Eileen Ford American Businesswoman Co Founded Ford Models Born 1922 - July 9 in History | This Day Story

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Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (born 1922)

Eileen Ford

Eileen Cecile Ford was an American modeling agency executive. Along with her husband Gerard "Jerry" Ford, she co-founded Ford Models in 1946, which emerged as one of the earliest and most successful modeling agencies in the mid and late-20th century.

Ford Models

Ford Models, originally the Ford Modeling Agency, is an American international modeling agency based in New York City. It was established in 1946 by Eileen Ford and her husband Gerard W. Ford.

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