Eileen Ford

About

Co-founded modeling agency Ford Models, which redefined feminine beauty and was one of the pioneer modeling agencies.

Before Fame

She worked as a secretary, stylist, copywriter, and reporter.

Trivia

Her list of models featured such notable celebrities as Jerry Hall, Christie Brinkley, Rene Russo, Kim Basinger, Janice Dickinson, and Lauren Hutton.

Family Life

She married Gerard W. Ford in November 1944 and she had four children named Katie, Billy, Lacey and Jaime. She and Gerard co-founded Ford Models in 1946.

Associated With

Her agency represented Martha Stewart when she was modeling in the early 1960s.