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Suzy Parker

Suzy Parker (Cecilia Ann Renee Parker, 1932–2003), American fashion model and actress, the 1950s' highest-paid cover girl at $100,000 a year, muse of Richard Avedon and Coco Chanel, and star of Funny Face and Kiss Them for Me.

Talita von Fürstenberg

Princess Talita Natasha von Fürstenberg, granddaughter of designer Diane von Fürstenberg and Prince Egon, is an American designer. Named DVF muse in 2018, launched TVF for DVF in 2019, co-chairwoman of DVF since October 2021.

Tamara Ecclestone

Tamara Jane Ecclestone, British model, socialite, and TV personality born 1984 in Milan, eldest daughter of F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone and model Slavica Radić; founder of SHOW Beauty and Fifi & Friends, sister of Petra.

Tameka Foster

Tameka Foster Raymond (born 1971, Oakland, California) is an American celebrity stylist, designer, and author who styled Usher, Lauryn Hill, and Jay-Z, was Usher's wife from 2007 to 2009, and founded Kile's World Foundation.

Tammy Lynn Leppert

Tammy Lynn Leppert (born 1965) was an American model, beauty queen, and actress from Rockledge, Florida, who appeared in Scarface and Spring Break and vanished July 6, 1983, near Cocoa Beach; her disappearance remains an open unsolved case.

Tanit Phoenix

Tanit Phoenix (Tanit Jacqueline Phoenix), South African model, actress, and makeup artist born 1980 in Durban, known for the 2003 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Death Race 2 and Inferno, Femme Fatales host Lilith, and Hardcore Henry makeup work.

Tatjana Patitz

Tatjana Patitz (1966–2023), Hamburg-born, Swedish-raised supermodel and actress; original 1990s supermodel, Lindbergh's January 1990 British Vogue cover, "Freedom! '90" video, died of metastatic breast cancer.

Taylor Bagley

Taylor Bagley (Taylor Elise Bagley), American model and actress born 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee. Vogue Italia and Gucci La Passione model; actress in Wish I Was Here and The Shuroo Process; formerly with Elite, Wilhelmina, Ford, and Vision LA.

Taylor Hill (model)

Taylor Marie Hill (born 1996), American model, Victoria's Secret Angel from 2015 after her 2014 runway debut, with 196 recorded shows, Lancôme and Joe's Jeans campaigns, and the Tate & Taylor and Stone Fruit brands.

Tess Holliday

Tess Holliday (Ryann Maegen Hoven), American plus-size model and body positivity activist from Mississippi; first US size 22, 5'5" model signed by a major agency (MiLK, 2015); founder of #EffYourBeautyStandards.

The Price Is Right models

The Price Is Right models, known as "Barker's Beauties" from 1972 to 2007, present prizes and assist pricing games on the CBS game show; six models currently rotate, with Rachel Reynolds and James O'Halloran among them.

Thylane Blondeau

Thylane Blondeau (born 2001) is a French model and entrepreneur, named "Most Beautiful Girl in the World" by Vogue Enfants in 2006, famous for the 2011 Tom Ford–guest-edited French Vogue shoot, L'Oréal ambassador, founder of Heaven May and Enalyht.

Toni Garrn

Toni Garrn (Antonia Garrn, born 1992, Hamburg) is a German model, philanthropist, and entrepreneur, known for an exclusive 2008 Calvin Klein contract, Victoria's Secret Angel status, the Toni Garrn Foundation, and Super Flea Market.

Toukie Smith

Toukie Smith (Doris A. Smith), American model and actress; runway model for Givenchy, Chanel, Miyake, and Mugler; sister of Willi Smith; played Eva Rawley on 227 and Angie on Miami Vice; partner of Robert De Niro.

Twiggy

Twiggy (Dame Lesley Lawson, née Hornby, born 1949) is the English model named the Daily Express's Face of '66, the defining face of 1960s Swinging London, later an actress, singer, M&S face, and ANTM judge; not the ZZZ character or other namesakes.

Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks (Tyra Lynne Banks, BanX), American supermodel and media entrepreneur: first Black Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model, Victoria's Secret Angel, creator-host of America's Next Top Model, Tyra Banks Co. CEO.

Tyson Beckford

Tyson Beckford (born 1970) is an American model and actor, the first Black male supermodel. Known as the face of Ralph Lauren's 1994 Polo Sport campaign and for Zoolander, Make Me a Supermodel, and closing the Ralph Lauren F/W 26 Milan show.

Valentina Sampaio

Valentina Sampaio, Brazilian model born 1996 in Aquiraz, Ceará; first transgender Vogue cover model (Vogue Paris 2017), first trans Victoria's Secret model (2019) and runway walker (2024), first trans Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model (2020), and trans-rights activist.

Valeria Lukyanova (Валерия Валерьевна Лукьянова)

Valeria Lukyanova (Валерия Валерьевна Лукьянова), aka Amatue, is a Ukrainian model born 1985 in Tiraspol, famous as the "Human Barbie" after her 2012 viral fame, later selling esoteric rejuvenation courses and facing 2025 cult accusations.

Vicki Iovine

Vicki Iovine (Vicki Ann McCarty, born 1954) is an American author, lawyer, and former model, Miss September 1979 Playboy Playmate, and author of the Girlfriends' Guide parenting series including The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy (1995).

Victoria Silvstedt

Victoria Silvstedt (Karen Victoria Silvstedt, born 1974, Skelleftehamn, Sweden) is a Swedish model, actress, singer and TV host; Miss Sweden 1993 runner-up, Playboy December 1996 Playmate and 1997 Playmate of the Year, Guess? face 1998.

Vida Guerra

Vida Guerra, Cuban-born American glamour model (born 1974, some sources 1980), famous for her December 2002 FHM lingerie spread, FHM Model of the Year 2004, Playboy July 2006, music videos, and acting.

Vikki Dougan

Vikki Dougan (Edith Elaine Tooker, born January 1, 1929), American model and actress nicknamed "The Back" for her backless gowns, a Milton Weiss publicity strategy from 1956; Batjac contractee, LIFE cover subject, later inspiration cited for Jessica Rabbit.

Vogue Williams

Vogue Williams, born 1985 in Dublin, is an Irish presenter, model, DJ and podcaster who rose to fame on RTÉ's Fade Street (2010), won Bear Grylls: Mission Survive (2015), hosts My Therapist Ghosted Me, and is married to Spencer Matthews.

Wilhelmina Cooper

Wilhelmina Cooper (Gertrude Behmenburg, 1939-1980), Dutch-born model known as Wilhelmina, record Vogue cover model who co-founded Wilhelmina Models in New York in 1967 with husband Bruce Cooper.

Winnie Harlow

Winnie Harlow, born Chantelle Brown-Young (1994, Toronto), also known as Chantelle Winnie, is a Canadian model with vitiligo who rose via America's Next Top Model cycle 21, walked Victoria's Secret, founded Cay Skin, and is engaged to Kyle Kuzma.

Yana Gupta

Yana Gupta (Jana Synková, born 1979, Brno) is a Czech model and actress in India, known as the Lakme face of 2001 and for the item number "Babuji zara dheere chalo" in Dum (2003); married to and divorced from artist Satyakam Gupta, she later turned to music and writing.

Yasmin Le Bon

Yasmin Le Bon (née Parvaneh), British supermodel born 1964 in Oxford to an Iranian father and English mother; married Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon in 1985; about 300 magazine covers, Wallis and Winser London designs, still walking for Fendi in 2025.

Yumi Nu

Yumi Nu (born 1996, Englewood, New Jersey) is an American plus-size model, singer-songwriter on Dim Mak, and founder of Blueki; first Asian curve model in Vogue and the 2022 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover.

Zahia Dehar

Zahia Dehar (born 1992, Ghriss, Algeria) is a French-Algerian model, lingerie designer, and actress known for the 2010 Zahia affair with footballers Ribéry and Benzema, her 2012 Paris Fashion Week lingerie debut, and her lead role as Sofia in Rebecca Zlotowski's 2019 film Une fille facile.