Legendary co-founder of Ford Models, Eileen Ford, has died at the age of 92. She was hospitalized last week after falling in her New York City apartment.
People.com reports:
With Jerry running the business and Eileen handling the talent, Ford Models helped evolve modeling from a mostly part-time, poorly paid hobby into one of the world’s most glamorous occupations, turning attractive girls next door into multimillionaire celebrity supermodels.
Ford introduced the world to Candice Bergen, Ali MacGraw, Jean Shrimpton and Lauren Hutton in the 1960s, and Brooke Shields (who joined the agency at age 8), Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell and Rachel Hunter in the 1980s.
Ford championed American models, turning their clean, fresh, radiant, wholesome look into the standard of beauty.
«There’s no question I did that,» she told PEOPLE in 1983. «I create a look and I create a style. American women mean a great deal to me. They’re such lost souls, particularly the women of my generation. And women need so much help. They never have anyone to turn to. I help them understand how they can look better, how to do this, do that, get a job. And they’re very trusting. Like little lost kids.»
