Kathy Ireland
Kathy Ireland
Kathleen Marie "Kathy" Irelandis an American model and actress, turned author and entrepreneur. Ireland was a supermodel in the 1980s and 1990s, best known for appearing in 13 consecutive Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues. In 1993, she founded a brand marketing company, "kathy ireland Worldwide", which has made her one of the wealthiest former models in the world...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionModel
Date of Birth20 March 1963
CityGlendale, CA
CountryUnited States of America
This story is cruel, nonsensical and damaging to the tremendous work she does every day for people living with HIV/AIDS as well as her extraordinary leadership in all of her business ventures.
. . . I saw people willing to compromise themselves, or change themselves, to acquire what they thought was important. I don't judge what other people do, many choices that may be right for others are definitely not right for me.
I feel I'm able to serve my customer by knowing what she or he wants. One of the ways I'm able to do this is through my website, and email: people give me great ideas, tell me what they want, what they don't want. It's really instrumental, and helps me stay in touch with people.
For me the question was, do I want my paycheck to be dependent on how other people think I look?
I'm a curious person. I like to ask questions. Well, why? People would say, it's never been done. It's never been done does not mean that it can't be done.
So many young people say, 'I'm just going to see what happens.' It's so much more powerful to make things happen and have a plan.
In business it's about people. It's about relationships.
When I used to model, the job description is 'shut up and pose.' There are people today who would really like me to go back to that old job description and 'just shut up and pose.
I work with wonderful people who support me. And, my beliefs are that the business needs to serve the family rather than the family serve the business.
What they thought was important. I don't judge what other people do, many...
The entire time I was modeling, I was trying and failing at businesses. In fact, we would have started our business much sooner had I been more successful.
This is a time for all of us to do as much as we can to help the courageous survivors of this unimaginable catastrophe which has impacted so many people's lives over such a large area of our country, ... Marilyn, Billy and our entire team are all grateful to be able to work with Feed the Children and to be of service.
I entered the modeling industry as a business person already. I always knew I belonged on the other side of the camera.
We expanded the brand to include a whole line of apparel and accessories, but we quickly learned that it was not good to have one channel of distribution.