Alec Baldwin Kim Basinger daughter, Oscar-winning actress Kim Basinger has gone back to her modelling roots by signing a contract with IMG Models aged 60.
She joins her 18-year-old daughter, Ireland Baldwin, on the established agency's books.Basinger's posing potential was first spotted in 1969 when she was just 16 and partaking in a local beauty pageant in her hometown of Athens in Georgia, by Ford Models co-founder Eileen Ford. At first she declined Ford's offer of a contract and instead enrolled at the University of Georgia, only to reconsider months later, leave university and move to New York to begin modelling professionally.
She stopped modelling in 1976 after becoming frustrated with the industry and decided to concentrate on her acting career, moving to Los Angeles and taking acting workshops.
It was very hard to go from one booking to another and always have to deal with the way I looked. I couldn't stand it. I felt myself choking," she has previously said of the job.
"We are proud to be working with a distinguished and talented actress such as Kim Basinger," said Ivan Bart, senior VP and managing director of IMG Models, in a statement to Variety . "Kim has a powerful appeal on screen that will lend itself as a strong asset for us to seek innovative partnerships across the modelling and entertainment platform for Kim."
She joins her 18-year-old daughter, Ireland Baldwin, on the established agency's books.Basinger's posing potential was first spotted in 1969 when she was just 16 and partaking in a local beauty pageant in her hometown of Athens in Georgia, by Ford Models co-founder Eileen Ford. At first she declined Ford's offer of a contract and instead enrolled at the University of Georgia, only to reconsider months later, leave university and move to New York to begin modelling professionally.
She stopped modelling in 1976 after becoming frustrated with the industry and decided to concentrate on her acting career, moving to Los Angeles and taking acting workshops.
It was very hard to go from one booking to another and always have to deal with the way I looked. I couldn't stand it. I felt myself choking," she has previously said of the job.
"We are proud to be working with a distinguished and talented actress such as Kim Basinger," said Ivan Bart, senior VP and managing director of IMG Models, in a statement to Variety . "Kim has a powerful appeal on screen that will lend itself as a strong asset for us to seek innovative partnerships across the modelling and entertainment platform for Kim."
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