- Elaine Irwin Mellencamp
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name = Elaine Irwin Mellencamp
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birth_date = 1969
birth_place =Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania
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occupation = Model
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website = [http://www.elaineirwin.com/ Official site]
footnotes =Elaine Irwin Mellencamp is a former
supermodel , and currently works as a spokeswoman forAlmay Cosmetics.Elaine was born in 1969 in
Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania . At 16, she left home to pursue a modeling career. After her photo appeared in "Seventeen" in 1985, theBoyertown honor student and varsity letter-winner in track and cross country was a much sought-after face for magazine covers,advertisements andcommercials . Within a few years, she became one of theFord Models and had graced the cover of dozens of fashion magazines, including "Cosmopolitan", "Glamour", "Self" and "Elite".She made her move onto the runway for
Victoria's Secret andCalvin Klein and soon became a favorite subject of photographers likeHerb Ritts ,Irving Penn andSteven Meisel for her natural, soft look.Elaine was 23 when she married musician John "Cougar" Mellencamp. The two met when she was hired to appear on the cover of Mellencamp's "
Whenever We Wanted " album and within 10 weeks, she wasengaged to the musician. The couple celebrated their 15thanniversary in September 2007. The couple have two sons, Hud(born1994 ) and Speck(1995 ), and reside inBloomington, Indiana .Irwin Mellencamp also made history on
May 27 ,2001 , when she became the first woman to drive thepace car at theIndianapolis 500 .Currently, Irwin is in the television commercials for Almay makeup. She is also reportedly a superdelegate.
External links
* [http://www.elainemellencamp.com/ Official site]
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