Wilhelmina Models

Wilhelmina Models

Wilhelmina Models is a modeling agency founded in 1967 by the supermodel Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Cooper) and her husband Bruce Cooper in Manhattan.Cite news | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,950402,00.html | title = Wilhelmina Cooper obituary | work = TIME | date = March 17, 1980 Retrieved on August 6, 2008.]

In 2008 the company signed an agreement to merge with New Century Equity Holding company a publicly traded company. In 1999 Brad Krassner purchased 50% of the company and together with Dieter Esch now run the company. The agency was sold in the 1990s to Dieter Esch, who made his daughter Natasha President as a twenty-first birthday present. "The Wilhelmina Guide to Modeling" (ISBN 0-684-81491-9) was published in 1996 by Simon & Schuster, New York. Although authorship is attributed to Natasha Esch, actual writing credit is given to C.L. Walker, who was a Wilhelmina model at the time. At the time of its publication, the book caused something of a scandal in the industry because it revealed closely guarded secrets regarding the management of models and the realities of the business.

The Wilhelmina agency has offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami.

In 2007, Wilhelmina came together with Charlotte, NC based agency, Evolution (founded by Scott Cooper) and Evolution became Wilhelmina-Evolution.

In 2008, Wilhelmina's president, Sean Patterson, was a judge on the upstart TV Land reality show, She's Got the Look, where 20 women over 35 competed for a lucrative contract with Wilhelmina and a photospread in Self (magazine).

In June 2008, Singer Ciara recently signed a deal with Wilhelmina to cast her in commercials and start her own clothing line with affordable prices.

Fashion models represented by Wilhelmina (past and present)

* Iman Abdulmajid
* Gabriel Aubry
* Stephanie Adams
* Jacqueline Amuzie
* Willow Bay
* Michael Bergin
* Joanne Borgella
* Maggie Brown
* Esther Cañadas
* Gia Marie Carangi
* Lois Chiles
* Charlotte Coyle
* Cal Culver
* Adrianne Curry
* Pam Dawber
*Michelle Deighton
* Janice Dickinson
* Maria Rosa Gamio
* John Gidding
* Anjelica Huston
* Lauren Hutton
* Beverly Johnson
* Toccara Jones
* Alex Lundqvist
* Wendie Malick
* Meiling Melançon
* Derek & Keith Brewer (BrewerTwins)
* Saira Mohan
* Diandra Newlin
* Gerit Quealy
* Bruno Santos
* Marcus Schenkenberg
* Christina Schmidt
* Elyse Sewell
* Jason Shaw
* Naomi Sims
* Thomas Tevana
* Mark Vanderloo
* Cassandra Ventura
* Ona Zee

Celebrities represented by Wilhelmina (past and present)

* Fergie
* Amerie
* Beyonce
* Tom Berenger
* Brandy
* Bow Wow
* Cindy Taylor
* Ryan Cabrera
* Jenna Elfman
* Daisy Fuentes
* Rebecca Gayheart
* Nick Lachey
* Jessica Lange
* Lisa Leslie
* Leighton Meester
* Matthew Modine
*Leven Rambin
* Jamie-Lynn Sigler
* Ashlee Simpson
* Jessica Simpson
* Katelyn Tarver
* Sela Ward
* Vanessa L. Williams
* Cassie
* Christina Schmidt
* Ciara
* Brandon Labbe
* Josh Wald

References

External links

* [http://www.wilhelmina.com Wilhelmina Models]


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