Tag: models
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Jill Kennington
British model-turned-photographer Jill Kennington turns 75 today. Born and raised in Lincolnshire, Jill Kennington (b. 1943) moved to London at 18, working at Harrods and staying with her aunt, who was a buyer there. Scouted by Michael Whittaker, the founder of the Whittaker Enterprises agency, she was hired as a house model at Norman Hartnell…
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Famke Janssen and Karina Gomez
This week’s post-Comic-Con models post looks at Dutch model-turned-actor Famke Janssen. Born in Amstelveen, Famke Janssen (b. 1964) studied economics at the University of Amsterdam before moving to the United States to pursue a modelling career. She signed with Elite in 1984. Returning to university in the early 1990s, Janssen gravitated toward drama; she went…
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