Rachel Williams
| Rachel Williams | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 29, 1967 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Eye color | Blue |
Rachel Williams (born April 29, 1967) is an American model, TV presenter, and landscape designer.
Williams is the daughter of architect Tod Williams and the late Patricia Agnes Jones. Her parents divorced when she was five years old. After her mother's remarriage in the late 1970s, Williams and her younger brother moved with her mother and new stepfather to . After graduating from high school, Williams enrolled at Mills College. After a year, she transferred to Bard College where she majored in art history.
In November 1985, Williams was discovered by a Click Model Management employee while visiting her father's studio. On the advice of the employee, Williams met with Click's owner Frances Grill. Grill deemed Williams too heavy to model but signed her to a conditional, one-year contract after Williams promised to lose weight. Williams returned to school and, over the course of a year, lost twenty pounds. She returned to Click in October 1986, and renewed her contract.
Williams' career started off slow but she got her break in January 1987. After another model became sick and was unable to make a swimsuit shoot for Mademoiselle, Williams was assigned to the job on the recommendation of Grill. Williams' pictures from the shoot drew the interest of photographers. Her next job was a photoshoot in Barbados for Arthur Elgort. Upon her return, she worked with Bill King for French Elle.
Williams' popularity grew. In February 1987, she booked jobs for the British and Italian editions of Vogue and a sitting for Bloomingdales. The following month, she was photographed by Bruce Weber for Calvin Klein. Williams later appeared in Cosmo, and did catalog work for Victoria's Secret and J. Crew. She also appeared in advertising campaigns for Bon Jour jeans, Ciara perfume, Absolut vodka, and Revlon.
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