ritts among others. A series of billboards in Time [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Anne Klein, Armani perfume, Bill Blass, Bruce Weber, Calvin Klein, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Glenn Close, Green Card, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Groundhog Day, Harold Guskin, Harold Ramis, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Hugh Grant, Independent Spirit Award, Irving Penn, L'Oréal, Lord of the Apes, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, Mink International, Richard Avedon, Sabeth-Row, Sex, Sex Lies and Videotape, Short Cuts, St. Elmo's Fire, Steven Soderbergh, The Actors Studio, The Object of Beauty, Vassarette, Vogue, Yves Saint Laurent
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 2 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 [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with "new beauties", Andy Warhol, Belize, Bernard Fauchier, Betty Ford Center, Bianca Jagger, California, Château Margaux, Cosmopolitan, Discovery Channel, E! True Hollywood Story, Elle, Ernest Hemingway, Errol Wetson, Fabergé, first million dollar contract, Francesco Scavullo, Francis Stein, Gloria Vanderbilt, Grace Jones, Halston, Harpers Bazaar, Jack Hemingway, Jon Revson, Lamont Johnson, Lipstick, Liza Minnelli, Marian McEvoy, Mariel Hemingway, New York's New Supermodel, Playboy magazine, Plaza Hotel, Puck Hemingway, Revlon cosmetics, Santa Monica, Studio 54, Time, Vogue, Wild Guide, Women's Wear Daily, Zachary Selig
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
Karen Howard McHugh
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Jane Hitchcock’s remarkable career in modeling began at age 14 when she was chosen as one of two girls from all over America for a scholarship to train at the school of Balanchine for the world’s premier ballet company, The New York City Ballet. She would make her first airplane trip to the wondrous city [...]
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Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 2 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 [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Andy Warhol, Christian Lacroix, Cosmopolitan, Donna Karan, Elegance, Francesco Scavullo, Gordon Munro, Harper's & Queen, Hiro, Irving Penn, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Patrick Demarchelier, Saks Fifth Ave, Sorbonne, Vogue
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
Bonnie Berman
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