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5 unusual facts about Ford Models


Biagio Black

Biagio Black is a Los Angeles artist who gained recognition from a series of painting commissioned by Ford Models called "New Faces".

Modstar’s client list, which continues to grow, includes Viacom, Warner Bros., Ford Models, HBO, Def Jam, and Cirque du Soleil.

Charlotte Dawson

Dawson left New Zealand at 16 to model in Europe and with Ford Models in New York.

Elizabeth DeCicco

After a year, she met the former director of Elite Chicago, Marie Anderson Boyd, who had left Elite to form her own modeling agency, Aria Models, later acquired by Ford Models.

Ski Ballet

Following her ski-racing career, Suzy Chaffee modelled in New York with Ford Models and then became the pre-eminent freestyle ballet skier of the early 1970s.


Bridget Hall

Formerly with Ford Models, she signed with IMG Models and has appeared on fashion magazine covers such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE and Allure and in fashion shows in New York City, Paris and Milan.

Charlene Holt

In August, 1957 she was among nine models sent to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Rose Marie Reid Swim Suits of Los Angeles and the Eileen Ford Agency in New York.

Michelle Monkhouse

She appeared in the 2009 Fall/Winter New York Fashion Week shows as one of Ford's Top 50 featured new-faces, walking along with numerous other Ford's featured models including Ariel Meredith, Chanel Iman, Hyoni Kang, Jennifer Messelier, Kendra Spears and Lakshmi Menon.

Nick Youngquest

He is hired by agencies Ford Models and DT Model Management, and has done advertising campaign for designer fragrances Paco Rabanne.


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Automotive industry in Japan

Ohta built cars in the 1930s based on Ford models, while Chiyoda built a car resembling a 1935 Pontiac, and Sumida built a car similar to a LaSalle.

Ford Lio Ho

It began operations in 1972, assembling Ford models like the Cortina, Escort, and Granada.