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Dutch born Wilhelmina Cooper was
a supermodel who began with Ford Models and in 1967, at the
peak of her success, founded her own agency, Wilhelmina Models, in
New York City. Cooper was portrayed by Faye Dunaway in the 1998
movie
Gia, which tells the story of
Gia Carangi, a supermodel who
was discoved
by Wilhelmina Cooper. She continued to guide the agency into the
late 1970s until her premature death from lung cancer at the age of
40. |
